Corsair 1500w AX1500i Titanium Certified PSU. $450.

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When 1200w just isn't enough Corsair goes one step further with the AX1500i PSU.

Retail price is $450 and it meets the "current draft" of the higher 80-plus Titanium certification.
 

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We now have a good reason for DD to buy this power supply.

295X2 Quadfire. Crysis 3, 3840x2160, cranked settings, avg 82 fps.
 

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Hehe. No time for gaming lately, though CivV looks awesome @ 4k. Prison Architect fails with an error that says (I'm not making this up) "Unreasonable Resolution".
 

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Hehe. No time for gaming lately, though CivV looks awesome @ 4k. Prison Architect fails with an error that says (I'm not making this up) "Unreasonable Resolution".

That's a bummer. I just bought the game today for $10. I guess this is why it's in alpha.
 

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HardOCP recently tested this PSU and found a potential problem for people that actually need all 1500 watts. If you are on marginal power and voltage drops to 100v your $400 PSU won't supply 1500 watts. Of course if you are on a 15A circuit you are already pushing things with a 1500 watt PSU.
 

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HardOCP recently tested this PSU and found a potential problem for people that actually need all 1500 watts. If you are on marginal power and voltage drops to 100v your $400 PSU won't supply 1500 watts. Of course if you are on a 15A circuit you are already pushing things with a 1500 watt PSU.

Who has 100V other than Japan?
 

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HardOCP recently tested this PSU and found a potential problem for people that actually need all 1500 watts. If you are on marginal power and voltage drops to 100v your $400 PSU won't supply 1500 watts. Of course if you are on a 15A circuit you are already pushing things with a 1500 watt PSU.

Seems legit. It succeeded at 1kW+ despite being under-served. I'd totally call that a pass.
 

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Who has 100V other than Japan?

Nobody really. If you are in an older home with aluminum wire or if you neighborhood is under served by your utility your voltage may dip to 100v.

Seems legit. It succeeded at 1kW+ despite being under-served. I'd totally call that a pass.

DD don't you have that PSU. Any wild chance you still have the box and/or manual? Is there anything that says wattage will be lower if voltage drops? Just curious.

Yeah, the PSU passed and got the [H]ardOCP green checkmark even though it did fail 100v testing @ 1500 watts. And again you shouldn't have a 1500w PSU plugged into a 15A circuit.
 

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I do have one of them driving a dual-Xeon, Dual-GPU rig. I chose the 1500w over the (more common for me) 1200w because I thought the total demand might hit 1kW. I did hang that machine on its own 20A circuit.

Sorry, I don't keep anything. I'd imagine the manual is on their website if you'd like to see it. IMHO, calling it a 'fail at 100v' is like saying the airbag failed to protect the driver at 155mph. Not surprising, and not marking the product in any way unfit for proper use.
 
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