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' ...

The venerable ATX standard was developed in 1995 by Intel, as an attempt to standardize what had until then been a PC ecosystem formed around the IBM AT PC’s legacy. The preceding AT form factor was ...

Power supplies are a frequently misunderstood—and overlooked—PC component. Many users choose a PC power supply based on total wattage alone, assuming that higher is always synonymous with better.

At the Computex trade fair in Taiwan this week, Seasonic showed the prototype of a power supply unit in which the currents on the individual 12-volt lines of the controversial 12V-2x6 connector are ...

I'd like to ask if it's safe to use a PSU to just power CCTV Cameras and recorder (which uses 12v) without using a computer. (are there things i should watch out if i do this like using dummy loads ...

Useful for electronics hobbyists, this linear workbench desktop power supply circuit converts a high input voltage (12V) from the SMPS of a PC into low output voltage (1.25 to 9 volts). An adjustable ...

What is the most important part of your PC? You might think it's the CPU, the GPU, or the RAM. But without a Power Supply Unit (PSU), none of them would work. A PSU is a critical component in any ...

So you’re building a gaming PC for the first time—or maybe you’re building a certain kind of gaming PC for the first time—and you want to be sure you get the right power supply for it. Problem is, ...