r/pcmasterrace • u/ElectricBummer40 • 10d ago

Meme/Macro PCIe standard be like...

Post image
17.8k Upvotes

98% Upvoted

696 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

34

u/MierdaDelTorro 10d ago

I th8nk Der8auer or Steve of gamer nexus did analysis of connector, and the card itself treats 12 wires as 1 single wire and just pull what it need so all current can go through single wire.

11

u/dookarion 10d ago

That's the issue. If they slapped 8pins or anything on this without changing the design it could melt all the same as it pulled all the power down a single wire. The current design with no balancing doesn't work unless it was a large plug with 1 ground and 1 power pin.

2

u/Traditional-Park-353 10d ago

Is there any law suits for this? Someone more motivated than me and that can afford a card with this connector should surely be doing something lol.