A Reddit user's RTX 5080 narrowly avoided connector damage, with the 8-pin to 16-pin adapter absorbing the brunt of a meltdown.

The upcoming RTX 4060 and 4060 Ti will also likely feature 8-pin cables, a departure from Ampere. Nvidia used the 16-pin cable on all its Founders Edition GPUs, including the RTX 3060 and Ti variants.

The extra 8-pin connector adds an additional 252W to the motherboard, bringing the total to 420W, which seems like an excessive amount of power, but again, MSI pitches it as an insurance policy of ...

With PCIe 5.0 and ATX 3.0, the single connector and cables means a consumer could plug a 450-watt GPU that would have taken a triple 8-pin connector in the past, into a 650-watt ATX 3.0 power supply.

Dual 8-Pin GPU Cable (Dual PCI-E Power Connector), has a MSRP of USD 37.99 / Euro 30.99 24-Pin ATX Cable (ATX Motherboard Connector), has a MSRP of USD 43.99 / Euro 35.99 ...

PCI-SIG warns about utilizing 8-pin to 12VHPWR adapters. They may get dangerously heated. 12VHPWR can power heavy video cards. 16-pin connection carries 55 amps, or 600 watts at 12 volts.

You can see the advantage of an ATX12VO 8-pin connector (right) next to a standard 24-pin ATX connector (left). Quite a few of the extra pins and wires from the standard multi-rail ATX PSU are ...

Corsair's new SF850L SFX ATX 3.0 80 PLUS Gold power supply gets put to the test by Ryan. Is this a PSU you should consider? Let's see.

So I get this beauty of a case for a server, the Supermicro 733T-450, and get everything installed in it. Go to plug in the ATX cable, and it has 4 too many leads. Is this thing Extended ATX or ...

Good news for anyone interested in acquiring a GeForce RTX 3090 Ti card but who is unable to purchase a new power supply with a 12VHPWR connector. NVIDIA will be bundling an adapter. You'll need a ...

The Lian Li Strimer Plus V2 is a lighting kit that comprises 24-pin ATX and dual 8-pin PCIe power extension cables. This allows one to create a light show between the power supply, GPU, and ...