Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 12 - 1500 Watt PSU Review
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gx-x
well, since they are "tryhard" they could have made a prettier main power switch, this one has been around for 30 years. I mean, since they are already changing things that work fine for no other reason except to look different...
Silva
Two of these at full power would send my main power switch to oblivion in a couple of seconds.
Crazy to think there's demand for these kind of crazy capacity PSU.
gx-x
that's ~6.5A per PSU (@220V) 15A fuse is plenty for 3000W. In 110V countries it's more (~13.6 Amps so, 30A Fuse for 3000W )
I have 3 split system ACs in the house, each one is >1500W, zero issues...
reix2x
Nice to see some design on a power supply, appart from some high grade corsair psu's there is not that much of an eye candy on the psu world.
allesclar
Great looking PSU, shame only one 12V 8 pin CPU connector though.
Would be awesome on a dual CPU setup otherwise.
Chess
@Hilbert Hagedoorn Give a shout when they release high end 500-800W PSU's,please 🙂
These kilowatt monsters seem as useful as Topgear reviews of supercars. We all revel at the power, but 95% can't afford them,use them, let alone justify them. ^^
ttnuagmada
This or AX1600i?
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alanm
rl66
schmidtbag
gx-x
the formula is the same, watts/volts from the grid = Amperes. I also left enough of power in the calculation but you can always get a higher rated fuse, they are not that expensive. If you look at your fuse box, you are likely to find none of the fuses is bellow 10 amps.If you calculate your kitchen appliances you will see that 1500W is literally nothing.
Monitor? That's 50W tops for 30"
PS. I ran 2 mining rigs with 7 rx580 in each, 1200W PSU in for each, from the same socket in the wall, no issues. 20A fuse.
You are needlessly paranoid 🙂 Just check the fuses first, and if you have to, use different sockets in the wall that go to two different fuses, not a problem really.
Reddoguk
I would never share the same socket for my system. I learnt that the hard way.
What i mean is that where my PC is placed i only have 2 plug sockets. The PC always gets it's very own plug socket because i once had it in a 4 plug extension and one of the other devices died and it took my PC with it. Lucky only a HDD was popped.
So now the PSU gets it's very own socket and the other socket has a 4 plug extension for monitors, router and the wireless house phone.
I think it's a very bad idea in the first place to mix the PC in with other devices. As for the PSU it looks very nice but i'm ordering an 850w Seasonic TX for my next build with 3080 and AMD 4700X cpu. Hopefully it only uses around 300-350w @ the wall.
Andy Watson
These type of power supplies are bought by people who just like willy waving, complete waste of time.
Better spending that sort of money on a 3070 or zen3 when it comes out
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rl66
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Silva
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