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 ...

Once upon a time, the components in your PC required a wide variety of voltages. The ATX standard defines 3.3V, 5V, and 12V connections as well as -12V and 5V standby power connections. Only some of ...

ATX12VO is not implemented into the Z690 chipset based motherboards for Alder Lake. The manufacturers seem to have moved away from it. The standard requires a new compatible PSU with a 12V connector ...

TL;DR: ASRock has introduced 19 new ATX 3.1 standard PSUs with PCIe 5.1-ready 12V-2x6 power connectors across its Taichi, Phantom Gaming, Challenger, and Steel Legend series. These PSUs are Cybenetics ...

If you’ve ever opened a PC case and stared inside, or looked at a bare motherboard, you may be taken aback by the number and variety of connectors, pins, and slots that exist on a modern PC ...

MSI is currently cooking its new 2024 motherboards, with HardwareLuxx reporting the company has new 2024 motherboards ready for both AMD and Intel users with the new ATX12VO standard. The new ATX12VO ...

the top one is an ATX 12V connector for use with P4s (or newer AMDs) cos the motherboard cannot supply enough power and the bottom one is an AUX connector for server motherboards (gives added ...

MSI is set to introduce a lineup of AMD B650 motherboards and power supplies designed to support the Intel ATX12VO specification in the coming year. This significant move aligns with the industry's ...

(Advanced Technology EXtended motherboard) The PC motherboard that superseded the Baby AT design. The ATX layout rotated the CPU and memory 90 degrees, allowing full-length expansions to be plugged ...

The board is cooled with ABIT's Silent OTES heatpipe technology with turquoise heatsinks on a orange-brown coloured PCB. There's a rather cool red glow coming from underneath the board when the system ...

The previous Intel server platforms had one major problem caused by its design where the maximum supported memory frequency was downgraded when more DIMMs were added to the motherboard. This resulted ...