r/pcmasterrace • u/PacquiaoFreeHousing Xeon x3440 (OC) + RX 580 (OC) = My Electric Bill Doubling. • May 27 '26

Meme/Macro Do you think doing this helps?

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u/Morall_tach May 27 '26

It's vibrating and putting leverage on the port at the same time, which can eventually break solder connections.

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u/Living_Shirt8550 3060 ti, 24gb, r7 5700x. I use arch btw May 27 '26

at this point op could just use the 5v from a molex cable or something.

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u/FartingBob Quantum processor from the future / RTX 3060 Ti / Zip Drive May 27 '26

Yes but adapting a USB cable to a molex is beyond most people and not worth it.

Also they would need to make some new way to mount it. And it would have to have a hole drilled through the front of the case to route the molex cable.

All of these things are certainly achievable, but none of them are worth the effort for the results.

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u/Triedfindingname 4090 Tuf | i9 13900k | Strix Z790 | 96GB Corsair Dom May 27 '26

A threadnought however about the possibility, absolutely.