I'm talking about how it equates to 4 rails with 20 amps but you can't truly access all 20 amps. Thereby wasting power. So who the hell needs 1100W. I mean only the retarded people who write newegg reviews think they need one. I read a review of a guy who said that the Fortron Epsilon 700W failed to power his 7800gtx SLI because it only had 15 amps on each rail... Then he bought the 1kw PCP&C... Your X1900XT's DO NOT DRAW 15 AMPS APIECE. There is no way in hell it can draw that much. That's greater the 170W!
Nothing would interfere with anything if it was all on 1 rail. Either you get enough power or you don't. There is no crossloading the 12v rail issues.
Read what I'm saying. The PSU cannot be used to it's full potential as each rail peaks at 20 amps. Because it is extremely difficult to get all 20 amps off each rail it's mostly a waste. Sure it can provide 80 amps but only if you manage to find a way to use every single amp. Which I doubt is very plausible or practical for that matter. So simply your only gonna use maybe 40-50 amps with Quad SLI and Crossfire. A single 80 amps means it would have use because it's easy to access al 80 amps. I don't know how many more times I can say this. You aren't gonna get every single amp on this psu even though it can supply 80 amps. Thereby making it quite useless. Your going to have tons and tons of overhead with a huge wad of cash missing from your pocket.
I wasn't talking about a single rail anyway!
A 430W Seasonic can handle an FX-62 and a X1900XT
A Silverstone ST56ZF can handle Crossfire. And it could probably handle Quad SLI as well as long as you aren't overclocking it too much. A 7950GX2 may use 170W max I would think as they downclocked it. Now that's around 14 amps. Double that to 28 amps. Then add a 10 amps cpu if you get conroe less you could do it since the ST56ZF can handle a 38 amp load which peaks at 45amps I'm almost sure.
The 600W GameXstream could definetley handle Quad SLI. And if you are a huge overclocker the 700W would do you just fine.
So unless you are preparing for Dual R600's that take the max 300W each then it's pretty damn useless.
Originally Posted by Praxis1452
I'm talking about how it equates to 4 rails with 20 amps but you can't truly access all 20 amps. Thereby wasting power. So who the hell needs 1100W. I mean only the retarded people who write newegg reviews think they need one. I read a review of a guy who said that the Fortron Epsilon 700W failed to power his 7800gtx SLI because it only had 15 amps on each rail... Then he bought the 1kw PCP&C... Your X1900XT's DO NOT DRAW 15 AMPS APIECE. There is no way in hell it can draw that much. That's greater the 170W!
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