TL;DR: The GeForce RTX 5090, with a 600W TGP, is the most power-intensive gaming GPU, leading to reports of melted power cables. A recent case involves the RTX 5070, where a damaged pin on the 12V-2x6 ...

Summary: An RTX 5090 GPU is reportedly the culprit of melting another cable connector, causing damage to the GPU and other components. This isn’t the first time people have had issues with these GPUs, ...

Ever since Nvidia launched the ultra-wide RTX 4090 and 4080 GPUs, a cottage industry has sprung up overnight for angled adapters. These two GPUs are so wide that they extend to the very edge of some ...

The 12VHPWR saga continues, with word that its replacement has been tested in a lab and appears to have solved the issues around it overheating when not inserted correctly. The original design for the ...

One of the most frustrating things about building any gaming PC is the Tetris-like manoeuvring required to neatly manage your cables. With that in mind, PC builders can rejoice as Inno3D has come up ...

However, ASUS has come up with a solution in its new ROG Strix Lovelace flagship, albeit this comes loaded with its own caveats (more on that later). The ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 BTF Edition doesn't ...

What just happened? News that another power cable connector melted while plugged into an RTX 5090 is becoming more common these days. What is unusual in this case, however, is that it's the second one ...

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