The incendiary woes of the 16-pin power connector keep birthing new ways to prevent the inevitable. MSI's latest attempt is to sync its power supplies' active monitoring system with MSI Afterburner to ...

Reports link MSI’s yellow-tipped 16-pin connector to RTX 5090 12V-2x6 melting incidents, raising new concerns over GPU power ...

A review of a Dell workstation with an RTX 5070 Ti shows a custom, reinforced connection for the 12V-2x6 power rail.

Dell's solution to the 16-pin connector overheating issues seems to bea custom connector to lock it into place. At least, that's what the OEM has done in a new prebuilt featuring the RTX 5070 Ti. The ...

TL;DR: NVIDIA's RTX 5090 graphics card requires 4 x 8-pin connectors for 600W power officially, but can operate with 3 x 8-pin connectors at 450W, seemingly running only 5% slower in 4K benchmarks.

TL;DR: ASUS's new BTF 2.5 GC-HPWR power connector, tested on the ROG Strix GeForce RTX 5090 BTF, delivers up to 1900W with improved reliability and temperatures below 40°C. This advanced connector ...

Yet another new report suggests that reducing power draw does not automatically eliminate 12V-2x6 connector risk on NVIDIA’s ...

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 graphics cards are reportedly set to stick with eight-pin power connectors, rather than use the company's new 12VHPWR connector, suggests a new leak. This would ...

DONGGUAN, GUANGDONG PROVINCE, CHINA, January 21, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — In today’s fast-evolving electronics landscape, reliable interconnect solutions have ...