1000 Watt Power Supply

Since the D5400XS was developed to satisfy the highest demands, it requires a brawny power supply with good and plentiful cables. Intel recommends using a PSU with at least 1000 Watts. Yes, you read correctly – 1 kilowatt.

Intel‘s PSU Recommendations

Power Rating	1000 W	1400 W
Memory	4 GB	8 GB
Processors	2	4
GPUs	2	4

The two 150 Watt processors can only be supplied with sufficient power through 8-pin connectors. Buyers intending to overclock their 8-core system should use both of these 8-pin connectors while a single one should suffice for normal operation at default clock speeds.

Only very few power supplies available in the market come with two 8-pin power cables and connectors. For our tests, we used the Enermax Galaxy EGA1000EWL, which is rated at 1000 Watts. This PSU features two 8-pin power connectors as well as two 6-pin PCI-Express connectors

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  1. 1 – Intel D5400XS with Quad-Channel
  2. 2 – Expensive and Large – Intel D5400XS Motherboard
  3. 3 – Expensive and Large – Intel D5400XS Motherboard (Cont’d)
  4. 4 – Motherboard – The Intel 5400 Northbridge
  5. 5 – Motherboard – Active Cooling Required
  6. 6 – Motherboard – Intel 6321ESB Southbridge
  7. 7 – Motherboard – Nvidia nForce 100 SLI Bridge for 4 Graphics Cards
  8. 8 – 1000 Watt Power Supply
  9. 9 – 4 Graphics Cards – Ready for SLI and Crossfire
  10. 10 – Memory – Quad-Channel with FB-DIMMs
  11. 11 – Memory – Memory Interface and Quad-Channel
  12. 12 – Memory – Not Suited for Desktop and Gaming Systems
  13. 13 – Memory – FB-DIMMs Less Expensive than DDR3
  14. 14 – Other Parts of this Article
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