Not really underperforming, but it's just there's been a gradual shift of PCs wanting power from the 3.3V and 5V towards heavier use of the 12V rail. PSU manufacturers lagged behind this change. So a 500W unit in the past might have for example delivered 300W for the 3.3V and 5V and only 200W on the 12V. So if your GPU and CPU needed 400W together, you might have had to buy a 1000W unit. That's an extreme example mind you.
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| Monitor | Keyboard | Power | Case |
| Iiyama ProLite B2206WS-B1 | Trust LED eLight | SilverStone ST45SF-G | SilverStone FT03B-Mini |
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| Cooling | OS | Keyboard | Power |
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Yeah if you check some of the early design updates I quickly came to the conclusion that there are some things small size is at odds with. Optical drive, ATX psu and 3.5" HDDs are all very space inefficient, and ultimately not needed so out they went. 




), so it isn't impossible...



