At least Asus and MSI are taking a proactive approach to cooling the 16-pin power connector. The vendors have placed thermal pads on the backside of the connector, which will likely facilitate ...

An interesting tidbit from TechPowerUp is that some custom RTX 5090 models feature thermal pads on the backside of the 16-pin power connector. The reason behind the decision is strictly a cautionary ...

The owner stated that it utilizes two 12V-2x6 power connectors, which makes sense given the higher TDP. It’s doubtful that Nvidia (or anyone else, for that matter) will release a consumer-grade ...

Image: Douyin / Brother Pan Talks Computers. Nvidia continues to mandate 16-pin connectors on its higher-end GeForce RTX graphics cards, with RTX 5090 and 5080 serving as the latest examples. However, ...

Redditor posts picture of his melted 16-pin power connector on his PSU, which had NVIDIA's new GeForce RTX 5080 Founders ...

According to a new rumor, Nvidia’s RTX 5060 and RTX 5060 Ti will ditch the 16-pin power connector that Nvidia has used for the past few generations in favor of a standard 8-pin power connector.

The updated design features color-coded 16-pin power cables that facilitate proper connector insertion. A notable element of this design is a yellow logo visible on the connector. This logo serves ...

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.

The company provided information during the 2025 NVIDIA RTX AI Day event held in Seoul, South Korea, that the issue experienced with the RTX 4090 model's 12VHPWR (16-pin) connector had been ...

Additionally, the RTX 50-series continues to use the PCIe Gen 5 16-pin (12VHPWR) connector, which can deliver up to 600W of power. This connector has faced durability issues in the past when it ...

Since Monday, rescuers have used a cylindrical metal cage to pull up 78 bodies and 246 survivors, some of them emaciated and disorientated, in a court-ordered operation at the mine near the town ...