Configuring a custom gaming PC is both fun and rigorous work. First, you get to research your components –- case, motherboard, CPU, GPU, memory, storage, peripherals, cooling, and power supply unit.

Before we go forward and run some of the tests that we are going to see hereinafter, let us check a few of the symptoms to understand if those tests are worth doing. We have mentioned some symptoms ...

Power supply. This is perhaps the most critical part of any computer that still gets overlooked by many. But the thing is, a PC can always be built without a graphics card (assuming that you picked a ...

1] Does the PSU fan spin on startup? Some users reported that their Power Supply Unit fan spins on startup but stops after some time. Others reported that the PSU fan does not spin even on startup.

Non-modular power supplies are generally a bit cheaper, partly because they’re cheaper to manufacture, but the convenience of modular units is undeniable. If you ever want to replace cables due to ...

Nvidia’s new RTX 50-series GPUs represent a leap forward in gaming and content creation, but they also push the boundaries of what’s expected from your power supply. The RTX 5090 and RTX 5080, will be ...

Demand for higher efficiency and higher power density continues to grow in servers and data centers as artificial intelligence significantly increases the requirements for more processing power in ...

It's fair to say that, compared to CPUs and graphics cards, power supply units aren't really PC components that normally get one's hardware juices flowing. They're mightily important, of course, and ...

Gamers all over the world are clamouring to get their hands on the latest and greatest graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD, but with the biggest generational leaps in performance we've seen yet - and I ...

Let's face it, power-supply units (PSUs) are boring. Presented in what's usually a mundane box spitting cables from one end, this is a product that's neither aesthetically pleasing nor technically ...

USB Type-C is the most flexible connection for notebooks and smartphones. The most important of its many capabilities is as a charging socket for battery-powered devices. USB-C should finally make ...

Navitas Semiconductor has announced a new 12 kW power supply unit (PSU) reference design aimed at hyperscale AI data centers, capable of supporting high-power rack densities of up to 120 kW. This PSU ...