I am helping a friend put together a gaming rig. The board is an EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra. The cpu is AMD64 3200+. The board has a 24-pin atx connector. The power supply has a 20-pin connector and then a ...

We had a look at the general feature on the first page and now its time to take a closer look at where everything is located. Design wise, the Supermicro H11SSL-i is a very classic board, but that ...

MSI has unveiled a new lineup of X870 and X870E AMD motherboard options, which include an extra eight-pin PCIe power connector on the board, boosting the overall ability of the board to power your GPU ...

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I'm putting together a new box- Asus P5Q with new Antex 430 Earthwatts. I'm hooking up the power supply when I am flumoxed by this statement on page 2-34. " Use only an 8 pin EPS +12 V power plug for ...

DIY-APE has reached an important milestone in developing the back-plug ecosystem for PC DIYers. BTF3.0 (via Uniko's Hardware) is designed so that no cabling is needed between your PSU, motherboard, or ...

MSI motherboards use light-emitting diodes to report the status of the computer. Most computers have an LED for the power and an LED for the hard drive. If the PC is turned on, the power LED glows ...

It's time to bid farewell to the cumbersome six-pin and eight-pin power connectors we've used to power the graphics cards in our gaming PCs for what seems like forever. Asus has confirmed that PCIe ...

TL;DR: ASUS's new BTF 2.5 GC-HPWR power connector, tested on the ROG Strix GeForce RTX 5090 BTF, delivers up to 1900W with improved reliability and temperatures below 40°C. This advanced connector ...

One of my favourite trends in gaming hardware of late is new ways of tucking away all those cables for a sleeker build. Now it looks like Gigabyte's joining the party with its own method for ...

The big picture: Asus is pushing its Back-to-the-Future (BTF) concept at CES with the introduction of new graphics cards that do away with auxiliary power connectors. Asus' BTF initiative is designed ...