Power Supply For A Test Rig

[nobodyimportant]

Hello

 

One Of My  Acquaintances Wants To Build A Test Rig That Can Support Any Possible CPU+Duel Graphics Cards For The Distant Future.

 

He Has Narrowed It Down To Either The:

Cooler Master Silent Pro M2  1500w

 Or The

Corsair RM1000X

 

I Am More Inclined To The Corsair RM1000X Because It  Is Fully Modular With All Black Sleeved Cables.

However The Cooler Master Silent Pro M2  1500w Has 50% More Available Wattage.

 

Another Recommendation Is The Corsair HX1000i Which Has The Same Feutures Of The RM100X , But Fully Modular And More Efficient.

 

This Power Supply Will Be On Almost Indefinitely, Benchmarking And Running Torture Tests.

 

Before Anyone Goes Ahead And Correctly Says, "No One Needs Such A Big Power Supply".

Most Consumers Don't Need More Than A Decent 850W Power Supply, However This Will Be Used To Test The Latest And Greatest CPU's And Duel GPU's, And Do So For A Long TIme.

 

Hence My Question, Which Power Supply Do You Think He Sould Get?

 

Regards

 

[STRMfrmXMN]

If it's a test bench like you sort of hint at then 1200W + is a good amount. There's some speculation that the next generation of Nvidia graphics cards are going to be the next Fermi (Thermi ). I'd suggest getting whatever EVGA is available for around that wattage from the GS/G2/GQ lineup, but the Corsair RMx/RMi are good too.

[nobodyimportant]

1 hour ago, STRMfrmXMN said:

If it's a test bench like you sort of hint at then 1200W + is a good amount. There's some speculation that the next generation of Nvidia graphics cards are going to be the next Fermi (Thermi ). I'd suggest getting whatever EVGA is available for around that wattage from the GS/G2/GQ lineup, but the Corsair RMx/RMi are good too.

So would you say I should steer clear of the Cooler Master Silent Pro M2  1500w as a contender? 

[STRMfrmXMN]

Just now, Parkersykes782 said:

So would you say I should steer clear of the Cooler Master Silent Pro M2  1500w as a contender? 

It's a tad overkill. If it saves you money then go ahead as it's a great PSU but you likely won't need 1500W to power a triple GPU system, for example.