Gigabyte Mobo Can Feed (or Fry) CPU With 1500W

[joytech22]

Holy ......! you could probably start a car with that, or fry the motor 😀

 

[FSXFan]

[citation][nom]tpi2007[/nom]1500w ?? I bet the first thing made by humans to get to Mars will be a processor shooting up from one of these motherboards at 4x the speed of light LOLOL[/citation]
The first man-made thing on mars was a Russian lander that crashed in 1971. There's been many others since.

 

[tacoslave]

[citation][nom]FSXFan[/nom]The first man-made thing on mars was a Russian lander that crashed in 1971. There's been many others since.[/citation]

um its a joke.

 

[Guest]

Holy frak!!!

 

[Firehead2k]

I understand why a mobo would want to deliver so much power to all components, but the CPU? What CPU could possibly handle 1.5kW ?
Even if you poured liquid nitrogen directly onto the die, todays CPUs would still fry if you applied 1.5kW to them...

 

[lonepasserby]

If your 4-way SLI GTX 480 doesn't fry your CPU, maybe this one can.

 

[Arethel]

[citation][nom]trnddwn33[/nom]Board does everything under the sun. But for $700 bucks? Seems a little steep to me when comparable boards are selling for under $500.[/citation]

I don't think there are any comparable motherboards that have said self-destruct "feature."

 

[Regulas]

I like Gigabyte motherboards and used them on my last 2 builds.

 

[wayneepalmer]

With his sudden increase in free time I'll bet if you load this puppy up with GTX 480's and liquid nitrogen, crank the boost to max and go all psycho in Crysis on 8 - 60" plasma's, Al Gore will make it his mission in life to have you deported off the planet for a carbon-footprint crime against humanity...and Con Ed will nominate you for a knighthood.

 

[mr_tuel]

Where's the flux capacitor?

 

[archange]

And when your mobo goes obsolete next year, you could still use it as a power supply for your arc-welder!

 

[HalfHuman]

this is one of the crazyest thing i've heard lately. 1500w cpu usage? that is insane. how could one disipate 1500w of heat? i heard some say that we surpassed the at density of a nuclear reactor with the "normal" cpus. something like 100w does not seem much but think the area that generates such heat. the irnoning apliance uses 1000w or more but the area is so much bigger so even at 100w per cpu die (not the metal shield) is huge. something like 1500watts is enough to melt the motherboard... literarily.

ps: i'm so not impressed by these configs that defy common sense, that cost so much and that use so much power. i'd be so much impressed by a powerful system using 10w on idle and less than 100w on load.

 

[captainnemojr]

You know the sound the Ghostbusters Proton Pack makes when it turns on? I wonder if a computer with this mobo in it makes that sound as well.

 

[fisshy]

POWAAAHHHH!

One Up for GB...
suck on those apples.

 

[eyemaster]

[citation][nom]trnddwn33[/nom]Board does everything under the sun. But for $700 bucks? Seems a little steep to me when comparable boards are selling for under $500.[/citation]

Comparable boards? what other comparable boards?

 

[rbarone69]

** key word CAN FEED ** (only if the current is asked for)
Amperage and voltage only is not a valid measurement as they are missing a key variable in Ohm's law... Resistance.

Add resistance to the equation then you'll come up with how much actual watt usage there is. This is why a 12v light bulb doesn't POP when you attach it to a car battery and still works the same when you attach to a small 12v power source. It will only draw the current it needs based on resistance.

This is also why a house with 100 amp service will run the same vacuum cleaner, toaster, microwave etc... as a house with 200 amp service. The difference is you can run MORE of them (yes I know the equations are different for AC current but same concept applies). Now... take resistance out of the equation then a 10amp 120v will cause a spark, where a 200amp 120v will cause an explosion because there's little resistance holding back the current.

If you could stack 10 130w processors together you'd end up drawing 1300w of power.

Another analogy, if I had a bucket of water and a hose the water would flow only so fast. If I had a swimming pool of water and the same hose the water would still flow exactly the same.

If you kept resistance the same, and increased voltage, you could draw more current as well (that's why processors with higher voltages draw more current). Either or you need to change something other than available current.

 

[WarraWarra]

Does this come in another model with 2 or 4 cpu sockets ?

Can almost start thinking of consolidating my 6 desktop pc's into 1 pc if only this had more cpu sockets. Would be nice to have a pc that I do not have to wait for to complete a task.
"1x I7-975 is too slow and under powered"

1500w is a bit of a overkill can rather buy a cluster pc or HPC for the same price as the electricity bill on this at full power.

Seems like Intel and AMD will have to start build processors and stop playing games with their 8 / 12 core jokes "mobile phone / Atari / XT 286" cpu's for desktops.

You go Gigabyte, finally someone with ba*ls enough to challenge the statuesque.

We need much more Cpu / Gpu power for the basic home users.

 

[eddieroolz]

!!!! Holy crap! *o*

 

[jisamaniac]

I want but since it is made by gigabyte it will fail in less than six months.

 

[kelemvor4]

I'm guessing EPA EnergyStar compliance is no

 

[Ed Oscuro]

[citation][nom]tokenz[/nom]If it hits 88 mph do I go back in time.[/citation]
Perhaps it sends you to the right movie franchise.

Is that big blue "Extreme" thing the board's own heat exchanger or just a tower passive cooler? I don't care how big a passive cooler is, it ain't dispersing well over hundreds of watts. And speaking of that, I wouldn't want to run one of these things in an apartment, or leave it running while on vacation...you'd be able to see the smoke rising from the other side of the country.