Question MSI first out of the gate with ATX 3.0 compliant PSU

[igor_kavinski]

The MSI MEG Ai1300P PCIE5 is the World's First ATX 3.0 Compliant PSU with 600 W PCIe Connector

MSI welcomes the MEG Ai1300P PCIE5 power supply unit, the world's first power supply unit to be fully ready for ATX 3.0 and PCIe 5.0. With graphics cards becoming all the more important, users must know what components to buy for their system if they are looking to upgrade. To understand why the...

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So all ATX 3.0 PSU's must be certified by Intel?

 

[biostud]

Which manufacturer has built it for MSI?

Hopefully more reliable names will follow this fall.

 

[Furious_Styles]

Which manufacturer has built it for MSI?

Hopefully more reliable names will follow this fall.

Same thing I'm wondering.

Seems Channel Well Technology has made a bunch of their PSUs in the past.

 

[igor_kavinski]

Same thing I'm wondering.

Same here. If there is a PSU manufacturer behind this product, how come MSI gets to launch first? Weird that it wasn't ASUS. They throw more money at these things. Maybe they are waiting for RTX 4000 launch. I'm guessing 4080/4090 will say on their box somewhere that they need an ATX 3.0 PSU.

 

[biostud]

Same here. If there is a PSU manufacturer behind this product, how come MSI gets to launch first? Weird that it wasn't ASUS. They throw more money at these things. Maybe they are waiting for RTX 4000 launch. I'm guessing 4080/4090 will say on their box somewhere that they need an ATX 3.0 PSU.

Bundle time

 

[CP5670]

1800W spikes are enough to trip the wall fuse in some homes. I've had that happen several times even on my current setup, and the new cards will use way more power.

 

[BoomerD]

Same thing I'm wondering.

Seems Channel Well Technology has made a bunch of their PSUs in the past.

CWT builds PSU's for a lot of OEM's in a wide variety of qualities. Some are pretty decent.

 

[biostud]

1800W spikes are enough to trip the wall fuse in some homes. I've had that happen several times even on my current setup, and the new cards will use way more power.

we run 220V/13A here

 

[VirtualLarry]

we run 220V/13A here

So, Euro gamers will have an advantage when it comes to deploying ATX 3.0 PSUs.

 

[biostud]

Some more news on ATX 3.0 PSUs

Seasonic, Silverstone and ASUS next-gen ATX 3.0 and PCIe Gen5 enabled power supplies spotted - VideoCardz.com

New PSU are ready for next-gen GPUs Power supply manufacturers are working around the clock to be ready for next-gen graphics cards. In just a few weeks time, we should expect major updates from NVIDIA and AMD to their graphics card lineups. Thus far, nothing suggest AMD will be joining the...

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[biostud]

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