Since the 16-pin connector was introduced and later revised, melting adapters and PSU/GPU-side connectors on some of Nvidia's mainstream GeForce gaming GPUs have been rampant. Two of MSI's ...

Many standard connectors can only handle four different wire gauges with only 10-pin configurations per wire gauge. To combine different gauge wires in the same connector requires special-order ...

comes with a single PCIe 5.0 12VHPWR cable in the box to hook up a high-end RTX 40-series graphics card. There are also eight PCIe 6+2 pin connectors (four dual/four single) for everything else ...

The relocated connectors could mean the difference ... With Corsair's new design, the 8-pin EPS power cable can hug the rear of the case for a clean run. One negative with Corsair's new design ...

Nvidia also suggested what may be causing the issues, telling readers that the connectors may not be fully ... RTX 4090 owners affected by the 16-pin cable connector melting.

This is the 12V-2x6 connector, by the way – a revised, safer take on the 12VHPWR effort that came in with the RTX 4090 (complete with that memorable cable ... said 16-pin connectors) in ...