Before we have given you the meaning of the numbers on the power nameplate, but why do you have these numbers on the power supply, I believe that not every player knows. In fact, the hardware in our PC has different requirements for the supply voltage, so the PC power supply should output different voltages for different hardware. Just why are the output powers of these voltages different? What is the specific voltage required for specific hardware? We believe that most players are awkward after seeing these two questions.
There are five output voltage specifications on the power supply, but do you know which hardware uses these output voltages?
Now we can easily pull out a regular PC power supply. We can see the output specifications of +12V, +3.3V, +5V, -12V and +5VSB on the nameplate. These 5 voltages are also required for each hardware inside the PC host. Supply voltage. However, not every hardware will use these voltages. In fact, their needs are different, so let's take a look at the power supply voltage requirements of the main hardware inside the PC, namely CPU, motherboard, memory, graphics card, and hard disk. .
Main board and memory supply voltage requirements:
First of all, we start from the motherboard. The status of the motherboard in the PC is like a bridge on the ground. The power supply and data exchange of CPU, graphics card, memory and other hardware need to be completed by the motherboard. There are two main interfaces connected to the main board. One is the CPU-specific power supply interface. We will talk about this interface later; the other is the 24pin main power supply interface, which is also the largest power supply interface in the PC. Power is supplied from various hardware on the motherboard.
24pin main power supply interface, 5 voltages are involved
The 24pin power supply interface on the motherboard uses all five power supply voltages on the PC power supply, namely +12V, +3.3V, +5V, -12V and +5VSB, and there is also a -5V, but the hardware and interface corresponding to this voltage are already already Eliminated, so the current PC power supply no longer provides -5V power supply, this way in the 24pin interface is only nominal.
The main power supply of the various onboard chips on the motherboard is +5V and +3.3V, while the +12V is mainly used for PCI-E, PCI slots and fan interfaces. The PCI-E slot will be used in addition to +12V. To +3.3V, the PCI slot requires +12V, -12V and +5V. The power supply used in the memory slot is +3.3V, but it is additionally equipped with a voltage conversion circuit that converts +3.3V into a working voltage of the memory such as 1.5V, 1.2V, etc., and then supplies it to the memory.
The USB interface is mainly powered by +5V, so for players who need to connect a lot of USB devices, the output power of the +5V power supply should not be too small. The -12V power supply actually needs a small chance to use, that is, it does not need high power, because it only uses the level judgment for the serial port or PCI interface device, so the -12V output power of the PC power supply does not exceed 10W. Even lower.
Among the motherboard power supply requirements, +5VSB is a special existence. +5VSB is also called +5V standby, because this way is actually not needed in the power-on state, but it needs to be used in the shutdown state. +5VSB starts to output immediately after the power cable is connected to the power cable and the switch is turned on. It mainly provides standby current to the main chip on the motherboard, which is convenient for quick wake-up and booting. In addition, some motherboards still support charging the mobile phone through the USB interface in the off state, and also need to use +5VSB. Therefore, many power supplies now pay more attention to the output current of +5VSB, which is generally not lower than 2A.
CPU supply voltage requirements:
Power supply CPU power supply interface, available in 4pin and 8pin, providing +12V power supply
The CPU installed on the motherboard can be said to be a very special existence. Because of its high power consumption, in order to ensure the normal operation of the CPU, its power supply is independent, not from the 24pin interface, but through dedicated 4pin or 8pin interface for power supply, what is needed is +12V power supply, and then converted to the working voltage of the CPU through the switching power supply circuit on the motherboard.
It should be noted that the power supply interface of the CPU has 4pin and 8pin. The latter has a stronger power supply capability. However, in general, the 4pin interface on the 8pin interface can also be turned on, which can also meet the normal use requirements. However, if you need overclocking, or if you are using a high-end CPU, and the motherboard has an 8pin CPU power supply interface, we recommend to buy a power supply with the corresponding interface to ensure the stability of the whole machine!
Graphics card supply voltage requirements:
Graphics card external power supply, 6pin and 8pin, providing +12V power supply
Now the mainstream interface of the graphics card is the PCI-E interface, so there are two kinds of power supply voltages required, one +3.3V and the other one is +12V. Among them, +3.3V is mainly the power supply of I/O chip and peripheral circuit, the power consumption is not high, it can be obtained directly from PCI-E slot; and +12V needs to be supplied to GPU and memory, which can be said to be the main power supply of graphics card. Source, in addition to the PCI-E slot, mid- to high-end products need to be obtained from an external 6pin or 8pin power supply interface.
The external power supply interface of the graphics card mainly provides +12V power supply. Similar to the CPU power supply interface, the power supply capability of the 8pin interface is stronger than that of the 6pin interface, and most of the graphics cards need to be connected to the corresponding external power supply interfaces before they can work normally. In fact, in the hardware power consumption of the PC, the graphics card has already occupied a large part. It can be said that it and the CPU together occupy nearly 80% of the power consumption of the whole machine.
Power requirements for mechanical and solid state drives:
Today's hard drives are divided into two major camps, the mechanical hard disk HDD and the solid state hard disk. Although the power supply interfaces they use are all SATA power supply interfaces, the voltages they need are not exactly the same. The 3.5-inch mechanical hard disk requires +12V, +5V and +3.3V, of which +12V is for the motor, +5V and +3.3V for the main control circuit, and the 2.5-inch hard drive requires only +5V. And +3.3V, because the latter's motor power consumption is relatively low, +5V power supply can be satisfied.
However, the main control circuit of the current mechanical hard disk does not necessarily need +3.3V power supply, because most of them have a voltage conversion circuit with +5V to +3.3V, so even if only +12V and +5V power supply can work normally, it must be used. The chance of +3.3V has actually been greatly reduced.
SATA power supply interface, including +3.3V, +5V and +12V power supply
Solid-state drives have both SATA and PCI-E interfaces. The former mainly uses +5V and +3.3V power supplies. However, due to the need for power supply compatibility, they also have a +5V to +3.3V voltage conversion circuit internally. Or directly use a chip compatible with two voltages, so in fact, the solid state drive of the SATA interface only needs to have +5V power supply to work properly. The SSDs of the PCI-E interface (including the M.2 interface) will be powered by +3.3V and can be obtained directly from the PCI-E slot. Some PCI-E interface solid state drives will use +12V power supply. This is because the standard adapter card or even its own body with voltage conversion circuit will convert +12V into a suitable voltage for the solid state drive.
The D-type 4pin interface has a long history and can provide +12V and +5V power supply.
The problem of +5V and +3.3V voltage compatibility inside the hard disk just mentioned is actually a "historical legacy problem", because the early IDE interface hard disk uses the old D-type 4pin interface, which is only powered by +12V and +5V. . At the beginning of the promotion of the SATA interface, since not every power supply has a SATA interface, it is inevitable to transfer the SATA power supply interface from the D-type 4pin interface. The former does not have a +3.3V power supply. Considering hardware compatibility, virtually all SATA interface products can be removed from +3.3V.
Summary: +12V is a large power supply, +5V and +3.3V main attack periphery
Finally, let's take a look at the power supply voltage required by the PC's main hardware:
CPU: +12V
Motherboard: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, -12V, +5VSB
Memory: +3.3V
Graphics card: +3.3V, +12V
Mechanical hard disk: +12V, +5V, +3.3V
Solid state drive: +5V, +3.3V
+12V is a big power supplier, so its status is the most important
From this summary we can see that the +12V, +5V and +3.3V power supply plays an important role in the PC hardware, so the performance of these three outputs directly determines the overall performance of the PC power supply. Among them, +12V power supply is the most important one. The CPU and graphics card are directly powered by +12V. Therefore, the power of +12V power supply accounts for the power rating of the power supply, generally not less than 70%. The high-end power supply even concentrates all resources on +12V. On the output, the +5V and +3.3V outputs are converted from +12V through the DC to DC circuit.
+5V and +3.3V are mainly the power supply of peripheral devices and control chips, such as peripheral circuits on the graphics card, USB interface power supply and solid-state hard disk power supply, etc., which is lower than +12V in terms of power consumption, but many devices and chips are involved. Therefore, it cannot be ignored. -12V is mainly used as the level judgment of serial port and PCI interface, not the main power supply line, so its output power is generally low.
+5VSB is used in the shutdown state, the normal boot of the PC and the fast wake-up are all dependent on +5VSB. The USB shutdown charging function also depends on +5VSB, so its importance is not low in the PC power supply, but its power consumption is relatively low. Generally speaking, 1A or more output is enough, but now many high-end power supplies pay more attention to the output of +5VSB, and the rated output current is 2A to 3A.
The above is the supply voltage requirement of the main hardware inside the PC host.
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