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1600w...yep, we're on the cusp of having to make 20A circuits mandatory!

Honestly I don't see this as an issue. Sure some workstations could pull that much, but your average user, even your enthusiast user won't get near to tripping breakers (unless they're running a ton of stuff on the same circuit).

If you're running workstation/production rigs you should be using a circuit rated for that work. You wouldn't run an heavy duty welding machine on 15A circuits and complain about tripping breakers, and computing equipment isn't any different. A good professional makes sure they have the right setup to use their tools.
 
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FreeKnight said:
Honestly I don't see this as an issue. Sure some workstations could pull that much, but your average user, even your enthusiast user won't get near to tripping breakers (unless they're running a ton of stuff on the same circuit).

If you're running workstation/production rigs you should be using a circuit rated for that work. You wouldn't run an heavy duty welding machine on 15A circuits and complain about tripping breakers, and computing equipment isn't any different. A good professional makes sure they have the right setup to use their tools.
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a point of consideration...normal people wouldn't be buying a PSU like this if they didn't need it. they're bloody expensive and that either means nice savings for not using it or more budget to upgrade another part.

the point of my post is that PC's are now capable of breaking a 15A circuit and this PSU is an example of just how close we are to the point that 20A circuits may become necessary.
 
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a point of consideration...normal people wouldn't be buying a PSU like this if they didn't need it. they're bloody expensive and that either means nice savings for not using it or more budget to upgrade another part.

the point of my post is that PC's are now capable of breaking a 15A circuit and this PSU is an example of just how close we are to the point that 20A circuits may become necessary.
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A more agressive overclock and my desktop would have been tripping breakers I had to keep it dialed back a little bit. That was >10 years ago. So I still kinda stand by this is nothing new.

To me what has changed is that the balance for these super high powered desktops is the source of the power draw has changed. We have gone from crossfire/sli GPU setups being able to draw 1kW by themselves without the CPU taken into account to abandoning Crossfire/SLI and cutting GPU power consumption greatly and replacing it with threadrippers and similar that can pull 1kW without accounting for the GPU.
 
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Cinnebench was 800W let alone the other benchmarks. I set the start point where they enabled it so you don't need to go through the whole video. Prime95 they broke 1kW on the CPU
 
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