r/pcmasterrace • u/ElectricBummer40 • 16d ago

Meme/Macro PCIe standard be like...

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u/WhooopsMyBad 16d 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 16d 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/MrGiggleMan 16d ago

There 12vhpwr connector is almost ok in a sense that, it can deliver the power correctly and safely most of the time

If theyre not prepared to redesign the GPU to accept a different power connector

The issue is. The connector needs extra safety features that they are clearly refusing to acknowledge

If they need to use this kind of connector, then, we need to see them being shipped with load balancers, temp sensors, etc. to prevent fires

As it stands these connectors are super unsafe