as a bystander of the 1kw market, i personally would never have bought the galaxy because it has a 80mil fan on it, now, i would as they have gone to 13.5mm only, which as Richard said is very quiet. Of course you'll pay a premium for their top product, same with any other company so thats a no brainer for me or anyone who wanted 1kw of efficient, quiet power imo.
As for enermax's local rma, they are awesome. I delt with them on my enermax 620 or 650, cant remember whats in the machine but either way, called up, minimal wait for a representative, 2 min convo as i told him that the psu beeped at me, he gave me the address and emailed the rma, 20 mins later the psu was in the post and i had it back 2 days later (they turned it around on day of receipt...awesome!) so for uk'ers its a very good service from my experience. 5 yrs would be better, as it also helps with resale value, but then again, if you are a 1kw user, you'll be limited by the number of gpu's ati and nvidia put on a card as you'll have no more gfx slots to fill right now and therefore wont need more than 1kw of power.
I think we need to see some tests of efficiency at the lower end of the power scale. A test of 10-20% load would simulate an idle computer, the state which most computers are in for the majority of time.
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By that I mean, are there physically enough connectors for it?
WOW, thanks for the look :D
Not that you'll find a motherboard with 8 slots (unless you watercool and go single slot 4870)
That was the plan ;)
i thought a guy mentioned a cheaper 850w? how much will that be?
There will be an 850W but I've not seen it yet and don't know the details sorry.
As for enermax's local rma, they are awesome. I delt with them on my enermax 620 or 650, cant remember whats in the machine but either way, called up, minimal wait for a representative, 2 min convo as i told him that the psu beeped at me, he gave me the address and emailed the rma, 20 mins later the psu was in the post and i had it back 2 days later (they turned it around on day of receipt...awesome!) so for uk'ers its a very good service from my experience. 5 yrs would be better, as it also helps with resale value, but then again, if you are a 1kw user, you'll be limited by the number of gpu's ati and nvidia put on a card as you'll have no more gfx slots to fill right now and therefore wont need more than 1kw of power.
peace
fatman
Sorry, it had to be said.
O_O
That's all I have to say in the matter ^^
When are these hitting retail?
November-December.
I remember the MSI K9A diamond board had the proper PCIe spacing for 4x 4870 dualies
Halleluja Jesus Christ
By the way, the unit you guys photographed looks like it's got more than a few nicks and bangs. A heavily circulating press model, I'm guessing?