Chinese Manufacturer Builds a 2000 Watt PSU

[XiandreX]

Name says it all. New 2000 Watt (claimed) Chinese power supply.
Not debating quality just its incredible how far power supplies have come.

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/great-wall-psu-2000w,24269.html

 

[lehtv]

Great Wall is OK, they make units for Corsair (upcoming CS series) among others.

I don't think a 2000W unit is in itself much of an achievement, but when crammed into the ATX form factor it kind of is.

 

[Blain]

Remember the Ultra X3 2000W from back in 2007?

 

[Smoblikat]

meh, I dont expect it to hit the US. Its 1600w @ 115/120AC, only 2000w for the rest of the world.

 

[Sheep221]

meh, I dont expect it to hit the US. Its 1600w @ 115/120AC, only 2000w for the rest of the world.

mainland europe has sockets with 3700W capacity

 

[Sunny129]

what the heck would this be for? 4 dual-GPU video cards on one mobo?

 

[Red Squirrel]

Would be interesting to take that for a spin.

With how power hungry today's components are it's not surprising this actually may have uses. Imagine a dual or even quad cpu with 4 video cards for example. Add water cooling and lots of lights and you're probably pushing 1500w. My core i7 rig takes around 300w at the wall, so that might be 250w give or take at the psu.

Would be interesting to put 4 of these in serries and build a -48v system. Would require some modifications so negative is not grounded, and a way to adjust voltage output, so you can tweak it to the proper float voltage, which is typically 54 volts.

 

[PliotronX]

While I am not qualified to judge, I think this would require a clever use of quotation marks. A Chinese manufacturer has designed a "2000W" PSU. Until it's put under load by johnnyGURU.

 

[Sunny129]

...Until it's put under load by johnnyGURU.

LOL good point

 

[Red Squirrel]

LOL yeah "2000w". It might start to act funny when 1000w is being pulled from it.

I'd love to review one of these lol.

 

[XiandreX]

While I am not qualified to judge, I think this would require a clever use of quotation marks. A Chinese manufacturer has designed a "2000W" PSU. Until it's put under load by johnnyGURU.

Amen to that lol... like i said I am not here to claim quality just amazed at where we are for power requirements given tri sli Titans and the likes.

 

[aigomorla]

meh, I dont expect it to hit the US. Its 1600w @ 115/120AC, only 2000w for the rest of the world.

It sounds exactly like that ultra...

i had one of those POS PSU's...
The stupid thing had its own power plugs, so once those got damaged or lost, you were in trouble.

It got replaced to a corsair AX1200 and i have never looked back since.

 

[RFC Rudel]

Remember the Ultra X3 2000W from back in 2007?

I have the 1600 one. Best PSU ever, and I really torture them. I get tired of 1 year 1000W psu duration when my rig was 850W at full load (and 2 fine psu died)

I have 220 at the wall, 500W at idle, 1100 on full load. the 12v dont even move.

Want a long lasting PSU? make lot of head room.


I measure my load at the wall.

 

[RFC Rudel]

It sounds exactly like that ultra...

i had one of those POS PSU's...
The stupid thing had its own power plugs, so once those got damaged or lost, you were in trouble.

It got replaced to a corsair AX1200 and i have never looked back since.

that is a standard for high load cables and sockets, is mandatory for that amount of power drain

 

[Maximilian]

It sounds exactly like that ultra...

i had one of those POS PSU's...
The stupid thing had its own power plugs, so once those got damaged or lost, you were in trouble.

It got replaced to a corsair AX1200 and i have never looked back since.

Like this kind of plug? Square type thing.

 

[nForce2]

Like this kind of plug? Square type thing.

That looks like the same connector that Apple used on the late Power Mac G5 machines. Like 'RFC Rudel' said, if we're talking about the same connector, it's a standard connector rated for higher currents than the "normal" PC power cables. :thumbsup:

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

While I am not qualified to judge, I think this would require a clever use of quotation marks. A Chinese manufacturer has designed a "2000W" PSU. Until it's put under load by johnnyGURU.

Can you imagine the magnitude of the explosion when it fails under load in their hotbox test

 

[aigomorla]

that is a standard for high load cables and sockets, is mandatory for that amount of power drain

You see that makes no sense.... because my AX1200 doesnt do that..

My AX1200 will outperform my 1600W ultra any day of the week, while having one arm and leg tied behind its back, yet uses the standard type of power plugs.

So tell me why the industry's best PSU doesnt use it...
I havent even seen Enterprise PSU's use that type of plug either.

Yet these other guys do... :T


Im assuming its for the 240V EU standard?
That MAC u showed has a EU plug.

Because after that ultra... i wont buy another psu which uses that type of connectors.
Then again.. i dont see the real need for a psu larger then a AX1200.

And if i needed a PSU larger then 1200... its probably cuz i have more then 3 GPU, which then id rather go dual PSU's with a dedicated PSU on just the GPUs, vs a single PSU.
Kinda like how i had it on my old QuadFire setups.... i had a 1KW Turbo cool do the GPU's, while i had a 750W Silencer handle my board / watercooling.

Oh and to show u guys.... i have mucho <3 for monster class PSU's

<3 monster psu's... they have been always a manditory piece of EQ in my builds for my PC's for more then 8 yrs now.

 

[nForce2]

My AX1200 will outperform my 1600W ultra any day of the week, while having one arm and leg tied behind its back, yet uses the standard type of power plugs.

So tell me why the industry's best PSU doesnt use it...
I havent even seen Enterprise PSU's use that type of plug either.

Whether it is "required" or used depends on the load - it's not a "quality" thing, so it has nothing to do with what are the "industry's best" power supplies. You can see the chart in my previous post - your 1200W power supply is under the limit, but a 2000W power supply would be over.

Yet these other guys do... :T

Im assuming its for the 240V EU standard?
That MAC u showed has a EU plug.

Nope, the late North America G5's had the same connector. I just picked that one because it was the first picture I found showing both the plug and the socket on a G5 Power Mac.

 

[RFC Rudel]

You see that makes no sense.... because my AX1200 doesnt do that..

I was referring to electrical cable standards, for 220V some countries require that type of connectors.
Al types of high power devices require big plugs in my country.
Here any imported electrical device must approve electrical certification, and I understand that X manufacturer that want worldwide approval use the standard that fits the product.
If the PSU sucks or don&#8217;t was not my point there.

Now on PSU, I use my machine for gaming and work, and OC too. (4 ssd raid0, 4 2tb raid 5, 2 gtx 480 etc., before the ssds 4 SCSI 1500RPM where there)
I use lots of disks ind raid 0 and raid 5 since 2001.

I get tired of changing PSU almost 1 per year (and fine ones), my X3 1600 have worked very well, I got this one when they first came out, can&#8217;t talk about another x3 or if they make crap after this one.

Multi PSU I have use sometimes, but not now, and I am open to that option.

When not gaming I run virtual machines (lab environments for migrations)

Today we have PSU of great quality, and reviews. In the old days you choose the psu for how much they weight.

and the quality of the power that you feed the psu is another thing to think about.


PD : another PSU that give me fine results was Enermax Galaxy 1000 Watt.

 

[thecoolnessrune]

You see that makes no sense.... because my AX1200 doesnt do that..

As others have said, this is entirely to do with current rating. The C13/C14 connector you're used to is limited to 10 Amps of current. That means, under 120V, you're limited to 1200 watts of peak power (notice your AX1200).

To go beyond that, and be in proper standards, you have to move to the C19/C20 connector, which is the odd connector you're referring to. It's an IEC standard just like you're used to, but its rated for 16 amps rather than 10.

And it's not uncommon in high power enterprise applications at all. Blade Chassis that aren't using DC or 3-phase power (most HP, Dell, and Cisco UCS blade chassis), and Network Chassis (Cisco Nexus 7000, etc), use the connectors when each power supply is expected to supply over 1000 watts of power.

 

[isawthedevil]

Powers my house no problem.