I'm hardware-refreshing my old HTPC to an i5-3570K on a MSI Z77A-G41 which has an 8-pin 12V CPU power connector, and the PSU I have is an Antec Earthwatts EA-380 PSU, which has a 4-pin ATX 12V ...

I recently did a computer upgrade, moving from Core2Duo to Core i5. I got a Gigabyte P55 UD3 motherboard and was surprised to see a 8 pin, 12V connector instead of a 4 pin. Reading the manual it ...

Over the years to come there might be an interesting move in the power supply industry. Intel is hard at work on a new PSU standard, purely based on 12 Volts. That would mean a power supply with just ...

Intel’s latest power play isn’t about toppling AMD, but about energy efficiency. The company’s new ATX12VO power supply standard is designed to help desktop PCs meet increasingly stringent government ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. ASRock has been cooking up in its power supply department, with the introduction of 19 new PSUs that meet the ATX 3.1 standard and feature PCIe 5.1-ready ...

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. MSI has just announced two new members of its MAG GL PSU family, introducing 1250W and 1000W 80 Plus Gold power supplies that both feature the newer ...

The chip giant outlined two new specs related to power delivery inside desktop PCs. Among the items: a new PCI Express 5.0 power connector that can push up to 600 watts. I have been interested in ...

The proposed replacement is the 12V-2x6 connector, which is slated to be incorporated into the forthcoming ATX 3.1 and PCI Express 6.0 specifications. As reported by Igor's Lab, an engineering draft ...

A revolution is coming to the 'power supply' that you always see when assembling a desktop PC. We will explain the merits of 'ATX12VO', which Intel brought to the table as an alternative to the 'ATX' ...

As computer components have evolved, the amount of power required to run the most muscular new hardware has also trended upward. Even so, the core standards and connections used to push juice to PC ...