Although the fervor round melting graphics playing cards utilizing the brand new 16-pin 12VHPWR connectors for PCIe 5.0-compliant graphics playing cards has died down as of late, nobody would blame you for feeling a bit nervous powering up your new $1600 GPU. Corsair might need yet one more resolution: a right-angle energy adapter that guarantees “no stress” (with no pun supposed) on the cable connection. Whereas the web page for the facility supply-to-graphics card bridge is up on Corsair’s internet retailer, it’s not but obtainable for buy.
In line with the minimal itemizing, the smooth, flat-top connector “eliminates energy connector stress by stopping 12VHPWR cable from urgent towards your case’s facet.” The half, which is separate from the 12VHPWR cable itself, boasts 105-degree centigrade (221 Fahrenheit) thermal capability, and presumably it’s rated to deal with the identical 600-watt most that the facility cable and GPU are. As Tom’s {Hardware} experiences, you will have to watch out about compatibility relying on exactly the place the cable connection is in your graphics card. However presumably in the event you want a 180-degree adapter, your present setup is lower than very best anyway.
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Corsair isn’t the one one attempting to ease folks’s minds in relation to melting GPUs. MSI’s resolution is to incorporate brightly coloured connection ideas to make sure a stable match. The PCI-SIG group, which standardizes the facility connections for PCI-compliant parts, is already engaged on a safer normal known as the “12V-2×6,” utilizing a plug that’s virtually equivalent however tweaked for extra dependable full insertion.
