TL;DR: The GeForce RTX 5090, with a 600W TGP, is the most power-intensive gaming GPU, leading to reports of melted power cables. A recent case involves the RTX 5070, where a damaged pin on the 12V-2x6 ...

This could be the cause of melty GPU cables.

Asus has updated its BTF (Back to Future) standard with a new connector that provides significantly more power than the 12V-2x6 connector. HardwareLuxx reports that the new GC-HPWR connector is rated ...

TL;DR: Inno3D's GeForce RTX 5090 Frostbite graphics card, featuring water cooling, faces issues with its 12V-2x6 power cable reaching over 150°C. Reviewer Andreas Schilling highlighted the thermal ...

Aqua Computer's €100 Ampinel adapter actively monitors GPU power delivery to stop cable melting - and it's already sold out. The device balances current across power lines and shuts down automatically ...

Less than two weeks after its release, the first report of a melting Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 has surfaced online. While a third-party power cable was used, it's unclear right now what caused the fault ...

Asus has previously shown off a prototype GPU without any visible power connectors, with power being delivered through the motherboard instead. It's also announced they were going into production this ...

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A teardown of Dell’s Tower Plus EBT2250 prebuilt reveals a very direct response to the ongoing scrutiny around 16-pin GPU ...