Topic: The Ps3 Uses 380 Watts Of Power (Read 303 times)

thepissedoffman · « **on:** October 30, 2006, 01:12:00 PM »

http://www.newlaunch...her_details.php

Hopefully Sony has come up with a good cooling solution for this thing.

throwingks · « **Reply #1 on:** October 30, 2006, 01:54:00 PM »

Sony says the PS3 is a computer. 380W is pretty good for a computer. I have a 430W on mine right now, and it's a couple years old.

epsilon72 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 30, 2006, 02:17:00 PM »

380 is fine with me (my PC is 550)

As long as it's quiet and doesn't overheat I won't have any complaints.

thax · « **Reply #3 on:** October 30, 2006, 02:22:00 PM »

It uses twice as much power as the x360, is quieter and is cooler. Somehow Sony has broken the universal law of conservation of energy.

Mr Invader · « **Reply #4 on:** October 30, 2006, 02:44:00 PM »

QUOTE(thax @ Oct 30 2006, 04:29 PM)

It uses twice as much power as the x360, is quieter and is cooler. Somehow Sony has broken the universal law of conservation of energy.

Sony also tests their products in controlled enviroments specified to their liking (I read it in a magazine, they do it to all their products)

And the promoters (or w/e they're called) say that the PS3 gets warm but not hott, would Sony just send a Ps3 straight out of the factory to a promoter without making sure it was in top condition first? No, they would primarily make sure it was absolutely perfect before shipping it to the people who are going to sell their consoles.

m_hael · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2006, 02:57:00 PM »

Ask McDonalds...Hot is a VERY relative term.

the ones we have get hot enough to burn skin.

Mr Invader · « **Reply #6 on:** October 30, 2006, 03:00:00 PM »

QUOTE(m_hael @ Oct 30 2006, 05:04 PM)

the ones we have get hot enough to burn skin.

Those would be devs though wouldn't they?

bucko · « **Reply #7 on:** October 30, 2006, 03:17:00 PM »

Lets just hope the Blu-Ray drive is not above the GPU and the internal PSU is well ventilated

Deftech · « **Reply #8 on:** October 30, 2006, 03:28:00 PM »

QUOTE(m_hael @ Oct 30 2006, 06:04 PM)

Ask McDonalds...Hot is a VERY relative term.

the ones we have get hot enough to burn skin.

m_hael · « **Reply #9 on:** October 30, 2006, 03:59:00 PM »

QUOTE(Mr Invader @ Oct 30 2006, 02:07 PM)

Those would be devs though wouldn't they?

we have both devkits and test kits.. a test kit is a production unit able to run pre-production code.

incognegro · « **Reply #10 on:** October 30, 2006, 04:03:00 PM »

QUOTE(m_hael @ Oct 30 2006, 11:04 PM)

Ask McDonalds...Hot is a VERY relative term.

the ones we have get hot enough to burn skin.

Are those the dev kits ur talking about? I know those run really hot. If so then maybe they fixed the heat issue for the home consoles

fj4 · « **Reply #11 on:** October 30, 2006, 05:15:00 PM »

Wait, it USES 380W or it's RATED for 380W?
Put a kilowatt PSU in a 386, it's not going to burn 1000W. If it did, the vent fan would be blowing 150°F air.
380W rating would be a peak level the power supply is designed to handle. For example, if all 3 Cell cores are crunching 100% of their cycles, Blu-ray is running at 8x, HDD is copying data, 4 controllers are charging, Wi-Fi is active... see what I'm getting at?
It's a situation that could (and will) happen, that doesn't mean when you are simply playing a game or watching a BD or DVD that it's using 380W.
Can't we have a single day without wild, uninformed PS3/Wii speculation?

throwingks · « **Reply #12 on:** October 30, 2006, 05:32:00 PM »

I think you answered your own question.

Mr Invader · « **Reply #13 on:** October 30, 2006, 06:45:00 PM »

QUOTE(fj4 @ Oct 30 2006, 07:22 PM)

Wait, it USES 380W or it's RATED for 380W?
Put a kilowatt PSU in a 386, it's not going to burn 1000W. If it did, the vent fan would be blowing 150°F air.
380W rating would be a peak level the power supply is designed to handle. For example, if all 3 Cell cores are crunching 100% of their cycles, Blu-ray is running at 8x, HDD is copying data, 4 controllers are charging, Wi-Fi is active... see what I'm getting at?
It's a situation that could (and will) happen, that doesn't mean when you are simply playing a game or watching a BD or DVD that it's using 380W.

...Interesting

incognegro · « **Reply #14 on:** October 30, 2006, 08:28:00 PM »

Maybe im missing something here but since when does cell has three cores? Is there such a thing as an 8x blu ray drive? isn't the drive 2x.....?

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