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We have already discussed the topic of load peaks with the upcoming graphics cards including PCIe 5.0 as well as the new ATX 3.0 standard and Intel’s statements on this topic in detail several times. But since in the end no one really knows [...]
The Seasonic Prime Fanless TX-700 is a new but quite expensive passive power supply bursting with superlatives. And yet there is a seemingly fundamental design problem that the layman cannot detect in this way and that can nevertheless lead to [...]
The race for ever faster CPUs and above all GPUs is now producing such blossoms that even existing standards have to be softened or modified for the new energy waste offensive that soon every end consumer will have to save up for a portable nuclear [...]
Who doesn’t know it, that moment of unbridled hatred when the power generally goes out. So when not only the fuse does its work, but the whole place suddenly goes dark? Storm or no storm, it doesn’t even have to be a direct lightning [...]
Having assembled quite a few PCs already, I’ve always wanted to build a mini-I-X system for everyday use. So it came as a call that my work colleague asked me for a new PC, well, the help to build him something tailor-made. After a short [...]
Since I’d like to go to the factories of the contract manufacturers and always try to take a look behind the scene, but just the cute little Corona virus lurks grinning behind every Far Eastern corner and i’m hämisch with a hearty [...]
Bang frog, China-Böller, widowmaker – for the range of selected cheap cruelties from the Far East there are many harmless paraphrases. But that this electronic waste is literally fire-hazardous, I had to learn (once again) first hand during a [...]
What is the real amount of work and know-how that goes into a modern computer power supply? We know the finished products, test and compare them – but that’s all. The forums are full of open questions and often enough the necessary [...]
After almost three years in production, Corsair has finally decided to update its popular RMx line to better suit the needs of today’s graphics hardware. There are again five models with capacities ranging from 550 W to 1000 W. All are fully [...]
We already know since my launch article “Intel Core i9-11900K, Core i7-11700K, Core i5-11600K and Core i9-10900K against Zen3 – Last man standing in silicon” that Intel’s 11th generation doesn’t act particularly [...]
Load spikes that can cause even nominally adequate power supplies to suddenly shut down are all the rage right now, especially since the launch of NVIDIA’s current Ampere generation. It is also undisputed that this leads to the creation of [...]
You’ve seen a lot of things, even on YouTube. For example, a 500 watt power supply miraculously survives even a GeForce RTX 3080, while exactly this card even forced a 1300 watt Platinum behemoth to give up in the lab before the Ampere launch [...]
The reports about failures of Gigabyte’s current P750GM are piling up and also my friend Aris Mpitziopoulos has already tested this power supply and, analogous to what you could read in the social networks, already had to dispose of it [...]
If you are in urgent need of a new computer, you have to put up with the extreme prices on the one hand and the limited availability of the components on the other. It’s annoying, but it’s not likely to change anytime soon. Because you [...]
When miners are mining, of course, really fat wattages come into play for the power supplies as well. Better efficiency in the masses is of course really fun and also generates a monetary added value. That's probably what the manufacturers of [...]
Cybenetics was founded four years ago with the goal of introducing new efficiency and noise certification standards for AC-DC power supplies (PSUs) through its ETA and LAMBDA ratings. In these four years of being in business, nearly 800 power [...]
I have talked to Aris for a long time about this topic, because I also receive many mails every day with inquiries whether this or that power supply with configuration X, Y or Z would really work safely. Due to the lack of a wider range of suitable [...]
In the last few weeks I have been able to talk to some manufacturers who are all complaining (ok, it must always be like this) and try to hoard as much copper or semi-finished copper products as possible for current and future production. Of course [...]
2020 was actually a first-class year for technological innovation, but it will probably also go down in history as the year of the ultimate frustration of discouraged consumers, when the target group will end up not being able to buy what has been [...]
Who doesn’t know the great 80-Plus logo on most power supplies? This label suggests a certain efficiency and contributes not insignificantly to image building. 80 Plus Platinum? This just has to be good! Or maybe not so really? A document that [...]
