As we saw earlier, a 600 watt GPU and 300 watt CPU and 300 watt “rest of platform” is recommended to be paired with a 1,200 PSU ATX 3.0 power supply in anticipation of the worst case scenarios.

I have an old P2-450Mhz system with a P2B MB. Can I use this case for an Athlon or P4 Socket 478 CPU? Also the power supply is only 235 Watts so should I replace it? System has DVD, CD/RW, one ...

If you look at the chart below, you can see the efficiency of a 500-watt ATX12VO 80 Plus Gold compared with a 500-watt multi-rail ATX 80 Plus Gold and 500-watt ATX Plus Bronze unit. Intel ...

“The ATX2AT Smart Converter plugs on a standard 24-pin ATX PC Power Supply and acts as an intelligent protection device for old retro-hardware. It can be seen as a couple of programmable fuses ...

Under the ATX 3.0 specification, power supplies with the 12VHPWR connector must be able to handle up to 200% of their rated power for at least 100μs, 180% for 1ms, 160% for 10ms, and 120% for 100ms.

Untangling ATX 3.0 and ATX12VO 2.0. It’s important to note that we are talking about two different power specifications here. ATX 3.0 is the most notable update in the long-running Advanced ...