To the extreme: Super Flower's 2,800W PSU with four 12V-2x6 connectors retails for $899

In a nutshell: Super Flower has introduced a monster power supply that should be able to handle anything you can throw at it without breaking a sweat. The Leadex Platinum unit from Taiwanese manufacturer Super Flower is a fully modular power supply with a maximum rated power output of 2,800 watts that's both ATX 3.1 and PCIe 5/.1 compliant. There are a total of 19 modular connections including four 12V-2x6 connectors. Super Flower introduced the 2,800 watt unit at Computex 2024, highlighting its use of Japanese capacitors. The PSU also carries an 80+ Platinum energy efficiency rating, meaning it's 94 percent efficient at 50 percent of its rated load (230 V EU). The voluntary 80 Plus efficiency rating system came about in 2004, and uses tiers to differentiate performance. Platinum is the second-best tier only behind titanium. For years, gold was… well, the gold standard, and it was not uncommon to see silver or even bronze-rated PSUs associated with entry-level power supplies. Super ... Read full article.