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, ...

If you’ve ever opened a PC case and stared inside, or looked at a bare motherboard, you may be taken aback by the number and variety of connectors, pins, and slots that exist on a modern PC ...

DIY-APE has reached an important milestone in developing the back-plug ecosystem for PC DIYers. BTF3.0 (via Uniko's Hardware) is designed so that no cabling is needed between your PSU, motherboard, or ...

ATX12VO is not implemented into the Z690 chipset based motherboards for Alder Lake. The manufacturers seem to have moved away from it. The standard requires a new compatible PSU with a 12V connector ...

Recently I received an older PSU that has a 20-pin + (separate) 4 pin power connector. I noticed that most PSUs now have a single 24 pin power connector. Will the separate 20-pin + 4 connector work on ...

I've been installing a few case fans onto my new PC, and I had a fan that connected via the three pins on the motherboard. I've moved the three pin fan to a new location but I can't find any other ...

Folks who shop for motherboards—whether as an upgrade component or for a build-a-PC-from-scratch project—are a savvy bunch, confident enough to take their PC to pieces and put it back together again.