You’ve probably noticed that everywhere you go — the doctor’s office, hotels, or retail shops, there are tiny PCs everywhere. These small PCs often show up on the surplus market for a very good price, ...

Reader Ran Mokady took a pretty big gamble with this project, but didn’t really have any other choice: his power supply was broken and he couldn’t get a replacement. He ended up replacing it with a ...

Corsair RMe 1000 in ATX 3.0 version looks good, nothing on the smaller units yet. I'm happy with my 750W ATX 3.0 Corsair RM750e I picked up at Best Buy for $90. Very quiet running my i7-13700K/RTX ...

An ATX power supply unit, or PSU, has a 24-pin connector for energy delivery. The symptoms of a dying or dead ATX PSU are identical to those of any PSU and involve operational problems in your PC -- ...

A power supply unit for a self-built or upgraded desktop PC must meet various criteria – and still remain affordable. We have answered frequently asked questions for you. How do I estimate how much ...

Lian Li has been among us for ages, it was founded in 1983 and is a Taiwanese firm known for creating computer cases, power supplies, and various accessories. As a pioneer in the PC case market, the ...

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Standard ATX power supplies aren't designed to turn on unless they are properly connected to a motherboard. This helps to ensure that they can't power up and damage computer components if the plug isn ...

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 ...

Adopting active PFC for harmonic-reduction while making other architectural- and component-level improvements can cost-effectively reduce losses in ATX power supplies. ATX power supplies — the generic ...

Let's face it, power-supply units (PSUs) are boring. Presented in what's usually a mundane box spitting cables from one end, this is a product that's neither aesthetically pleasing nor technically ...