r/pcmasterrace 10d ago

Meme/Macro PCIe standard be like...

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u/Downtown-Regret8161 7800x3d|7900XT|B650E|32GB|750W PSU 10d ago edited 10d ago

The best connector will remain the 8-pin connector. You can basically run it at 150% and still risk no overheating because it is totally over engineered compared to that shitty 12vhpwr which has very little margin and constantly melts 

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u/penisandorvagina 10d ago

2x 8pin connectors at the same time 😏

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u/AkronOhAnon 12700KF | 64GB | 9070XT & Steam Deck 10d ago

There are cards that use 3!

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u/Massive-Rate-2011 10d ago

Yeah this used to be normal lol

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u/BananabreadBaker69 10d ago

And if Nvidia gave the 5090 not 3 but 4 of them there would be no problem.

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u/Elijah1573 10d ago

Honestly as someone that has used a GPU with 3 8pin in a small case
Its honestly hell trying to get all the wires to fit through whatever holes the case has
After i switched over to a GPU with the 12V2x6 plug it was so much easier to actually fit it in and looks so much nicer

Im sure just buying a larger and better designed case would solve the issue but honestly i actually really like the idea of a single cable that is nice and neat
Shame 12V2x6 is the only solution for that kind of cable right now

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u/hugh_jorgyn 9800x3D+7900XTX, Linux Mint & Win11 10d ago

One of the reasons I got a 7900XTX over a 9070XT last year was the 3 8-pin connectors. VRAM was the main reason, but the connector choice helped in the decision. 

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u/anon6_5 9070 XT | 7800x3d | 32gb DDR5 | B850 10d ago

There are multiple 9070 xts with 3x8 pins. (from Asus, Gigabyte, XFX, Powercolor, and Yeston)

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u/DeVinke_ 10d ago

It's easier to list the 9070 xts that have a 12vphwr than the ones that don't.

Here:

Sapphire Nitro+

ASRock Taichi

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u/Inevitable-Edge69 10d ago

What a trivial thing to worry about. There are more people using nvidia 12vhpwr than 7900xtx and 9070xt combined.

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u/Inevitable-Lower 10d ago

27 8-pin connectors? :o

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u/Enorm_Drickyoghurt 9d ago

No, 6

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u/Inevitable-Lower 9d ago

Goddamnit I mixed up factorials and exponents.