Computers approaching 1Hp

[cramerica]

Hey all

With the standardization of high power PSU's...400W, then 500W, now I believe Alienware offers a 600 or 680 watt PSU...how soon will it be before computers are pushing 1 Horsepower (746watts)?

My Dell is rated at 345 watts peak...thats 0.46HP

My 5.1 with the sub is 720 watts at full power...almost there

In short, 1 HP is alot of juice.

After that, when do you think we'll see the first kilowatt comps? I put my money on within 3 years.

I'm sure servers or blade arrays pull multiple kilowatts, but I'm talking a single PSU, desktop home PC (albiet with a geek's flair)

 

[flamingelephant]

there will be the 1 hp PSU and the 5 hp 2 stroke fan motor that has to cool the friggin' thing

 

[cramerica]

Yeah no kidding...water cooling will be the standard

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: cramerica
Yeah no kidding...water cooling will be the standard

Air Cooling > Water Cooling

 

[yoda291]

Originally posted by: dguy6789

Originally posted by: cramerica
Yeah no kidding...water cooling will be the standard

Air Cooling > Water Cooling

Ummm.... WHAT?!

anyways, computer parts submerged in mineral oil will be the new wave of geekiness.

Or diamond processor cores that don't need heatsinks.

 

[EmperorIQ]

actually companies are beginning to realize that it isn't all about clock speed and they are trying to focus more on power consumption. I don't think they will come out with 10Ghz unless they find a more efficient way to pack those transistors.

 

[rh71]

they should just get it over with and start implanting computers into our brains... got all the juice it needs right there.

 

[flamingelephant]

Originally posted by: dguy6789

Originally posted by: cramerica
Yeah no kidding...water cooling will be the standard

Air Cooling > Water Cooling

liquid nitrogen cooling...... everyone will have mini-cryo-coolers in the future