Many people consider the power supply the easiest item to purchase when selecting system components for their latest build project. How hard could it be? - You figure out how much wattage your system ...

XPG's Pymcore 850W SFX PSU packs strong performance into a compact design, ideal for SFF builds, and stands out with a $119.90 price and 12-year warranty.

Testing electrical equipment can be dangerous work. As such, testing of all PSUs is carried out on a conductive mat connected to a safety switch. Breaker switches are also used and, of course, there's ...

When it comes to testing power supplies, it’s useful to have a dummy load to put the gear through its paces. While it’s possible to just use some old heating elements or other big resistors, an active ...

Whether you're buying a power supply unit for the first time or needing to upgrade to a higher-wattage brick, you're going to want to pay close attention to the power supply ratings system. Every PSU ...

Penn State's athletic department has continued to avoid serious COVID-19 issues since the school's fall semester final exams concluded Dec. 18. On Wednesday, the athletic department issued its ...

As noted, we always have a bit of a challenge at hand. Without professional load testers it's pretty hard to stress a 600 Watt and higher rated power supplies. For PSU testing we created a dedicated ...

I've got an Antec 430 Truepower, about 3 years old, that seems to have failed. <BR><BR>Symptoms: the HTPC it powered suddenly stopped last night. I tried to reboot but got nothing, not even a fan ...

A simple switch (again low resistance) allows you to flick between the 3.3V, 5V and four 12V outputs. The reason there are four 12V outputs is so you can simulate multi-GPU systems by connecting ...

So I'm using my multimeter on a PSU of mine that worked fine with my ASRock 939DUAL Sata-II board, but when I upgraded to a board that needed the extra 4 pins of the ATX connector, it suddenly was a ...