This is on one of those ultra cheap PSUs that usually come included if you buy a cheap generic case. I swappwed this one out for a decent Seasonic unit from new, so this one has never been used (until ...

At Tokyo Game Show 2025 last week, MSI was proudly showcasing a new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Ventus model with a unique feature: a ...

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 ...

MSI used the Tokyo Game Show to show off something interesting for PC builders—a prototype graphics card that hides its power ...

A new 16-pin power connector able to deliver up to 600W of power, what should have been an interesting footnote in the transition to a new standard, became one of the defining parts of the flagship ...

If you're reading this site, you probably are well familiar with the controversy over the 12VHPWR connector used on NVIDIA's recent graphics cards. This connector is a smaller-scale twelve-pin plug ...

The proposed replacement is the 12V-2x6 connector, which is slated to be incorporated into the forthcoming ATX 3.1 and PCI Express 6.0 specifications. As reported by Igor's Lab, an engineering draft ...

Most small internal-combustion engines commonly used in the model-building world use glow plugs for starting. Unfortunately, glow plugs have an operating voltage of 1.5 V, while fuel pumps, starter ...

It notes that the RTX 4070 connector features a 1.7 mm inward offset for the sensor pins, compared to the 0.45 mm offset for the RTX 4080, and this is similar to what is being planned for the new ...