Nice, though I wish they'd make a 300watt or less model to round this out. I need something to put in low power systems that has that certification, like a Home or Small office NAS box.
[citation][nom]halcyon[/nom]I want it silent, 1200 watts, FULLY modular, and rated Gold Plus. Is anyone paying attention?[/citation]
Apparently not you.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817256069
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817194096
Though why you'd want a 1200 watt PSU that's gold certified is beyond me, kinda hypocritical worrying about efficiency when your idle is going to be under (more than likely) the min requirement to get enough load to get within the efficiency range of the PSU. Also to get those ratings at that current the voltages can get pretty varied, of course within ATX2.0 specs but that's like having low rolling resistance tires (the kind on a prius) on a 10.5R outlaw drag car. If your looking into that kind of wattage the best units in terms of keeping their voltages stable, which is what really matters when you have enough components to need a 1200 watt psu.
[citation][nom]kelvinty[/nom]Is 600W really enough for somewhat mid range dual GPU solutions?would something like 6870 CF or 560Ti SLi be good for it? I somehow doubt the dual GPU thingy...I personally like dual rail rather than one, just a preference.[/citation]
I have a silencer 610 (back when they were PC Power & Cooling, not affiliated with OCZ. OCZ is a good company in and of itself as well) and it runs a pair of 6850s and 3 hdds just fine. The single rail idea is that your either overloading your rail or not. There's no guessing on which rail is being used for what and might be overloaded.
Here are the facts: A large, single 12-volt rail (without a 240VA limit) can transfer 100% of the 12-volt output from the PSU to the computer, while a multi-rail 12-volt design has distribution losses of up to 30% of the power supply’s rating. Those losses occur because power literally gets “trapped” on under-utilized rails. For example, if the 12-volt rail that powers the CPU is rated for 17 amps and the CPU only uses 7A, the remaining 10A is unusable, since it is isolated from the rest of the system.