OK, got a spiffy new case, spiffy power supply, lots of spiffy parts to put in the case, including a motherboard of course.<br><br>As we're assembling we run into one little glitch - a 24 pin power ...

I've just bought a new Gigabyte GA-P55A-UD4 motherboard. It has a 24 pin power supply socket and an 8 pin one as well (which I think is often referred to as 2x4). My power supply (which I was told is ...

Sure, it's what turns your PC on and keeps it running through all those spreadsheet marathons and fantasy fragfests. But beyond startup and shutdown time, your desktop's power supply unit (PSU) ...

We might not see this happen right away, but we're going to move away from that damn 24-pin power connector going into motherboards towards something far smaller, better, and more power-efficient.