Graphic Cards Thermaltake’s Power Express 250W SLI-Dedicated Graphic Card Power Supply

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Another big hurray for Thermaltake’s Power Express 250W. Other than being the first of its kind in the market, Power Express 250 just passed nVIDIA’s qualification and officially become “The World’s First nVIDIA Certified SLI-Dedicated Graphic Card Power Supply.”



Power Express 250W caught everyone’s attention during its debut at CeBIT 2006 in Hannover, Germany. Its innovation and creativity gave gamers and enthusiasts around the world something to be excited about, as it is the best PSU solution to their Dual Graphic Card System. Power Express 250W effectively assists the consumers to retain the original power supply they have been using before the upgrade of their video cards. The sole purpose of the Power Express is to provide as high as 21A of +12V for the video cards. The Power Express 250W is also equipped with a 24 pin main adaptors so that the unit can turn on and off at the same time the computer system is being turned on and off. The simple 5.25” drive bay is powered through an AC adaptor card in one of the PCI slots; this implementation of the unit enables easy access and easy installation of the whole system.



External appearance-wise, the Power Express 250W has a front panel with three LED lights that shows the operating condition of the unit and the video card. Thermaltake did not forget that the Power Express is still essentially a power supply – it is still equipped with OVP, OCP, SCP, OTP, and other kinds of circuitry protection as well as active PFC for the most stable environment possible. The low-noise 40mm fan in the front of the unit also constantly keeps the power supply cool and quiet at all times.



Not only is the Power Express 250W extremely usefully, it also includes luxury features such as shielded black mesh sleeves for the cables and easy-plug connectors. The Thermaltake Power Express 250W is the world’s first power supplying unit that enables the usage of high-performance graphic cards without replacing the old power supply.



Features:


  • World's First nVIDIA SLi Certified Dual VGA Card-Dedicated Power Supply
  • Standard 5.25" design: fits into any 5.25" drive bay of all cases
  • Two 6-pin PCI-Express connectors support nVIDIA SLI technology
  • Work with main power supply: reduce the loading on current PSU and no need to upgrade current PSU while running dual card mode
  • Keeps stable power input for graphic cards to maximize the overclock-ability & performance
  • Three LEDs display: red for power on, one green LED for 12V1, and another one for 12V2
  • High reliability: MTBF>100,000 hours
  • Protections: Input Circuit, Over Power, Short-Circuit, Under Voltage, Over Voltage, and Over-temperature protection Safety / EMI Approvals: CE and FCC certified

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This is stupid.

More heat. More noise (for all you Noise freaks out there, Anish? :P)

Anyways, I think that nVidia and ATi will realise that they should run the card on External DC Power! Else, were gonna be starving our PSU's soon.
 
^^Yea i agree with you there. Because the amount of power a high end sli or crossfire setup or even a single card for that matter requires is just insane. And now for quad sli the power specified is close to 1 KW. Asus already has this for their dual series of cards, hope more manufacturers follow suit.
 
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