My source added: "It's in the PCIe 5.0 CEM spec. Not sure how many people got it wrong and why it's suddenly "news" because of ASUS. The 12-pin portion is actually the same as the FE connector". "And ...

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 ...

With that, companies are lining up new hardware, including Power Supplies or PSUs, designed for the next generation of PC gaming and desktop AI. For example, MSI's impressive new 1600W MEG Ai1600T ...

My motherboard has a 2x12V, 8-pin power connector on it (in addition to the 24-pin main power connector. The power supply I have only has one 1x12V, 4-pin connector; do I need both of those power ...

We recently saw AMD unveiling two brand new desktop GPUs from its Radeon 7000 series. The new RX 7800 XT and the RX 7700 XT are based on the RDNA 3 architecture and are claimed to be optimized for the ...

Building a PC isn’t easy for everyone, but if you’re someone who’s planning on doing it soon or just a PC enthusiast who’s passionate about PCMR, then this is the perfect blog for you. In this column, ...

On page 4, there is an "IDE Power" connector. It looks a lot like a 4 pin CPU fan connector, but it (obviously) provides different voltages that are appropriate for 3.5" IDE drives (5V, 12V) and the ...