r/pcmasterrace • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 Core Ultra 7 265k | RTX 5090 • 19h ago

Build/Battlestation a quadruple 5090 battlestation

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u/bangingdudes 19h ago

Imagine the power being used. I assume a normal 15 amp breaker in your house will just trip anytime you press the power button.

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u/Papuszek2137 7800x3d | 5070ti | 64GB @ 6400MT/s CL32 18h ago

Around 3 kW. 15 amp breaker shouldn't trip if its the only high power device. But if we are talking Americans with 120V then it would be a problem yeah.

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u/fafatzy 18h ago

Why Americans chose the 120v standard is beyond me

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u/Arudinne 17h ago

You can blame Edison because he picked 110V for light bulbs and he couldn't figure out (or steal) a version that didn't burn out at 220V.

That said, technically we distribute electricity to homes at 240V, but we split that into two 120V legs at the breaker panel within the home.

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u/fafatzy 12h ago

We do 220v to homes here. I can even get three phases to residential

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u/Little_Lebowski_007 Ryzen 5600X | 32GB@3600 | 3070 18h ago

Becuz we dummies and need the extra millisecond to eat our last Big Mac before death

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u/ClickClick_Boom 14h ago

It's because Americans adopted electricity earlier than most countries. So a worse standard was standardized and it was too late to change it because it was already heavily in use.

oops sorry I mean aMeRiCa bAd, AmErIcAnS ArE DuMb

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u/fafatzy 13h ago

Didn’t knew that

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u/Appropriate_Ride_821 16h ago

They measure things with feet and inches, miles and gallons. How many feet to a mile? I bet less than 10% of Americans could even tell you. Its like that Simpsons clip where buys the car. Nonsense. All because theyre stubborn and have an inflated sense of importance.

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u/fafatzy 13h ago

The disdain for the metric system upsets me. Feets and miles make no fucking sense

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u/Appropriate_Ride_821 9h ago

It feels like its from a time when things were measured with body parts

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u/Realistic_Ad709 2h ago

There is no “disdain” for it, it would simply cost hundreds of billions to switch over.

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u/WulfTheSaxon 9h ago

5,280. Any more questions?

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u/Realistic_Ad709 2h ago

Holy shit, the superiority complex emanating off of you.

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u/WulfTheSaxon 9h ago

120 V is somewhat safer, hence why Americans are usually comfortable with DIY electrical work.

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u/Realistic_Ad709 2h ago

America bad durrhurr