[redalert]

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Greetings, readers. It is another fine day here in the jonnyGURU.com labs, which look suspiciously like a basement with bad carpeting, and I have something special for you today. That's right, today I am going somewhere I haven't gone before. No, I'm not talking about the shower. I'm talking about load testing something huge, something at the very limits of what the lab gear is capable of. Today's review is of the Silverstone Strider 1500 watt unit.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/modules.php...Story&reid=175

 

[DeadSkull]

Mother of god.

Great review...now do I need a 1500W psu or just a 1200W psu?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16817256054

 

[Oklahoma Wolf]

There is not a whole lot out there that will compete with this thing, even at 1200W

 

[sLowEnd]

4.2kg of woah.

 

[KusH]

That thing is a beast.

 

[Firestorm252]

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Originally Posted by sLowEnd 4.2kg of woah.

if this keeps up we'll need a reinforcing bracket for our PSUs

 

[Tator Tot]

That's a beast of a PSU.

1320watts of power on the 12v rail. I'd have honestly called it a 1400watt unit. But it does numerically add up to 1500watts.

 

[jameschisholm]

"Four PCI-E 8pin, eight PCI-E 6pin, and 12 SATA connectors support"

how many brown m and m's does it take to power a brandy glass? lol

seriously overkill for me.

 

[Oklahoma Wolf]

Given how the unit performed, pulling that 120A peak rating out of it shouldn't pose that much of a problem. It could be they rated it the way they did to pass UL requirements.

 

[USFORCES]

Only 10 pcie 6pin, they should of added 2 more !!

 

[Oklahoma Wolf]

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Originally Posted by USFORCES Only 10 pcie 6pin, they should of added 2 more !!

Eight, actually.

 

[rpgman1]

That is a beast of a PSU. Is it really certified for true quad-SLI or Crossfire? Makes me wonder if it can be used with EVGA's P55 4-way SLI board.

 

[bumsoil]

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Originally Posted by USFORCES Only 10 pcie 6pin, they should of added 2 more !!

why didn't they just use 1 6 pin and one 8 pin plug???

 

[USFORCES]

Good question, Not to many PSU's have 12 6pins, LOL

My 1200w Silverstone only has 3x8pin and 3x6pin and it's certified for tri but I have room for more that I'm not using.

 

[pzyko80]

2 words: daymmmmm!!!!!!!! Overkill!!!!!

 

[tofunater]

I think I just found my next psu... 6 gtx 260's here I come

 

[brettjv]

On the quad-sli 285's the third 6-pin plug on each card is optional, so this PSU would work fine on that set-up.

 

[Oupavoc]

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Originally Posted by brettjv On the quad-sli 285's the third 6-pin plug on each card is optional, so this PSU would work fine on that set-up.

This.

The third 6 pin is optional and would be utilized if you had a case with 2 psu. It's just there for proper power management just like the eVga Classified board has two 8 pin