This power supply has intrigued me since I first heard about it. It’s a 1500W fully modular unit with an 80+ Silver rating. Basically by the time you actually maxxed out a PC connected to this thing, you wouldn’t be able to plug your monitor and PC speakers into the same wall outlet!!
Tags: 1500W, First, Fully, Linus, Look, Modular, Power, Silverstone, Strider, Supply, Tech, Tips, Unboxing
#1 written by GolzeD2009 August 9th, 2010 at 13:32
@LLOYD19851012 it can run 4 GTX480’s with no problem.
#2 written by hafiz1808 August 9th, 2010 at 13:58
how much it is..???
#3 written by LLOYD19851012 August 9th, 2010 at 14:19
@LinusTechTips will the psu be enough to run 3 gtx 480’s
#4 written by Terinigan August 9th, 2010 at 15:16
This screams for an EVGA Classified board
#5 written by thereddog223 August 9th, 2010 at 16:07
If so barely.
#6 written by thereddog223 August 9th, 2010 at 16:45
I know probably a year
#7 written by computerhacker013 August 9th, 2010 at 16:51
@thereddog223 its good enough for that
#8 written by computerhacker013 August 9th, 2010 at 17:15
@thereddog223 there limited edition and have been gone for a while now
#9 written by rdt1970 August 9th, 2010 at 17:35
low noise! but what noise level when under load thats what they dont tell you
#10 written by abshassan August 9th, 2010 at 18:30
I’ve got this power supply running my i7 930 with two 5870, overkill i know, stupidly overkill. But hey what the heck. Good thing about this PSU is its efficiency range is from 20-100% load. So if you want, you can have a low draw system and still have great efficiency (as we all know, most power-supplies tend to lose its efficiency under 50% load) – i also did an unboxing, its a bit shit house but hey, i’m just amateur wannabe dude
#11 written by eythorion August 9th, 2010 at 18:33
How long is the 24 pin connector?
#12 written by thereddog223 August 9th, 2010 at 18:34
where did you get 285 classified from anyway i cant seem to find them anywhere.
#13 written by thereddog223 August 9th, 2010 at 19:33
1500 watts is enough for just about anything expect maybe a 480 gtx quad sli.
#14 written by EliteSoldier112 August 9th, 2010 at 19:48
Can’t believe I missed this vid man. I’m actually gonna get this PSU and eventually single-sleeve it. BTW, what REALLY happens if you don’t plug your computer to the wall. Cuz right now I have a Corsair TX75W powering 2x GTX 260 Black editions and I have it plugged to a power strip which pretty much includes everything in my room, printer, speakers, lights, etc.
#15 written by xhimiz14 August 9th, 2010 at 20:03
@LinusTechTips i think 285’s do 3-way sli!
#16 written by xhimiz14 August 9th, 2010 at 20:15
it seems to me like sort of useless amount, so only the obsessed users will buy it,,
#17 written by funkiestmonkeyIRL August 9th, 2010 at 20:38
STOP SAYING 2!!!
#18 written by ScrewYouNapster August 9th, 2010 at 21:19
Can you use custom sleeves for this psu? because I’m building a Corsair 800D/EVGA Classified build, and I want a Black/Red colour theme in my case, so I was thinking to switch out the standard sleeves with black coloured sleeves instead.
#19 written by OmfgWallHaxz August 9th, 2010 at 22:12
1:31 !!! Cameraman !!!! I think he wears glasses.
#20 written by MN12BIRD August 9th, 2010 at 23:06
@loranggtx260 Yeah it should just like any APFC unit in NA it should accept a range from 100-240V AC input and adjust automatically. Non-APFC units (usually cheaper PSU’s) would have a small switch on them to switch from 120-230 range.
#21 written by loranggtx260 August 9th, 2010 at 23:18
support the euro standard 230V ?
#22 written by sonic003573 August 9th, 2010 at 23:37
@ch1kusoo
1st Silverstone ST1500
2nd Corsair
3rd Antec
4th OCZ
#23 written by sonic003573 August 10th, 2010 at 00:27
what will happen if you plugged this PSU into a Surge protector and not straight into the Wall?
#24 written by alampandatennisrack August 10th, 2010 at 00:58
STRIDER!!!
#25 written by KapteinFruit August 10th, 2010 at 01:06
Linus, is this PSU worth the price? I’m wondering if I should get this one or a Enermax Revolution 85+ 1050W. So I have 450W less with the Revolution. I will have three cards. Two 5870’s and one 9800GT. When the new 6xxx cards come I will get two of the flagships from that line. With only 2 HDD’s and a AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition.