So you probably have noticed that some motherboards have this little CPU power connector that's completely separate from the ATX connector. I've only seen these on brand specific mobos from Dell 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 ...

PCIe 5.0 is right around the corner with it debuting on Intel's new Alder Lake platform, with the new 600-series motherboards led by the Z690 chipset rocking PCIe 5.0 slots and DDR5 memory support. We ...

The 16-pin (12VHPWR) power connector has been one of the most talked-about parts of modern graphics cards—and not for good reasons. Since Nvidia’s RTX 40-series launched, there have been multiple ...

TL;DR: Aqua Computer's AMPINEL is a $79 hardware device designed for NVIDIA RTX 50 series GPUs, monitoring and balancing current on the 12V-2x6 power connector to prevent overloads. It features ...

According to one prominent member of the overclocking community, the VRM cooling on X299 motherboards isn't good enough to keep the boards stable -- and no overclocker should buy a board with just one ...

While the Z590 version of the AORUS MASTER motherboard looks similar to that of the Z490, there are a few slight changes to the overall layout. For one, the top heatsink on the Z590 is just the bare ...