PCI-SIG warns about utilizing 8-pin to 12VHPWR adapters. They may get dangerously heated. 12VHPWR can power heavy video cards. 16-pin connection carries 55 amps, or 600 watts at 12 volts. The older ...

New week, new RTX 50 meltdown story. Thankfully, this time, the damage was confined to the power adapter only, thus sparing ...

Recap: The Peripheral Component Interconnect Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) is the standards body that writes the specifications for the major system interconnects, including PCIe. Last year it ...

Good news for anyone interested in acquiring a GeForce RTX 3090 Ti card but who is unable to purchase a new power supply with a 12VHPWR connector. NVIDIA will be bundling an adapter. You'll need a ...

Power supplies are increasingly including the new 16-pin connector compatible with PCIe 5.1. However, some graphics cards have not yet adopted this connector, opting instead for the traditional 8-pin ...

The new EVGA PowerLink 41s provides maximum stability, improved case airflow, and of course it glows with fully-customizable ARGB LED lighting. EVGA has designed its PowerLink 41s exclusively for its ...

Nvidia’s latest flagship GPU — the GeForce RTX 3090 Ti — will have a third 8-pin adapter, according to Tom’s Hardware. We’ve known for a long time that the 3090 Ti would be power-thirsty, and now it’s ...

So the particular case I want to stick it in uses a smaller PSU that doesn't have any PCIe plugs, so I had to fenagle a 2x Molex -> PCIe 6 adapter setup into the cable management mess, and there is no ...

The controversial 16-pin power connector is once again under scrutiny after a new incident involving the Sapphire RX 9070 XT graphics card. A user reported that the 16-pin connector melted while using ...