Intel's PSU redesign could potentially make our PC power bricks "drastically" cheaper, says one manufacturer, and less wasteful. The standard announced last year will radically change how many PC ...

At CES 2020 earlier this year, there was a product at the FSP booth that largely slipped under the radar. Admittedly, it wasn’t exactly flashy and unless you really understood power supplies, it would ...

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 ...

Skepticism rises, and makers push back around the proposed ATX12V0 power standard. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In preparation ...

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 ...

Intel has promised to launch its Alder Lake-S processors before the end of the year (rumor has it this will happen in November), and with it come some exciting things, such as a heterogeneous ...

Designed for system integrators and professionals, 12VO is a step forward for power requirements. A 10-pin energy-saving motherboard connection delivers 12 volts to system components, eliminating the ...

In brief: Despite some initial controversy, Nvidia has forged ahead with new 12V GPU power connectors while AMD and Intel have stuck with reliable traditional designs. Although Nvidia's competitors ...

We don’t often talk about power supplies, but Intel’s new ATX12VO spec—that’s an ‘O’ for ‘Oscar,’ not a zero—will start appearing soon in pre-built PCs from OEMs and system integrators, and it ...

The debut of the new 12VHPWR power connector with the arrival of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 40 Series wasn't smooth. With widespread reports of cables 'melting,' it led to a redesign with the newer and ...

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 ...