Lepa G-Series 1600W PSU

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For those of you shopping around for a new PSU, there is a review of the Lepa G-Series 1600W power supply posted at Hardware.Info today. You can see our evaluation here for comparison purposes.

The chance that you really need a 1600W power supply for your PC is slim. You really need to try hard to build a PC that can use that much power, at least three or four high-end graphics cards with preferably two processors and all of them overclocked to even get close to 1600W. If you do need that much power, then the Lepa G1600 is a good PSU, if a little noisy.
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Wow! 1600watts.

THats insane but is am sure we will need that much power one day. Maybe to power our personnel spaceship? I dunno. That's a lot of juice.
 
noid370 said:
Wow! 1600watts.

THats insane but is am sure we will need that much power one day. Maybe to power our personnel spaceship? I dunno. That's a lot of juice.
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Only 200W left until we exhaust the 120V 15A household standard :p

What then? 3 phase 208V wiring? Running multiple circuits and using multiple Nema 5-15 plugs? Running 240V circuits with NEMA 14 style plugs? :p
 
Zarathustra[H];1038996567 said:
Only 200W left until we exhaust the 120V 15A household standard :p

What then? 3 phase 208V wiring? Running multiple circuits and using multiple Nema 5-15 plugs? Running 240V circuits with NEMA 14 style plugs? :p
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The least annoying way to do it is to just run a 120v 20amp circuit.

In fact, if I recall, one of the first super high wattage ATX power supplies actually came with a 120v 20a cable.
 
NKDietrich said:
The least annoying way to do it is to just run a 120v 20amp circuit.
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Hmm. I'm nowhere near well versed on this stuff, but I thought the standard was 15A? I didn't even realize there were 20A circuits.

Would that use a NEMA 5-20 plug?

It is a funny looking thing:

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Either way, that brings us to 2400W. What then? :p
 
Zarathustra[H];1038996686 said:
Hmm. I'm nowhere near well versed on this stuff, but I thought the standard was 15A? I didn't even realize there were 20A circuits.

Would that use a NEMA 5-20 plug?

Either way, that brings us to 2400W. What then? :p
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Yeah the 20amp circuit uses a 5-20 plug, and a 30a circuit uses an L5-30. You don't see L5-30 much in homes but in rack-mounts you see it more. It has a twisty lock feature too which is kinda cool, no accidental yanking.
 
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