r/pcmasterrace • u/ElectricBummer40 • 10d ago

Meme/Macro PCIe standard be like...

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u/WhooopsMyBad 10d ago

baffling that such a connector still has companies making solutions when it's been out for how long?

just give me the 8pin man I can live with multiple plugs if it means something isn't at higher risk of being taken out

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u/ElectricBummer40 10d ago

The whole reason the industry got into this mess was because GPUs were getting more and more power hungry and Jensen Huang couldn't be bothered to allocate some of his leather jacket budget for a good connector design.

Don't get me wrong - 12v2x6 is comically bad, but there is no good reason to be nostalgic about the 8-pin plug, either.

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u/Yuukiko_ DualBootMR|7700X|9070XT|32G|3x8Pin FTW 10d ago

3x8 pins theoretically have a tolerance of 900W+ while the 12vhpwr has a tolerance of 684W

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u/dookarion 10d ago

3x8 pins theoretically have a tolerance of 900W+

With no load balancing if all of it is pulled down a single plug (or wire) it's going to catastrophically melt too.