Thermaltake kicks out Quad GPU-ready power supplies

There's just nothing quite like the smell of four graphics cards burning through energy in the morning to get you amped for the day, and Thermaltake is making sure you've got the juice and the connectors to make it happen. While not quite as mighty as Ultra Products' 2,000-watt behemoth, the 1,200- and 1,000-watt Toughpower PSUs support both AMD and Intel rigs and boast a trio of six-pin PCI-E connectors, eight SATA and Molex ports, and both units claim the "world's first" tag by collectively being numero uno to include eight-pin PCI-E connectors. The backwards compatible ports allow gamers to hit up a bit of Quad SLI action on their own, and considering the massive power draw demanded by such cards, it's good to know you've got so much energy on tap for those graphically straining firefights. Although there's no pricing information available just yet, the W0133 / W0132 should be available soon, and if you're already considering throwing down for four high-end GPUs, we highly doubt cashflow is of primary concern.

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[GioNYC @ Feb 15th 2007 3:37PM]

Holy F, Sweeeeeet !!!!

[peshue @ Feb 15th 2007 3:41PM]

So when are video cards going to get getting more and more rediculous and just go multicore

[pyro @ Feb 15th 2007 4:07PM]

actually, when the next versions come out. the ati R700 is supposedly going to be multicore.

Oh, and 2000W or even 1000W isn't needed at all for even four grapics cards. PSU companies put out the image that more wattage = better and people buy it. Thermaltake also makes crap PSUs that are marked up in both price and wattage and are most of the time rebranded.

[Jypson @ Feb 15th 2007 3:41PM]

Now it just needs an exterior model so I can frankenstein it to my stupid propritory sony case.

[MR @ Feb 15th 2007 3:46PM]

2kW just for the graphics? This is so darn wrong.
I think we should start boycotting them for their inefficient chip design.

[adelossa @ Feb 15th 2007 4:05PM]

more power! more power!

[cmonkey @ Feb 15th 2007 4:43PM]

Well, if ATI ever puts out quad Crossfire (It will be a while, considering how bad a state Crossfire is in right now), even 1kw wont be enough to adequately run 4 R600 cores. But, I agree, Themaltake is pretty craptacular, and I doubt you could sustain 1kw draw on that PSU.

[walk2k @ Feb 15th 2007 6:13PM]

I doubt you could even build a PC that uses more than 500 watts peak. 800-1200k power supplies are completely uneccesary.

[CT @ Feb 15th 2007 4:23PM]

Tim Taylor now needs a new pair of underpants...

[Fragger @ Feb 15th 2007 6:17PM]

So yea, once you get over 600 watts your pretty much good on power supplys. The question is how many amps. Better be something like 120 on the 12+. :D

[Brennan @ Feb 15th 2007 7:32PM]

8 pin connectors r, from what i read, used for PCI-E v2.0 slots, really u just need a 850-900w PSU to use 2 R600s.

i want to get the OEM R600 n i guess a 900w PSU since i wont have enough watts to use it, roughly at the same time next month or April, depends on when i get a job.

im waiting for a mobo that has these components (stuff?):

socket AM3, Crossfire, 3 PCI, 2 x 2GB DDR2 800 (most likely DDR3), n another new GPU, either R680 or R700 if one of them come out Q1 2008. Then ill get Killer NIC, 256mb ASUS PhysX Accelerator n a 720p HD monitor.

4 PCI-E v2.0 is just rediculous to have, 2 is all u need.

[robothouse @ Feb 15th 2007 7:50PM]

Who the hell needs 4 GPUs?

[pyro @ Feb 15th 2007 11:36PM]

walk2k speaks the truth. No one needs anything over 500W for a home gaming computer. I think the reason people think computer components need so much power is because the wattage rating when buying computer hardware is the total wattage of a high end PC with tons of pci cards and drive bays being used, not the wattage of the single component.

[Sean @ Feb 16th 2007 1:40AM]

Power plant not included?

[nigerchild @ Feb 16th 2007 11:21AM]

I am a PRO GAMER and I need the BIGGEST and the BESTEST

[ASTROBOT @ Feb 16th 2007 1:31PM]

Ok let me ask a dumb question. So if you buy this sucker, does it actually eat up 2000watts of power constantly or just the total amount of watts that your computer's devices takes up?

[Mactabilis @ Apr 21st 2007 12:18PM]

For starters it is impossible for the computer to even use more than 600 watts. The wire size and copper bus on the boards is too small to carry the current of 70 amps or even 20 amps. The wire in your power sockets is roughly 14 gauge to 12 gauge and that can carry 15 amps max without burning up. As voltage drops the current goes up so naturally they claim you need 70 amps but that would require bigger wire of at least 8 gauge. The wire coming out of the power supplies is usually 16 gauge. Also any time they claim they can fit 1200 watt power supply in the normal size boxes they are lying. The transformer is too small and could possibly catch on fire if it had to carry 1200 watts for too long.

Well thats my 2 cents from a guy that builds UPS backup systems for a living.