Thermaltake's High WattageToughpower XT PSUs Could Power a Small City
Thermaltake's High WattageToughpower XT PSUs Could Power a Small City
Posted 09/12/2011 at 1:09pm
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Thermaltake's new Toughpower XT Platinum and Gold power supplies mean business, at least on paper. These new high-output PSUs come in three wattages -- 1275W, 1375W, and 1475W -- two of which are 80 Plus Gold certified (1375W and 1475W), with the other receiving an 80 Plus Platinum stamp.
With well over 1000W and high energy efficiency, Thermaltake is taking aim at hardcore gamers who run multiple videocards and other high-end users. All three models use 100 percent 105C Japanese electrolytic and solid capacitors, as well as several technologies of interest to engineering geeks (and we use that term affectionately), such as full bridge and LLC resonance circuits and an interleaved PFC circuit. All three also sport heavy-gauge 16 AWG cables, multiple PCI-E connectors, and PSU status LEDs.
On the all-important +12V rail, the 1275W offers 45A for 12V1 and 65A for 12V2; the 1375W is rated at 50A for 12V1 and 70A for 12V2; and the 1475W is rated at 55A for 12V1 and 75 for 12V2.
No word on price or availability.
Toughpower XT Platinum 1275W
Toughpower XT Gold 1375W
Toughpower XT Gold 1475W
Image Credit: Thermaltake
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EthicSlave
September 13, 2011 at 12:33am
The platinum series is in reference to its power effeciency 89-94%
The gold here is 87-93%
So expect to have effecient wattage accordingly, platinum is better?
fellowleo
September 12, 2011 at 9:18pm
Scary that your computer will use more power than your refrigerator.
ShyLinuxGuy
September 12, 2011 at 8:54pm
Hehe, maybe in the 1800s could 1275-1475w power a small city sufficiently. Nowadays, that will be enough to make coffee for ONE household or something like that. Being that the average house has 200A service (YMMV, my parents' house has 400A), that's about 48000w @ 240v or 24000w @ 120v.
@livebriand: I can TOTALLY relate to this...I have a 400w Antec Earthwatts PSU, which is sufficient enough to power a 3.1GHz Athlon II (Regor) with a two-drive striped RAID array and 4 gigs of memory. For those of you guys still rocking older rigs like Core 2's and first-gen Athlon 64s, believe it or not (and don't feel bad), a lot of gamers would laugh HYSTERICALLY at MY setup compared to theirs (some of which have just the *video card* ALONE more powerful than my entire system) but since I just hack around with Linux, code, run VMs to learn things like AD in Windows Server and mess around in Adobe CS5, it's more than enough for me.
livebriand
September 12, 2011 at 6:33pm
Soon we'll be above 2400 watts and have a problem (that's 20A - the max of most outlets). Seriously, I highly doubt there's any use for this. This makes my 520w unit look like total shit, even though that can run a mid-range CPU and GPU well enough. (honestly, who really needs more????)
Coldrage
September 12, 2011 at 5:46pm
Too bad they're such a shoddy brand.
Also, computers are getting more efficient and these 1kw+ PSU's will be useless in a few years.
JohnP
September 12, 2011 at 4:13pm
Boy, I hope you have a 20 AMP rated wiring and receptacle for the outlet you plug these bad boys into. Otherwise, the wires might get a little toasty...
Pinkyblister
September 12, 2011 at 4:58pm
Right on target. Most folks will need heavier wiring and receptacles for these large power supplies-otherwise they are kidding themselves.
nsvander
September 12, 2011 at 11:44pm
Yes they will have to have a dedicated circuit just for the computer (as 15A is what most wall circuits are rated at). Might be a doable thing in a new home, but hell my house was built in '53, so it would take a complete rewire to install just one outlet and a dedicated 20A plug to run the damn thing.
ddz49
September 12, 2011 at 2:09pm
"...two of which are 80 Plus Gold certified (1275W and 1375W), with the other receiving an 80 Plus Platinum stamp."
The 1275W is Platinum, and the others are gold.
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