How would you achieve 2000w power supply?

[scryer_360]

Recently using the Extreme PSU Calculator, I built a system requiring 1900 watts of power, here were the specs:

Quad-core X6700 (overclocked to 3 gigahertz)
SLI'd 8800 GTX
AGEIA Physix Card
4 sticks of DDR2 (for 8 gigs of RAM)
3 USB devices
1 Firewire
3 high performance 120 mm fans
2 high performance 90 mm fans
and a partridge in a pear tree

OF course I am not actually BUILDING what would be a $5900 PC, but it begs to question:
How do the people building the latest and greatest get the raw POWER needed to fuel it? I know current matters more than watts (so Amps is whats important, and a 100 amp system can be had), but still, seems a little coming up short!

Is it that two, TWO?!, 1000 PSUs would be needed for such a beasT?

 

[NoNeeD]

you could build a 2000mw yes megawatt power supply most likely its just a case of supply and demand and ease of creation. most likely a 2000w power supply would have to be rather large and there really is no demand or need for 2000w supplies so they don't exist.

 

[Hex]

I would recommend buying...

Two of these beasts: (as someone else already mentioned)
PC Power & Cooling Turbo-Cool 1KW-SR EPS12V 1000W Continuous

And this awesome case:
LIAN LI PC-G70 Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case

 

[Valtiel]

I put in everything you did and added a few other things and I got ~750W.
How do you explain that? You entered quad processor instead of single processor. Use your head please there was obviously something wrong. Sorry for my callousness.

 

[apt403]

Well, 2000 power supplies do exist, ultra has one, not sure if its out yet, but they have working models. You would probably need one of those crazy huge plugs that power washer/dryers to use it, but still, they exist.

 

[The_Hanz]

Use more than one power supply.

 

[jt001]

Lets not forget that in the US the max you wall outlet can provide without tripping the breaker is 1800W.

Sorry to nitpick but most US houses nowdays use 20 amp circuits which provide up to 2400watts.

Well, 2000 power supplies do exist, ultra has one, not sure if its out yet, but they have working models. You would probably need one of those crazy huge plugs that power washer/dryers to use it, but still, they exist.

I'd assume for this they'd have 2 power plugs intended to be plugged into different circuits(as is done on high end amplifiers)

How would they even be able to fit such a beast in a standard PSU slot 8O

 

[apt403]

Yeah, like my apt., like every freakin' building in san francisco this one was built in like 1909. I have no idea how old the wiring is though, but i do know if i run both my emac and pc in the same wall outlet ill trip the breaker.

 

[belvdr]

But there are still many, many older houses stuck with the 15A. To upgrade to the 20A would mean a total house rewireing. You don't want to just replace the 15A with a 20A.

Not necessarily. If you look at the wiring going into the breaker, you will notice the guage (such as 12, 14, etc). You can use a 20 amp breaker on 12 guage (or greater) copper wire (10 guage if aluminum). If you have aluminum electrical wiring, well, you're in a mess altogether, as that should be replaced with copper for safety.

 

[Datman]

Sneak Peak - Ultra Products 2000W ATX Power Supply

OCZ Unveils the 2000W Power Supply

The 2000W PSU Is More than A Dream

 

[ottopw]

I bought and love the Silverstone op1000

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817256010

If I needed 2000w I get 2 of these and put them in a stacker one up top one down bottom.

I have the one I've got in the Lian Li 777 anniversary case. I had to take the bottom of the case out to put it in but it fits well.

 

[nukemaster]

wow......that would be allot of power....

i mean on one breaker i run a tv, 3 computers, surround sound....and all that other good stuff(modem,cable box,2 routers and a switch...and i forgot my laptop...)....

they day my computer needs its own breaker......ohhhh ouch....

 

[tool_462]

The 2000W PSU Is More than A Dream

It may be more then a dream but i hope it's more then what we will ever need.[/quote]

This could be one of those ridiculous predictions like "TV will never catch on, radio is king" but I think we are nearing the so called "peak" of power needs right now. We all know CPU's are dropping off in power requirements (sure the QX6700 is a beast but probably can't even match my D805) while GPUs are on the rise, surely it can't get a great amount higher before the 65nm GPUs come out and are that much more efficient.

I hope I am correct! I hope the biggest PSU that will ever be justifiable in a home desktop solution will be a 750-800 watt PC Power & Cooling (or any monster single 12v rail) type psu.

Enlighten me mpilch, what do you think? Feel free to shoot me out of the sky.

 

[qwazzy]

That comp doesn't need 2000w as others have said.

 

[shamoo]

you would be supprised
i have recently seen a very intresting powersupply that draws 22 amps and puts out at 150 amps at 5 volts. True its not a computer power supply but it was about 2-3 times the size of a computer psu and its older. But still for the ammount of power required by newer computers it might be time to get bigger wireing... anyone up for a twist lock in the wall.

 

[sailer]

Well as i said i HOPE we never need more then a 1000W PSU for a system.

I hope so too! If computers get too large, we should probably stop calling them "personal computers", but industrial size mainframes for household use. By the way, anyone notice that the OP asked a question and then never replied to anyone?

 

[Valtiel]

As they often do

 

[tool_462]

I just read a funny quote. "In the future, computers will be as light as 1.5 tons!" -Popular Science, 1945.

 

[sailer]

Lets not turn this into a flame of the OP.

Didn't mean to flame, just express curiousity.

 

[Valtiel]

Rotflmao. Stupid people from 1945...

not being able to predict the future. /grumble