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.

The PC power supply has been a standard of the junk box for the last couple of decades, and will probably continue to be for the foreseeable future. A product that is often built to a very high sta… ...

The chassis utilizes living hinges and snap hooks for easy assembly, and is accompanied by an 18-step build guide in PDF form ...

Effect of Insufficient Power Supply in a PC. Most casual business users don't give a lot of thought to their computer's power supply unless they use a laptop and lose its AC adapter. However ...

When you're assembling your perfect computer, there are ways to save some money, but you should not compromise by getting a used power supply. Here's why.

How Power Supplies Work Electrically speaking, power supplies do more than just plug the computer into an AC wall outlet. Different components within the computer require different levels of power.

A computer power supply converts AC into multiple DC voltages. For example, 12 volts is commonly used for drives, while 3.3v and 5v are used by the chips and other motherboard components.

When building a custom computer rig, most people put the SMPS power supply inside the computer case. [James] a.k.a [Aibohphobia] a.k.a [fearofpalindromes] turned it inside out, and built the STX160… ...

Some Power Supply Units are programmed to spin the fan when the computer draws power over a specific amount, say 15% (this can differ for the computers or PSUs of different brands).

The Computer History Museum has some surviving pages of Seymour Cray’s design notebook (Courtesy of the Computer History Museum) The initial model, the Cray-1A , weighed 5.5 tons including the Freon ...