Nvidia has really let us down on this one. New 5080 and 500 GPUs come with this connector, and they’re once again fire-prone.

If you're one of the 23 people around the world who has managed to snag an RTX 5090, you might be tempted to splash out on a fancy set of power cables to make your new upgrade look the best it can.

NVIDIA has recently released their lineup of 40-series graphics cards, with a novel generation of power connectors called 12VHPWR. See, the previous-generation 8-pin connectors were no longer ...

A Redditor using an ASUS ROG Loki PSU reported the problem, which affected performance. ASUS ROG Loki PSUs are linked to multiple incidents, raising concerns about the 12VHPWR connector design and ...

If you thought the RTX 5090 has monstrous power requirements, you'll be floored by these leaked Nvidia GPU prototypes.

Meanwhile, on the PSU side, which uses a 12VHPWR socket, rather than the newer 12V-2×6 socket, five of the six 12V pins are damaged. “This is absolutely concerning,” says der8auer about the ...

After much investigation and many guesses from Nvidia and other testers, the 4090's power connector issues ended up being blamed on what was essentially user error; the 12VHPWR connectors were not ...

which was designed to replace the 12VHPWR connector found on older ATX 3.0 units. The fact this is an 80+ Platinum rated PSU is testament to its efficiency, and also provides peace of mind ...