Maybe the $40 connector cable is all you need to save your GPU from melting connector. However, making the GPU pull more than required power will still be bad for the GPU’s health. User Reports his RTX 5090 Doesn’t Turn on Until ASRock’s Connector Cable Cools Down At least somebody is able to get their GPU rescued before meeting a bad end. While in most cases, the 16-pin connector melting occurred when the GPU was running at full load with nearly 550-600W power draw, this user was able to run his GPU at over 2X the power limit without any […]
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