Big PSUs and ATI Crossfire

[jcknouse]

I noticed that Silverstone has a 1500W PSU, as well as Tagan/ABS and others.

When I build my new gaming rig toward the end of the year, I was thinking about going with 4 single core Crossfire video cards since it seems you can get a much better deal price-wise on 4x4870 vs 2x 4870x2.

So, my questions are this:

1) Does anyone know if the new 5xxx ATI cards will be more power efficient and be able to be quad-fired on a huge PSU like the ones mentioned above?
2) Does anyone know a good site that focuses on PSU reviews?

I really want to make a beast system with the next box, and I haven't seen any reviews of the next ATI series of cards or a site that covers PSUs a lot.

Thanks for any help you guys can provide.

 

[fleakiller]

Just remember it is just rumors http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=464601

 

[jcknouse]

Just remember it is just rumors http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?t=464601

Thanks for that link

 

[delluser1]

Some of the better psu review sites;

http://www.jonnyguru.com/

http://enthusiast.hardocp.com/reviews/psu_power_supplies/

http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/page/power

 

[Onus]

Competent technical reviews (i.e. with load testing, waveform analysis, etc) of PSUs can be found at www.jonnyguru.com, www.hardocp.com, www.hardwaresecrets.com, and www.xbitlabs.com. I'm sure there are others.

 

[jcknouse]

Thanks you guys!

I am reading hardOCP right now, and I love their critical analysis and tough testing.

Makes me feel safe with their analysis, especially since they test in 40-50C environments...and the internal temp in my case never gets over 31C.

That really rocks. I appreciate you guys getting me that feedback. That Tagan/ABS supply (BZ1300) I looked at and thought about...not anymore.