PC power's turbo-cool 1200ESA

orthomofo · Jun 14, 2008

Considering the above PSU.

Does anyone have any experience, thoughts on it?

www.pcpower.com/power-supply/turbo-cool-1200-esa.html

Just thinking out loud, but does any else think that a separate category for >1kwatt PSU would be helpful?

Super Nade · Jun 14, 2008

Thoughts?

Well, it is a top drawer unit built by Wintact Electronics. One of the best units out there but horrendously expensive. For that price there are several other good units you could buy.

We can't have a separate forum for 1kW units as all SMPS devices reside in one forum and there is not enough traffic to warrant it. Plus there are too many forums as it is.

Oklahoma Wolf · Jun 14, 2008

Very good quality, but expensive and loud.

orthomofo · Jun 18, 2008

the reviews i read on the 1200 were that it was pretty quiet.

do you have personal experience with the psu

i am seriously considering it

hard to hear it when i'll buy via web

[Spectre] · Jun 18, 2008

orthomofo said:
the reviews i read on the 1200 were that it was pretty quiet.

do you have personal experience with the psu

i am seriously considering it

hard to hear it when i'll buy via web

According to Lee it is 47dBa to 56dBa at room temp which is very optimistic since it will be warmer than RT. So it is loud.

aja · Jun 18, 2008

What hardware will you be running that needs this beast?

WonderingSoul · Jun 18, 2008

That price is just rediculous :/

jason4207 · Jun 18, 2008

aja said:
What hardware will you be running that needs this beast?

I'm thinking he's considering SLI'd 280GTX's.

grunjee · Jun 18, 2008

orthomofo said:
Just thinking out loud, but does any else think that a separate category for >1kwatt PSU would be helpful?

Maybe a 12-step program section, for those with more dollars than sense? :santa2:

orthomofo · Jun 18, 2008

$ vs sense

grunjee, at roughly ~$10/hr for the next 6yrs during residency, I guess I don't have that much sense because i dont have any $. As u can see while I make less money as a dr then I did at 18 life gaurding

Will be running 3 gtx280 wc in sli
nvidia requires at least 1200 watts for this

RollingThunder · Jun 18, 2008

orthomofo said:
grunjee, at roughly ~$10/hr for the next 6yrs during residency, I guess I don't have that much sense because i dont have any $. As u can see while I make less money as a dr then I did at 18 life gaurding

Will be running 3 gtx280 wc in sli
nvidia requires at least 1200 watts for this

Ortho,

Better check your circuit breakers where you're going to plug it in depending on what else is on the same line and what else you may connect to that line. Many don't realize this can become an issue with a system like you want to assemble.

orthomofo · Jun 24, 2008

quick question,
if i plug in a blow dryer which draws 2000 watts and run it for several minutes, would that be a way to test the breakers abilities?
the max psu i plan on going up to will be 1500 and my monitor will draw 250

Big Lar · Jun 26, 2008

orthomofo said:
quick question,
if i plug in a blow dryer which draws 2000 watts and run it for several minutes, would that be a way to test the breakers abilities?
the max psu i plan on going up to will be 1500 and my monitor will draw 250

Try a 1500 watt blow dryer on, while having Everything else that will be running On while the computer is up and running.

Check your breaker box to see if the room you are plugging it into is 15 or 20amp. 20amp would be preffered. Of course the wiring in the circuit must handle the voltage too.

I'm running a 1kw, a 21" LCD,Router,2 speaker amps,Cable Modem and at times a 32" TV with a coupla lamps on in my computer/bedroom. I'm on a 20amp circuit with 12 gauge wire, I'm also behind a Line Conditioner as well, but thats just cause I don't like to take chances. I have no probs to date, and run quite a bit in my case.

Larry

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