Recent content by jonnyGURU

Remember when "press" would investigate press releases for accuracy? Is this PSU smaller than SFX? Not SFX-L, but SFX. I mention this because the Thermaltake SFX 750 and 850 are currently available for purchased and both are certified ATX 3.1 by Intel (Enermax's are not). So.... unless...

6-pin has one sense pin. 8-pin has two. But since they're grounded, it's ostensibly a conductor.

Precisely. On paper and in practice, the design doesn't make sense and the only advantage is the smaller footprint; which is inconducive to high power. Compare the 12VHPWR with Mini-Fit HCS (what's typically used for 6-pin and 8-pin PCIe). 16g for both. Check. One 12VHPWR gives you twelve...

Yep. The 90° and 180° PCB adapters "walk out" after so many thermal cycles. Properly made cables don't have this issue.

Just for the record... there's no such thing as a "12V-2x6 cable". Even in their video where they show the improvements, you can see that those improvements are done on the PSU and GPU side. The cable is the same. That said, pre-bent 90° cables and the color blue are always a welcome addition...

16 SATA drives is a corner case. Not a typical DIY PC. If you're building a file server, you build a file server. ATX12VO is not slated to replace the existing ATX12V, EPS12V or any other existing standard. If you're building almost any other type of P (Personal) C (Computer), you won't be...

What "extra header' do you need on the motherboard that isn't on this MSI board? An ATX 12VO can have just as many features as any ATX motherboard. Don't confuse the proprietary garbage from Dell and Lenovo with ATX12VO. It's not the same.

You would need a transformer in an AC to DC power supply. Not DC to DC. When ArkanisGK507 was implying everything should run on the same voltage, I'm pretty sure he wasn't implying we use 12V or 5VAC mains, or run 230VAC directly to components in the PC.

Maybe "lost in translation", but you don't need a "transformer" to buck or boost DC to DC. As I said before; that's what happens today, for the most part. Everything on your motherboard already has some sort of DC to DC buck converter. All they're doing with this ATX12VO standard is saying...

Any decent PSU made in the last 15 years is basically a 12V PSU with a small DC to DC card added for the +3.3V and +5V. It's best to understand computer PSUs and the 12VO spec before making such statements. The new spec only removes that DC to DC card, moving it to the motherboard. This part...

At 12V, the American plug would not support up to 600W. It's the current that matters. Not the voltage. At 1600W, 110V is only 14A. The 12VHPWR supports 50A. Now, that said, if your wires and terminals were 10g, your idea would work. But this would make for an incredibly unweildly cable.

Because it's 110V vs 12V.

Exactly. Nvidia's AVL has four different suppliers. None of them are the Wieson "4-spring". That's not to say Wieson is not a legitimate supplier. They're just not in the Nvidia AVL. In addition to the four in the AVL and Wieson, there are three other suppliers I can think of that are...

You can't really patent something that already exists in the market (the Molex mini-fit jr and micro-fit) just because a pinout is a certain way. There's really no excuse not to standardize a pinout. As far as I'm concerned, let everyone use Type 4. That means more aftermarket cable sales...

The brainwashing continues...