Doesn’t need it, the CPU is only 350W TDP for the 96 core variant, but a rig like that tends to also be loaded with 2-4 GPUs for compute workloads and a fuckton of ECC memory, which tends to use (far) more power than standard dimms.
I’m installing a (1+1 redundant) 1200W PSU for now, as I initially will only have a single GPU and a single DIMM per memory channel to do the platform validation.
In your typical gaming setup, you could perfectly use a single PSU, even an 850W one would probably do just fine as there’s no games that’ll 100% all the cores anyway and threadripper cores are ludicrously well optimized for power, especially compared to anything Intel offers in the desktop, workstation or server market.
The Threadripper rig I’m building has a mainboard with plugs for 2 power supplies.
Dual redundant? Or does it actually need that much power?
Doesn’t need it, the CPU is only 350W TDP for the 96 core variant, but a rig like that tends to also be loaded with 2-4 GPUs for compute workloads and a fuckton of ECC memory, which tends to use (far) more power than standard dimms.
I’m installing a (1+1 redundant) 1200W PSU for now, as I initially will only have a single GPU and a single DIMM per memory channel to do the platform validation.
In your typical gaming setup, you could perfectly use a single PSU, even an 850W one would probably do just fine as there’s no games that’ll 100% all the cores anyway and threadripper cores are ludicrously well optimized for power, especially compared to anything Intel offers in the desktop, workstation or server market.