5mo ago

12VHPWR adapters sporting heatsinks and thermal pads show how problematic the connector is

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if you have to put this much effort into just keeping a fucking power plug from melting (something that has been functionally solved since at least the 1970s), you have a failed standard that needs to be obsoleted.
Doesn't the cable itself get hot too?
Someone joked in the comments on Romans video about water cooled plugs - I think that might not have been a joke but an insider leak.
- Surely that's the last place you'd want a leak
  
  But if you don't let the magic smoke demons out of your GPU it won't raytrace properly, and it might just turn you into a cat ear, striped stocking wearing, Arch (btw) femboy!
  .....and I think that'd be swell!
Can't wait until I see some liquid cooling blocks and AIO solutions for this cable/connector and spec.
Such a shitty spec.
Keep buying Nvidia, y'all.
I recently built a PC and my 4070ti Super has this plug. Would it be a smart idea to just put a small stick-on heatsink on the plug itself? I have a few lying around so if there's no harm to it I might just put it on there.
- I've not had issues with my 4070ti in the past few years, I recall it drawing less than 300W peak, (tdp on the super is 275W I think) nearly half the draw the 5090 has, won't get anywhere near that warm.
- 4070 doesn't draw as much power so should be fine.

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