In this video, we delve into the purpose of having two 8-pin EPS connectors on your motherboard. Discover the essential role they play in ensuring stable power delivery for high-performance CPUs ...

The 8-pin connector can supply up to 150W from the cable, with an additional 75W from the PCI-E slot, bringing the total available power to approximately 225W. This is enough even for OC models and ...

Nvidia may be giving its partners more freedom with its upcoming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti GPUs. The new mid-rangers have been spotted rocking both the old 8-pin and the revised 12V-2×6 power connectors ...

Indeed, as he points out, the 12V-2X6 connector only allows a power draw of 375W at startup. This value makes a lot more sense as a power limit for the plug; it would give the connector a safety ...

Nvidia’s new RTX 5090 GPUs are experiencing issues with the 12VHPWR power connector melting. It’s similar to reports of RTX 40-series connectors melting.

It’s unclear if NVIDIA will release Founders Edition cards in this segment (as they did for RTX 4060 Ti), but if they do, it’s more likely that it’ll stick to the 12V-2×6 connector, while AIBs will ...

While it is unconfirmed that the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Series will even launch in March, fresh rumours about the yet-unannounced series continue to spring up. Supposedly, NVIDIA will ditch using the ...

Alongside whispers of 8-pin connectors, the outlet also reiterates prior rumours that RTX 5060 Series will launch in March. It also offers performance and pricing estimations for both graphics cards.

TL;DR: NVIDIA's RTX 5090 graphics card requires 4 x 8-pin connectors for 600W power officially, but can operate with 3 x 8-pin connectors at 450W, seemingly running only 5% slower in 4K benchmarks ...

AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 will not have a 12V-2×6 connector and will stick to the older 8-pin connectors. Videocardz claims that while the rumour is that AMD refuses to mandate the use of ...

AMD and Intel are reportedly testing 16-pin power connectors on their next-gen gaming GPUs, meaning these new graphics cards could finally ditch the good old-fashioned 6-pin and 8-pin PCIe power ...

If you add another 150W from an 8-pin connector, you're looking at 225W from the motherboard alone. Now if you add up to 600W from a 12V-2x6 or 12VHPWR connector, the math suggests 800W or more is ...