You'll need a special BTF motherboard to use it, but after this week's reliability demonstration, it might well be worth ...

When PCI-SIG introduced the 12VHPWR power connector as a replacement for the 6- and 8-pin PCIe power connectors, it created a wave of controversy. There were enough cases of melting GPUs, PSUs, and… ...

There’s a hot new power connector in the desktop PC world… and by hot, we mean “literally melting.” Issues with the new 12VHPWR power connector design for the latest PCIe 5.0-compliant ...

Asus has given the special stealth power connector on its RTX 5090 BTF edition graphics cards a little upgrade. To show just how capable it is, Asus China's general manager, Tony Yu, released a video ...

Melted GPU power connectors shouldn't be something to worry about with these new PSUs and connectors at CES 2024. News. By Jacob Ridley published 10 January 2024 ...

In response to these issues, PCI-SIG has been working on a revised connector simply known as 12V-2x6. The name is descriptive: it carries 12 volts on a connector that has two rows of six pins. The ...

However, many other graphics card manufacturers, including MSI, have stuck with a straight connector, so the new cable adapter should help. AMD, meanwhile, has largely chosen to avoid using the ...

While AMD did not intend to use the new power connector on the 7900 and 7600 series GPUs, they actually had plans to use it on the 7800 and 7700. “We removed it, and that was a purposeful removal.

According to a new in-depth report at Igor's Lab, PCI-SIG is set to replace the 16-pin 12VHPWR power connector with the new 12V-2x6 power connector as part of the new ATX 3.1 standard.