A special version of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti made for the Chinese market suffered a meltdown with its 12VHPWR power ...

The melting problem with the 12VHPWR connector is tried-and-true lore in the PC hardware community at this point, but before ...

That said, it's worth remembering that one still has to use a 12VHPWR cable, or multiple 8-pin PCIe cables, between the BTF ...

To that end, early this year, I bought a Corsair RMx Shift 1000 W PSU, partly because it was on offer at the time, but mostly ...

Issues with the new 12VHPWR power connector design for the latest PCIe 5.0-compliant graphics cards have seen a design flaw that apparently makes it extremely tricky to get electrical contacts ...

Oct. 25 Showing what a distraction the 12VHPWR has become, AMD’s Scott Herkelman publicly confirms the new Radeon cards will skip 12VHPWR and receives responses such as “That is a HUGE relief ...

PCI-SIG's proposed changes to the 12VHPWR connector would include more shroud, and a gripping feature for the additional 4 data pins (the 16-pin connector has 12 pins for power, and 4 pins for data).

A Chinese manufacturer has come up with a 12VHPWR adapter featuring active cooling and real-time power monitoring, aiming to mitigate concerns of melting GPU power connectors. The unique angled ...

When PCI-SIG introduced the 12VHPWR power connector as a replacement for the 6- and 8-pin PCIe power connectors, it created a wave of controversy. There were enough cases of melting GPUs, PSUs, and… ...

In the meantime, owners of the CableMod 12VHPWR V1.0 and V1.1 Angled Adapters should STOP USING THEM IMMEDIATELY. Please do not touch the adapters while your system is running.

The 12VHPWR connector officially supports up to 600 watts of power, all through a 12-pin connector that’s similar in size to a single eight-pin PCI Express power connector. Recommended by Our ...