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Two 3090s plus a 64 core Threadripper pro will get you beyond 1000 watts alone. Don’t forget power for the 512gb of ram (200 watts), the motherboard, the fans and hard drives and accessories and gamer lights (well, gamer lights aren’t necessary). That’s definitely a crazy build though.


> Two 3090s plus a 64 core Threadripper pro will get you beyond 1000 watts alone. Don’t forget power for the 512gb of ram (200 watts), the motherboard, the fans and hard drives and accessories

Yes, PEAK instantaneous wattage could easily be well over 1kW for a crazy rig like that, but unless you are specifically torture testing the rig over a long duration, it simply isn’t accurate that you are drawing anywhere near the max continuously under gaming conditions.

> Two 3090s plus a 64 core Threadripper pro will get you beyond 1000 watts alone

3090s are 320/350W each and 64 core Threadripper Pro has a TDP of 280W, just as an FYI.




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