I'm in the middle of the move from AGP to PCIe, and just bought a <deep breath> DFI Lanparty UT nf4 DR-SLi Expert board on the Agora. Halfway through installing it last night, and pairing it with my ...

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 ...

Only yesterday, we reported on a rumor that the upcoming releases of the more mainstream and affordable GeForce RTX 4070 and GeForce RTX 4060 GPUs could see a shift to the more traditional 8-pin power ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA's RTX 5090 graphics card requires 4 x 8-pin connectors for 600W power officially, but can operate with 3 x 8-pin connectors at 450W, seemingly running only 5% slower in 4K benchmarks.

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 will not have a 12V-2×6 connector and will stick to the older 8-pin connectors. Videocardz claims that while the rumour is that AMD refuses to mandate the use of 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, ...

Vineet Washington is a Tech/ Commerce Writer from Canada. He is a professional writer who is passionate about gaming and technology. With over 7 years of experience in content creation, 3 of which ...

AMD and Intel are reportedly testing 16-pin power connectors on their next-gen gaming GPUs, meaning these new graphics cards could finally ditch the good old-fashioned 6-pin and 8-pin PCIe power ...

Since the 16-pin connector was introduced and later revised, melting adapters and PSU/GPU-side connectors on some of Nvidia's mainstream GeForce gaming GPUs have been rampant. Two of MSI's recently ...

Custom models of the Radeon RX 9070 XT, one of the first graphics cards to leverage AMD’s all-new RDNA 4 architecture, may not feature 12VHPWR, the 16-pin power connector that some NVIDIA users had ...