That's a whole buncha watts! I can't help but ask watt for. I mean really watts up with this? Wattever would you need so much PSU for? Watt would you do with such a thing?
Quad GPU mining for a flavor of the month coin that doesn't have an ASIC yet? I'd say tri/quad GPU gaming; but nVidia's pulled the plug on anything above 2way, and 3/4x Rx480 doesn't really make sense at their current performance level.
With PC components becoming more power efficient with time it seems pretty pointless IMO to have such a high wattage PSU. There are obviously edge cases where this much power might be warranted, but for 99% of users they are complete overkill.
I bought a 1,200w Seasonic at a time when 1K didn't seem so crazy (running dual 6950 followed by dual R9 290), and I still thought it was a bit of overkill at the time, but the 1.2K watt Gold was cheaper than the 1K W Platinum at the time.
Right now it seems like a ton of overkill... Prices of these high powered PSU haven't budged much either.
I love gigabyte stuff, but they really need to work on their software (GPU OC, Motherboard soft. etc) and their support. My Xtreme Gaming GTX 1080 is amazingly cool and clocks high, but the included software is not so great. I'm still waiting on EVGA to fix Precision XOC to work with this card, until then, i have to use Afterburner.
There Xtreme Gaming line is getting closer and closer to parity with Asus ROG. Asus has waaay better software tho.
This PSU is nice, props to Gigabyte. I wish the cables were sleeved tho.
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shabby - Thursday, July 7, 2016 - link
I see only 4 pcie 6+2 connectors not 6.DanNeely - Thursday, July 7, 2016 - link
4 ports on the PSU, but 2 of the 4 cables have 2 GPU connectors instead of just one.BrokenCrayons - Thursday, July 7, 2016 - link
That's a whole buncha watts! I can't help but ask watt for. I mean really watts up with this? Wattever would you need so much PSU for? Watt would you do with such a thing?DanNeely - Thursday, July 7, 2016 - link
Quad GPU mining for a flavor of the month coin that doesn't have an ASIC yet? I'd say tri/quad GPU gaming; but nVidia's pulled the plug on anything above 2way, and 3/4x Rx480 doesn't really make sense at their current performance level.Stochastic - Thursday, July 7, 2016 - link
With PC components becoming more power efficient with time it seems pretty pointless IMO to have such a high wattage PSU. There are obviously edge cases where this much power might be warranted, but for 99% of users they are complete overkill.Impulses - Thursday, July 7, 2016 - link
I bought a 1,200w Seasonic at a time when 1K didn't seem so crazy (running dual 6950 followed by dual R9 290), and I still thought it was a bit of overkill at the time, but the 1.2K watt Gold was cheaper than the 1K W Platinum at the time.Right now it seems like a ton of overkill... Prices of these high powered PSU haven't budged much either.
Morawka - Thursday, July 7, 2016 - link
I love gigabyte stuff, but they really need to work on their software (GPU OC, Motherboard soft. etc) and their support. My Xtreme Gaming GTX 1080 is amazingly cool and clocks high, but the included software is not so great. I'm still waiting on EVGA to fix Precision XOC to work with this card, until then, i have to use Afterburner.There Xtreme Gaming line is getting closer and closer to parity with Asus ROG. Asus has waaay better software tho.
This PSU is nice, props to Gigabyte. I wish the cables were sleeved tho.
cosmotic - Thursday, July 7, 2016 - link
I would love to see modular power supplies that had more ergonomic ports. Just seeing the connections of these PSUs make my fingers hurt.