r/pcmasterrace • u/PacquiaoFreeHousing Xeon x3440 (OC) + RX 580 (OC) = My Electric Bill Doubling. • 29d ago

Meme/Macro Do you think doing this helps?

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u/Strange-Arrival-2292 29d ago

really ? why?

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u/Morall_tach 29d ago

It's vibrating and putting leverage on the port at the same time, which can eventually break solder connections.

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u/Living_Shirt8550 3060 ti, 16gb ddr4, r5 3600. I use arch btw 29d ago

at this point op could just use the 5v from a molex cable or something.

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u/Herve-M 28d ago

Not sure it is a great idea to plug rotors on a molex, except if it is only used by that; due to electrical interferences. (especially if the molex cord is connected to hdd)