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[peish]

As per title.

Any heavy PC gamer using 12vhpwr or 12v2x6, please treat your pcie cable as a consumable now!

 

[Admerer]

And this is with a GPU pulling 400w, the RTX5090s are doing 600w, expect more posts like this in the foreseeable future.

 

[nemiroff]

Arguably bad design (including UX), but this likely wouldn't happen if it was properly attached. It should go click.

 

[calistan]

Arguably bad design (including UX), but this likely wouldn't happen if it was properly attached. It should go click.

Sounds like you need to check on a regular basis that it's fully clicked. Maybe it can vibrate out over time.

 

[Admerer]

Arguably bad design (including UX), but this likely wouldn't happen if it was properly attached. It should go click.

Here we go again.

 

[Ritsumei2020]

Time to buy a 5090

I hear they're quite cheap

 

[Little Mac]

im·mo·late
/ˈiməˌlāt/
verb

1. kill or offer as a sacrifice, especially by burning.

 

[Sintoid]

2.5 Years? That's a very short lifetime

 

[Zathalus]

Luckily that should still be under warranty. Although I wonder if the manufacturer has any 4090s left.

 

[kat_on_the_roof]

2.5 Years? That's a very short lifetime

Still too long for Nvidia shareholders.

 

[PeteBull]

And this is with a GPU pulling 400w, the RTX5090s are doing 600w, expect more posts like this in the foreseeable future.

Thats one of major reasons i decided not to jump on 5090 bandwagon(other being obviously scalper like prices even for base models with bad cooling).
Waiting either till we get 5080ti/super with 20-24gigs of vram or till 2027 and 60xx series of cards, which will be finally made on 3nm tsmc node

 

[DenchDeckard]

I can promise everyone on here. If you ensure your cable is plugged in correctly. This will not happen.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Damn OP, reading that makes me value my decision to sell my 4090 even more. It ran without any issues for a long time, but i never really trusted the new connector. Made me feel uneasy.

 

[crazyriddler]

And this is with a GPU pulling 400w, the RTX5090s are doing 600w, expect more posts like this in the foreseeable future.

The problem is not the consumption but the crappy design of the connector, with an unreliable system that gives priority to aesthetics over safety. And above all, the number of people who have defended it by being adopted (and developed in part) by Nvidia, for being a decision of "their brand" and blaming other users for not knowing how to connect a cable.

 

[nemiroff]

priority to aesthetics over safety

It doesn't even look good with the adapter cable attached, which adds to the perplexity.

 

[MikeM]

How I sleep with my 9070xt's 8 pin power connectors

 

[nkarafo]

Any card pulling more than 250W is an overkill, IMO.

Technology should be about making stuff more efficient. Brute forcing using more power is bad design.