950W Power Supply Units Sneak into Market

jmke · 28th November 2004, 02:59

A Japan-based company has started to sell its power supply units with maximum output of up to 950W, which is the world’s highest performance for desktops. As modern central processing units and graphics cards continue to devour more and more power, high-end personal computer’s PSU requirements will continue to increase and such PSUs are likely to gain popularity.

SNE, a Japanese maker of various hardware aimed at enthusiasts and overclockers, recently started to sell its 950W, 900W and 850W power supply units, claiming the world’s record PSUs. The devices, however, can draw peak wattage only in extreme cases. In typical cases the power of the PSUs is 750W, 700W and 650W respectively, which is still among the world’s top power supply units.

PSUs from SNE can power typical ATX as well as EPS12V systems, which means that the devices can be used for both desktop and workstation/server computers. The power supplies are equipped with 5 connectors for Serial ATA, 4 connectors for mini-Molex and 4 connectors for Molex plugs. The top, 950W (model FSRP950LGA), PSU can draw 34A on 3.3V and 5V connectors and from 14A to 18A on various 12V connectors, which is not higher compared to top offerings from companies like Antec. This may mean that the PSUs from SNE are designed for server and workstation platforms that require extreme wattage to feed multiple hard disk drives and microprocessors, rather than ability draw extreme current on high-speed components, such as top graphics cards or latest processors.

High-end system components, such as Advanced Micro Devices’s Athlon 64 FX-55 chip, or Intel’s Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.46GHz chip, require extremely powerful power supplies, as they consume more than 100W of power in peak cases, and also tend to need for very high current of about 80A (in case of AMD Athlon 64 FX-55), which not many contemporary mainboards and power supply units can provide.

Modern graphics cards also consume of about 80W in peak cases, X-bit labs has learnt. Furthermore, NVIDIA Corp. recently said that those who plan to install a couple of GeForce 6800 GT or GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics cards into a single computer to get extreme speed should also acquire 550W – 600W PSUs, as typically high-end graphics sub-systems collaborate with top graphics processors in ultra-expensive PCs.

SNE’s 950W, 900W and 850W power supply units cost about $570, $475 and $427 in Tokyo, Japan, Akiba PC Hotline web-site notes.

http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/d...126101213.html

DyNaRaX · 28th November 2004, 11:19

what's next? pc's on 380V instead of 230V?

koensa · 28th November 2004, 12:38

no need for that

pcs dont draw that much amps

piotke · 28th November 2004, 12:42

2 * 6800 GT ultra XT PE ² in sli
FX55 heavely overclocked, lets's say 3.4 ghz
Couple of hdd's + raid 26+54 controller
2 Gb of pc5864,5 DDr

aha, and not a single psu can supply that on a decent way.

koensa · 28th November 2004, 12:43

i bet person thats has a fx57@3.3 has a raid array...

nor would he have 2 gig

jmke · 28th November 2004, 12:50

come again Koensa?

koensa · 28th November 2004, 13:01

couldnt edit post :s

Wel i bet that NO real overclocker would stick 2 gigs of ddr and a RAID array in his pc, or he would be very dumb

(reaction to piotke)

kristos · 28th November 2004, 18:18

why no raid?

I'm only asking.

I know you don't NEED raid for overclocking but if you do anything else with that compu, raid is a very nice feature.

I only installed raid once and it took forever to install windows xp but boot time was amazingly fast

If that's normal for raid (the slow installation) then I can understand, but a friend of mine who does it quite frequently was so hyped about how fast win xp installed on a raid array, that it can't be that bad.

besides, afaik, your less likely to get data corruption with a (decent?) raid card if you don't' have an pci/agp lock.

koensa · 28th November 2004, 18:41

no, its not only that raid is dangerous(because nowdays al chipset have locked pci and such).
but when u overclock and do benchmarks, u really really dont want to have much data, cuz having much data makes your comp slow.

ever went to a LAN with your fresformatted system and returend with all full drives and noticing how slow he became?

jmke · 28th November 2004, 18:43

Quote:

Originally posted by koensa

ever went to a LAN with your fresformatted system and returend with all full drives and noticing how slow he became?

no. solution is called defrag

don't see why RAID would be dangerous, if anything, it increases data redundancy, unless you are using RAID0, which I advise against using for anything else but a scratch disk for paging file.

28th November 2004, 02:59	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,473	950W Power Supply Units Sneak into Market A Japan-based company has started to sell its power supply units with maximum output of up to 950W, which is the world’s highest performance for desktops. As modern central processing units and graphics cards continue to devour more and more power, high-end personal computer’s PSU requirements will continue to increase and such PSUs are likely to gain popularity. SNE, a Japanese maker of various hardware aimed at enthusiasts and overclockers, recently started to sell its 950W, 900W and 850W power supply units, claiming the world’s record PSUs. The devices, however, can draw peak wattage only in extreme cases. In typical cases the power of the PSUs is 750W, 700W and 650W respectively, which is still among the world’s top power supply units. PSUs from SNE can power typical ATX as well as EPS12V systems, which means that the devices can be used for both desktop and workstation/server computers. The power supplies are equipped with 5 connectors for Serial ATA, 4 connectors for mini-Molex and 4 connectors for Molex plugs. The top, 950W (model FSRP950LGA), PSU can draw 34A on 3.3V and 5V connectors and from 14A to 18A on various 12V connectors, which is not higher compared to top offerings from companies like Antec. This may mean that the PSUs from SNE are designed for server and workstation platforms that require extreme wattage to feed multiple hard disk drives and microprocessors, rather than ability draw extreme current on high-speed components, such as top graphics cards or latest processors. High-end system components, such as Advanced Micro Devices’s Athlon 64 FX-55 chip, or Intel’s Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.46GHz chip, require extremely powerful power supplies, as they consume more than 100W of power in peak cases, and also tend to need for very high current of about 80A (in case of AMD Athlon 64 FX-55), which not many contemporary mainboards and power supply units can provide. Modern graphics cards also consume of about 80W in peak cases, X-bit labs has learnt. Furthermore, NVIDIA Corp. recently said that those who plan to install a couple of GeForce 6800 GT or GeForce 6800 Ultra graphics cards into a single computer to get extreme speed should also acquire 550W – 600W PSUs, as typically high-end graphics sub-systems collaborate with top graphics processors in ultra-expensive PCs. SNE’s 950W, 900W and 850W power supply units cost about $570, $475 and $427 in Tokyo, Japan, Akiba PC Hotline web-site notes. http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/other/d...126101213.html __________________

28th November 2004, 11:19	#2
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28th November 2004, 12:38	#3
koensa Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Kortrijk Posts: 742	no need for that pcs dont draw that much amps __________________ I reject your reality,and i substitute my own

28th November 2004, 12:42	#4
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,039	2 * 6800 GT ultra XT PE ² in sli FX55 heavely overclocked, lets's say 3.4 ghz Couple of hdd's + raid 26+54 controller 2 Gb of pc5864,5 DDr aha, and not a single psu can supply that on a decent way. __________________ .

28th November 2004, 12:43	#5
koensa Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Kortrijk Posts: 742	i bet person thats has a fx57@3.3 has a raid array... nor would he have 2 gig __________________ I reject your reality,and i substitute my own

28th November 2004, 12:50	#6
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,473	come again Koensa? __________________

28th November 2004, 13:01	#7
koensa Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Kortrijk Posts: 742	couldnt edit post :s Wel i bet that NO real overclocker would stick 2 gigs of ddr and a RAID array in his pc, or he would be very dumb (reaction to piotke) __________________ I reject your reality,and i substitute my own

28th November 2004, 18:18	#8
kristos Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,554	why no raid? I'm only asking. I know you don't NEED raid for overclocking but if you do anything else with that compu, raid is a very nice feature. I only installed raid once and it took forever to install windows xp but boot time was amazingly fast If that's normal for raid (the slow installation) then I can understand, but a friend of mine who does it quite frequently was so hyped about how fast win xp installed on a raid array, that it can't be that bad. besides, afaik, your less likely to get data corruption with a (decent?) raid card if you don't' have an pci/agp lock. __________________ "Welcome to the internet; where men are men, women are men, and little girls are FBI agents."

28th November 2004, 18:41	#9
koensa Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Kortrijk Posts: 742	no, its not only that raid is dangerous(because nowdays al chipset have locked pci and such). but when u overclock and do benchmarks, u really really dont want to have much data, cuz having much data makes your comp slow. ever went to a LAN with your fresformatted system and returend with all full drives and noticing how slow he became? __________________ I reject your reality,and i substitute my own

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