The "Hammer" you wanted came today. Heres some pics of it. You can have the honor of putting inside your rig when you pick it up ;)

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no fricken way....so excited....thanks supes :D now i am just waiting for my fans and monitor to show up...

Is somebody getting a new rig!?!?!?!!!!!

yea...its so cool my first...

Yup and if its a 15 pop a 20 in there for OC's sake!

(or do what I did when I moved back to NJ (in a 200 yr old house..) find a 16AWG extension cord that is 100' feet long, knock a hole in the retired kitchen chimney and run it from the second story down to the basement, so that you can plug into an outlet in the basement on a seldom used breaker to power your 850W enermax galaxy without tripping the upstiars :))

Well thats my experience anyway. 20AMP should be more than enough to power a 1500W PSU and a 24" Sony CRT :d


EDIT: Whoa did not see this wasa 7 page thread...and for my first post too... ewww. (also getting permission errors on img's. wierd)

Welcome to the forum. No worries. Post where you wish :) Can you please explain these errors?

I would advise to not replace a 15amp fuse with a 20amp, bad things could happen :(

Also of note... A 1500watt PSU would only draw 1500watts if you computer pulled that much load. If for example your rig only pulled 400watts then the PSU would only supply 400watts, maybe a tad more depending on effency of the PSU.

All that 1500watts rating means is it CAN supply up to 1500watts.

I think the highest draw I have seen so far was when I tested the first version of the Never Extreme Enough rig. QX9770, EVGA 790i Ultra, Quad SLI 2x 9800gx2's and the big SSD raid and it was something like 800ish watts.

If you actually build a rig that needs 1500watts of power then you have other problems to worry about, like your power bill at the end of the month LOL. Like what the MonstaCade would cost me to run 24/7 HAHA.

dude if you start running the monstacade 24/7 im having you commited :rofl

Big Congrats Rogue!! I can't wait to see what you do with that rig. :D

It seems to be okay today. The images of the heatsink at the top of this page were not appearing, and when I clicked the links I got permissions errors.

They are showing up today though :)

I will start a thread in forum feedback if it continues.


As for replacing the breaker, if you are still using fuses, than I agree do not modify anything. If the electrical lines in your house are the old school cloth covered lines seperated by ceramic standoffs, (as half of my house is) than definitly do not change anything.

Anything more modern should handle a 20amp load with no problem though (just check the wiring coming out of the box for specifications).

A 1500W PSU at 80% efficency will draw 1800W from the wall at full load. Loading it full of course is kind of dificult to do. But it could be done.