My motherboard has a 2x12V, 8-pin power connector on it (in addition to the 24-pin main power connector. The power supply I have only has one 1x12V, 4-pin connector; do I need both of those power ...

I was thinking my PSU would work with the motherboard mentioned in the topic, but now I'm not 100% sure. This is the PSU I currently have. It has a 20-pin power connector *but* it also has this extra ...

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 ...

Way back at the beginning of last month, Intel finalized the 3.0 version of the ATX12V specification. This revision, as you'd expect from a full-number version, brings significant changes to standard ...

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 ...