I’m a big proponent of DIY PC building and I tend to describe it as “relatively straightforward.” For the most part, ...

MSI's Project Zero is a line of PC motherboards and cases made for enthusiasts, and it puts cable management front and center ...

Q: Who do I have to buy lunch for so that somebody standardizes front-panel pins? A: Heh, this one’s a perennial annoyance, isn’t it? The front-panel pin layout on a motherboard varies a lot ...

The front I/O panel (technically, on the top of the case) is surprisingly light, with few ports and the power button. You get a single 3.5mm audio jack here, along with two USB 3.1 Gen 1 Type-A ...

I'm using a Cooler Master ATC 101-sx4 case with an Intel d845gebv2 motherboard. The case has two cables for the USB connection -- five sockets for five pins each. On the first connector, the first ...

You should always follow the instructions from your motherboard documentation, reading the manual carefully. Thankfully, for front panel PC case switches, there generally is no strict order to ...

It may also be silkscreened onto the motherboard. The colored line is hot, the black line is ground.<br><br>Generally, modern computers take a lot of idiocy to screw up; if it fits, it probably works.

Intel's Raptor Lake CPU refresh is just around the corner, and companies like Gigabyte have begun to unveil upgraded motherboards to coincide with the launch, expected on Sept. 19.