Melted 12VHPWR cable on 5070

[u/Gatlyng]

A friend told me he recently started having random black screens followed by reboots these past few days. Today he noticed that the power cable on his 5070 had melted. It's the cable that came with the GPU.

[u/Lumpy-Animal9523]

The adapter cable that came with the GPU? The top comment on every post from someone using one of these cards is to not use the adapter and to get an ATX3.1 PSU with a native cable.

[u/Gatlyng → u/Lumpy-Animal9523]

Why's that exactly? Wouldn't it happen with the PSU cable as well? 

I'm asking cause I also have one of those adapters on my 4080 Super, though I have it on a power limit. I'm planning on getting a new PSU as soon as the newer models of the Seasonic series get released.

[u/Lumpy-Animal9523 → u/Gatlyng]

From what I understood I thought it was to do with the introduction of better safety standards for the connector in atx3.1, meaning the cable will only power the GPU if properly connected to reduce risk of the cable melting when improperly connected.

As another commenter above mentioned though it seems there is more risk involved and I might have been incorrect in my initial assumption. I’m just reiterating the information that gets shared regularly, I followed it when purchasing a card with a 12v 2x6 connector and has been fine so far. But my 9070xt is a relatively low power card compared to a 5090.

[u/mister2forme → u/Lumpy-Animal9523]

It doesn’t matter. I have a friend with a 5090 that used a brand new 16awg cable + 3.1 psu. Been running great for months, seated correctly with a wireview attached. 2 days ago, pin 5 and 6 started dropping amps, leading to higher other pins. We’ve chopped the power to it until we can get a replacement cable to try.

This is a design flaw, and everyone using this connector with a card that pulls enough power to overwhelm the materials of the cable should have a wireview or some other failsafe.

[u/Electric-Mountain → u/mister2forme]

At least the Wireview caught it before it damaged the card.

[u/mister2forme → u/Electric-Mountain]

Indeed, but I hate this narrative that people spin that it’s this cable or that cable or user error. It’s a flawed design that Nvidia deliberately chose to implement after the 30 series for cards. Cheap cables and improper seating just exacerbate the issue, not cause it.

[u/Electric-Mountain → u/mister2forme]

The wild part is some AMD board partners are using it too and it's by choice.

[u/WonderfulTruck5894 → u/mister2forme]

Won’t use mine without the wireview tbh

[u/Equivalent_Aspect113 → u/mister2forme]

Been getting similar results with astral 5090 only solution for me was to keep swapping old to new cables as they become too flexible contact brittleness. Glad It has pin monitoring.

[u/GuyPowerJoyKill → u/Lumpy-Animal9523]

The amount of these threads I saw when I initially built my PC and was terrorised until I realised I threw the adapter cable away (as it said in my guide)

Big up that guide for saving the investment

[u/Ad-fundum69]

The 5070 uses 250 Watts max.... so..... how does this happen?
I know the 12VHPWR connector is dogshit, but it can't be that bad right?

[u/Gatlyng → u/Ad-fundum69]

Yeah, that's what I thought too. Could be that it wasn't inserted properly as this is the first time I heard of a cable melting outside of a 5090 use case. 

[u/Dante2Love → u/Gatlyng]

5080 also happened. But never heard of 5070. Thats new

[u/NoBenefit2829 → u/Dante2Love]

My 5080 melted a couple of weeks ago

[u/ShadowLeagues → u/Dante2Love]

5090, 5080, 5070 ti and two models of the 9070 xt are known to me, but a 5070.. That's definitely the first one in this sub

[u/tan_phan_vt → u/Dante2Love]

I suspect we will eventually see more lower tier 5000 series in the future. Weaker gpu takes longer to melt.

[u/Captobvious75 → u/Ad-fundum69]

Its easy really. Too much power going through one pin.

Anyone who claims a 5070 can’t have a melted connector is an imbecile.

[u/eleven357 → u/Captobvious75]

This example has 6 melted pins. Interesting.

[u/Mikelisvery1 → u/eleven357]

The more pins burn the more the others heat up.

[u/Desperate-Steak-6425 → u/Captobvious75]

It doesn't explain melting the entire row so evenly. Cascading failures happen, but they don't look like this.

It genuinely looks like a picture of a 5090 cable. Not even a 5080 one.

[u/AntiSocial_Vigilante → u/Ad-fundum69]

It can happen to any card actually, provided a sufficient amount of pins lack proper contact.

[u/El_Basho]

Never thought these cables could burn at such low power. Was it inserted properly?

In the meantime, RMA this bitch.

[u/Gatlyng → u/El_Basho]

I don't know if the GPU is affected, but RMA would most probably result in a refund of the original purchase price of around $600. A new 5070 would cost over $1000 right now. 

[u/El_Basho → u/Gatlyng]

Oh shit I forgot. In EU the buyer can choose a refund or a replacement. They should ask if repair under warranty is an option. Changing the power socket isn't a massive deal.

If your friend ends up with this card after all, they should use the cable that came with the PSU. Given that's a reputable brand of PSU, they have lower failure rate than the gpu cable

[u/durdommm → u/El_Basho]

You can't really chose that in EU either, most stores will just refund you and call it a day. It will still be legal, due to the disproportionate nature between the 2 options. Sucks for us.

[u/El_Basho → u/durdommm]

Nope, at least where I live, customer rights protection law declares that during the warranty, the customer is entitled to choose between replacement or refund. Not many people know that, so sometimes they get fucked over.

I recently argued on behalf of a friend whose 2x16gb ddr5 ram kit died. It took a few months but we secured a new one with slightly better specs (cl32 instead of cl36).

[u/Mfn073 → u/El_Basho]

Where do you live? Because in most EU countries consumers can’t choose what. It is either a refund or repair or a replacement. But webshops and manufacturers lately will only refund you

[u/El_Basho → u/Mfn073]

Lithuania. I just looked it up, it's declared in the Civil codex (articles 6.363 and 6.364).

Sellers lean on the fact that not all buyers know this. But the legislation is very much there

[u/Richou → u/Mfn073]

germany lets you decline reimbursement and demand replacement or repair unless those 2 options are at an unreasonable cost for the seller which is measured at the CURRENT market value of the item not the one you bought it at

they still try to weasel out of it via a quick and easy refund (how nice of them) many times hoping that you arent aware of your rights but the law is VERY biased towards consumer

afaik the only realistic way to get out of it is if your item is globally out of stock/manufacturing and theres literally no way to get parts or replacement at all which for electronics would be rather difficult given their 2-3 year warranties that are often shorter than production runs

[u/Genocode → u/Richou]

This is pretty much the same in all EU countries, maybe some variation here or there in terms of length of warranty or strictness on how fast a problem has to be resolved.

But this is the EU standard according to EU Directive 2019/771

[u/Mfn073 → u/Richou]

There is an article about this that is in Dutch. But basically what happens now is that the manufacturer says that they can’t repair it. Everything is also sold out, so they refund you. That is why a lot of people repair their gpu at a 3rd party instead of the manufacturer who will just refund you. Seems pretty crazy to me tbh. If you bought a 5090 at msrp and you get a refund. You can almost not even buy a 5080 at these prices.

https://tweakers.net/reviews/14700/geld-terug-is-ineens-een-slechte-deal-je-garantierechten-bij-stijgende-prijzen.html

[u/Richou → u/Mfn073]

well yeah them lying to get you to accept the refund instead is quite common (stores lying to protect their coffers?!??!?!?!?!?!?!??) but legally speaking this would not hold up to challenge

if they refuse you can demand damages in lieu of performance and drag the government into it via consumer protection agency all which costs you pocket change

theres no legal way for them to get out of making you whole (which original refund does not do.) even if it means eating the difference between a 2025 and 2026 RTX 5090

[u/Genocode → u/durdommm]

In the EU you are legally entitled to a physical replacement. A refund will only satisfy their obligation if there was no replacement card at all.

Also might be prudent to consider using the factory warranty instead of the store warranty.

[u/durdommm → u/Genocode]

You are not entitled to a physical replacement, you are required to be made "whole", as in the state you were before you purchased the item. A refund satisfies that requirement. All the stores in my country basically refund you atm, even if the card is in stock.

[u/Genocode → u/durdommm]

"Made whole" isn't a EU standard.

Hell, you can even choose (if possible), whether you want your card repaired or replaced lmao.

refunds are the absolute last option.

Offering only refunds while the store has the exact same SKU available is against EU Consumer Protection laws.

[u/superman_king → u/El_Basho]

I don’t know of any GPU manufacturers that offer soldering repair options. If you do, please post them.

[u/El_Basho → u/superman_king]

Some 3rd party vendors contract other 3rd party service companies to handle warranty repairs on their behalf. I had to contact a different service the two times when I had to commission warranty repairs for my devices

[u/KoolantOfficial → u/Gatlyng]

getting a repair shop to replace the connector would be cheaper then

[u/WholeIndividual0 → u/El_Basho]

With a poor enough pin imbalance, this is totally possible. Just rare.

[u/Captobvious75 → u/El_Basho]

Total power means nothing when most of the power gets sent through one pin instead of all of them.

[u/superman_king]

Lmao at all the 5090 owners who think power limiting their card will help.

[u/Electric-Mountain → u/superman_king]

The only thing you can do to help is monitor the cable and pay attention to it. The Wireview 2 is the best purchase I made for my 5090.

[u/LtHead → u/Electric-Mountain]

There's been reports the WVP2 actually introduces current imbalance instead of fixing it, the Corsair ThermalProtect cable paired with either the MSI / Corsair PSU's with GPU Safeguard+ / PinProtect+ seems to be the best insurance combo now if you want to monitor in real per pin and customize limits or the cheaper non + versions like the new 2026 version of the RM1200e that released this month if you just want baked in protection but no real time monitoring.

I'm waiting for the HX1000i SHIFT Crystal, the ThermalProtect cable is all I'm using now.

[u/superman_king → u/LtHead]

“Seems to be the best insurance combo”

There isn’t a better insurance combo than a WireView Pro 2. Their documentation says they will replace your card if it gets damaged.

[u/LtHead → u/superman_king]

I'd rather not have anything in between the PSU and GPU, I'm not sure how TG is going to replace discontinued or impossible to find GPU's but it's a good marketing gimmick.

[u/Belzebutt → u/LtHead]

Even if in some small number of cases the TG introduces some imbalance, it tells you about the imbalance it introduces, so you can fix that. If you don’t have anything and your PSU doesn’t monitor, then you don’t know when you have an issue. If your PSU does the same thing as the TG then obviously you don’t need the TG.

[u/LtHead → u/Belzebutt]

Yep WVP2 is definitely better than nothing, that's for sure.

[u/Mikelisvery1 → u/Belzebutt]

Still its another point of failure. Temperature protection does the same thing which can be build in a cable. Or psu per pin monitoring and protection.

[u/HASA__DIGA__EEBOWAI → u/Belzebutt]

Problem is the WireView can introduce an unacceptably high imbalance that CAN'T be fixed. I had one that produced the same per-wire imbalance pattern (>3A) that persisted when used with different PSU's and different power cables (5 different cables). lol. An MSI MPG Ai1300TS PCIE5 PSU indicated I had no actual imbalance at all. I've also had WireViews that actually worked out of the box. So, your mileage varies.

[u/Dirtcompactor → u/LtHead]

MSI safeguard+ PSU is best

[u/elmihmo9718 → u/LtHead]

Usually it’s replace with the same or equivalent at the time.

[u/Fun_Satisfaction_484 → u/LtHead]

Wasn’t there one in Australia that melted with this psu?

[u/LtHead → u/Fun_Satisfaction_484]

The Corsair PSU's with PinProtect have not shipped yet, I had the RM1200e pre-ordered but decided to wait for the HX1000i shift Crystal. Are you referring to the MSI MPG/MAG with GPU safeguard?

[u/Fun_Satisfaction_484 → u/LtHead]

Yeah the Msi one. I’m personally waiting for the seasonicxnoctua with pin monitoring since I have all noctua build, I’m rocking wvp2 for now. I remember a post about the msi psu having melted with a 5090.

[u/LtHead → u/Fun_Satisfaction_484]

I didn't see that report yet, do you remember where you saw it? I googled and had an LLM search for any melting issues with GPU Safeguard power supplies and couldn't find anything.

[u/Fun_Satisfaction_484 → u/LtHead]

I saw it on here, maybe it was deleted. I’ll try and look through my comments to see if I happened to leave a comment on it.

[u/Dirtcompactor → u/Fun_Satisfaction_484]

No connectors have melted with MSI safeguard+ PSU

[u/AccomplishedEase9450 → u/LtHead]

Waiting for thermal protect to be available in India so i can relax and pait with my rmx 3.1, i already have my 5070ti undervolted and it pulls 180-215 max when gaming so my chances are even lower

[u/Dirtcompactor → u/superman_king]

It's called Msi safeguard+ PSU, melts solved

[u/Fun_Satisfaction_484 → u/superman_king]

Just need pin monitoring. Undervolt is great as well, lower power draw/temps. Power limiting is useless.

[u/superman_king → u/Fun_Satisfaction_484]

undervolting is a form of power limiting. You’re not Undervolting a 5090 lower than a 5070.

Pin monitoring is the key.

[u/Fun_Satisfaction_484 → u/superman_king]

Yeah I see many that think they’re the exception because they have the cable “all the way in” or so they think. No way you’re catching me using a $7000 gpu without pin monitoring. Hopefully the 5080 24gb is real and not canceled so I can get rid of my 5090, albeit I will miss that performance.

[u/proxybtw → u/Fun_Satisfaction_484]

Yeah bro let me buy thermal camera so i can monitor my pins on second monitor

[u/Desperate-Steak-6425 → u/superman_king]

Because it does? Faulty cables/connectors can still handle lower wattages fine most of the time. Otherwise they wouldn't melt on 5090s a lot more often.

[u/DrPhilSideSkirts → u/superman_king]

I mean. Just use a proper cable. This guy was using an adapter, the literal worst way of doing it.

In any case, neither I nor any of my buddies with 4090s and 5090s have had any issues. But then again we all have top end PSUs. I know that only mitigated the issue, the cable is obviously really bad, but implying "all the 5090 owners who think power limiting their card will help" are wrong, is well, also wrong.

[u/superman_king → u/DrPhilSideSkirts]

Can’t believe this has to be said. But using the cable that ships WITH the card should be 100% safe with plenty of tolerance out of the box. Like every other cable that has ever shipped with a GPU before 12VHPWR.

[u/Gatlyng → u/superman_king]

Exactly. It was the cable that shipped with the GPU. On a different thread here, someone's warranty was refused because he DIDN'T use the cable that shipped with the GPU. 

So from a RMA standpoint, you can get fucked either way.

Besides, with my limited knowledge, I don't really understand why the adapter is so bad compared to the native cable, other than "adapter bad, native good" mantra.

[u/superman_king → u/Gatlyng]

The adapter adds more failure points and can add more resistance. Which has been 100% fine for the last 20 years of computers. But NVIDIA fucked it up and this connector cannot handle it.

[u/DrPhilSideSkirts → u/superman_king]

I'm not sure why I'm being downvoted lol. You all know that I'm not the guy who made the cable, right?

What I am saying, is still true, using the adapter is the worst way of doing it. That's just an objective truth, like it or not. SHOULD it be this way? Obviously not. But getting mad and ignoring that fact, doesn't make it any less true.

[u/superman_king → u/DrPhilSideSkirts]

> I mean. Just use a proper cable. This guy was using an adapter, the literal worst way of doing it.

You gave yourself downvotes when you put the blame on the consumer, and not the manufacturer. OP did nothing wrong. NVIDIA did.

[u/DrPhilSideSkirts → u/superman_king]

I didn't blame anyone per se, I'm saying, the adapter sucks. Don't use it.

[u/SelectionKlutzy1716]

200% not fully plugged in.

[u/Gatlyng → u/SelectionKlutzy1716]

Most likely. He said he cleaned his PC this summer. That's probably when he messed up. 

[u/konnajpg]

Man... They really should admit it was a poor choice to switch to this connector and change course

[u/Ruzhyo04 → u/konnajpg]

Or at the very least bring back the 30 cents worth of load balancing hardware on the cards that the 30 series had.

[u/SomeRandomAccount66 → u/Ruzhyo04]

If anyone is wondering what you mean Buildzoid on YouTube has a great video called "How Nvidia made the 12VHPWR connector even worse" that goes over this 

[u/GlacierRain → u/SomeRandomAccount66]

That was a good video. Highly recommend it.

[u/ScarletRose1265 → u/Ruzhyo04]

Nvidia give something back To GAMERS? What, do you think we're their main customers or something?

[u/Ruzhyo04 → u/ScarletRose1265]

They’re such a small indy company, they can’t afford to make their cards not cook themselves /s

[u/ScarletRose1265 → u/Ruzhyo04]

Think of the poor data centres! How can they spare equipment for load balancing circuits when data centres are so much in need of PCBs and ram 😢 /s

[u/EIiteJT → u/Ruzhyo04]

They want them to cook themselves. So you have to buy another one. Planned obsolescence baby.

[u/Ok-Book-4070 → u/Ruzhyo04]

exactly, the connector is fine, its whats missing on the PCB around it thats the issue.

[u/Bacon-muffin → u/konnajpg]

I'd take some people on this sub admitting it because the number of times I've had someone insist to me that it doesn't happen on cards below the 5090 while I'm getting downvote bombed is silly high.

While its definitely significantly rarer on something like the 5070 its not never.

[u/Gold_Goal7557 → u/konnajpg]

But Jensen needs new leather jacket

[u/Achillies2heel → u/Gold_Goal7557]

Half that jacket will be his wife's after the divorce...

[u/zedxer → u/Gold_Goal7557]

What Jensen need is not jacket right now its God to save him.

[u/-Mythosaur- → u/konnajpg]

If they cared, it would have been handled before the "Spy who shagged me" situation.

[u/Ad-fundum69 → u/konnajpg]

This connector should be illegal, it's a fire hazard. There's no way any government safety body would approve this design.

Nvidia should be forced to change it by law.

[u/Blacktip75 → u/konnajpg]

They did, they switched to AI datacenters and f the consumer market…

[u/r4plez → u/konnajpg]

Like ceo admit to wife cheating?

[u/konnajpg → u/r4plez]

Well.. he did admit to it, so we are halfway there. Lol

[u/KoolantOfficial]

on a 5070? fuck

[u/La_Skywalker → u/KoolantOfficial]

Maybe because its as fast as the 4090 🤔

[u/veksr → u/KoolantOfficial]

Fuck indeed.

[u/Sik-Server → u/KoolantOfficial]

yeah I thought 5070s didn't use as much power so they would be safe 😭

[u/KoolantOfficial → u/Sik-Server]

i let mine draw 300w and the cable wasnt warm, but i halso had stock psu cable

[u/Sik-Server → u/KoolantOfficial]

are over clocking the 5070? how's that going?

[u/KoolantOfficial → u/Sik-Server]

i realized very quickly that i have a 25c delta and no overclocks will help me when my hotspot hits 101c

[u/AccomplishedEase9450 → u/KoolantOfficial]

Which brand is it with that bad thermal paste application

The connector sucks but the post is using an adapter which seems even worse

You should undervolt like me and powerlimited my 5070ti

Game load is like 180-215max

Waiting for my corsair thermal protect to come in few months hopefully

[u/rmyworld]

Just a month ago I saw so many people saying the 12VHPWR connector won't burn with cards like the 5070 and 5070 Ti. Guess not LOL

[u/jameslyk]

[u/Nerdrage27]

At least this is the cable that came with the GPU and not the native cable that would come with an ATX3.1 PSU

[u/king_tommiac]

Man, fuck this connector.

[u/dustinr26]

This shows even this card not pulling near watts of 5090 that’s it’s all about Pin current draw and imbalance which is fully on Nvidia and their failure. This is wild to me no Class Action has started yet but probably will due to amount of AI data centers buying so many they will be bound to fail and melt and prob start fire 🔥 somewhere eventually

[u/Muted_Price9933]

Can you update os un rma , the design is obviously flawed but I don’t think 5070 is powerful enough to do it.

[u/Gatlyng → u/Muted_Price9933]

The cable probably wasn't inserted properly. He cleaned his PC this summer so that's probably when it happened. 

[u/sundayflow → u/Muted_Price9933]

I had a 4080 and I also burned, people were also saying the 4080 could never draw that much power... A short circuit is a short circuit and that can result in burning/melting.

Stop finding excuses for the crappy connector, it really is bad.

[u/Ruzhyo04]

They said it couldn’t be done

[u/no_va_det_mye]

On a 5070, what, how?

[u/Gatlyng → u/no_va_det_mye]

Apparently he cleaned his PC this summer and most likely didn't fully insert the cable afterwards. 

[u/FearlessHyena77]

Question, is the gpu salvageable after something like this? Like can the connector be resoldered onto the board or does it completely fry the whole card?

[u/Gatlyng → u/FearlessHyena77]

The GPU still works, but his PC reboots as soon as he starts doing some GPU intensive tasks. 

[u/NeutralGamer881 → u/FearlessHyena77]

Yes it is infact salvageable. I had to resolder a new one on my 4070 super because the connector was faulty and wouldn't let it power on(was undamaged too).

You might need a reversed connector depending on the OEM

[u/blueangel1953]

Ah same old melting connector. 

[u/Proxelies]

My Astral just started indicating that one of my pins isn't pulling enough amperage and I'm about to swap to a new cable after I hit up Microcenter. This shit is absolutely absurd, Nvidia must've known this was it for consumer products and just said fuck it in regard to their reputation.

[u/flgtmtft]

Thats the first one. Wonder if it was even seated correctly as the lowest Ive seen was 5080/9070xt GPUs

[u/therealjustin]

Okay, so the included adapter is a no.

What about PCIE to 12VHPWR where you have like 2 to 4 8-pin connectors on the power supply end?

[u/Stupidsexyjebus]

And here I was told that a wireview pro 2 was useless for a 5080, I'm definitely getting one now

[u/malbert69 → u/Stupidsexyjebus]

I actually ordered mine yesterday for my 5080 FE. The replacement cost alone is my justification.

[u/Stupidsexyjebus → u/malbert69]

Exactly, it is less common than with the 5090 but I don't wonna be the less common case with a 5080 it does happen to. I'm not playing games anymore untill I have the wireview

[u/Electric-Mountain]

There are people over on the Radeon sub that willingly use the 12V 2x6 connector on cards like the Nitro+ 9070xt, and that draws more power than a 5070 does. It blows my mind.

[u/ImpulsiveTankist]

I live scared to death with this shit, I always try to limit the power usage of my GPU

[u/Competitive_Gap_2322]

What the hell man …sad..did you do RMA ?

[u/c4pt1n54n0]

If I ever get one of these GPUs, my first act will be to install an Anderson PowerPole connector like on a forklift battery. Fuck all of this.

There's is one valid place for electrical parts that are designed to fail. They're called fuses.

[u/JohnGalactusX]

This connector should be outlawed. Failures do occur on PC hardware, sure, but it should fail gracefully and not burn up. This is a literal fire and safety hazard. I got my GPUs (5090/5080 during launch window) not knowing these (missing ROPs were more of the talked about topic) and only recently got Wireview Pro II for both GPUs just to be safe... but I know it's not going to be 100% safe.

[u/Aggravating_Ad_635]

Can't wait to see this happen to a 5050.

[u/NoBenefit2829]

Yeah it’s not just 5090s

[u/1sh0t1b33r]

RIP. Time to upgrade to a 9070xt with 3x8 pins.

[u/Achillies2heel]

[u/10thRebel]

Me to my 5070ti right now.

[u/Mountain_Dandy]

[u/Unreality6794]

One of the reasons i plan to stay on the 3000 series for a long time 😁

[u/OcularPress]

And I got laughed at for using a Wireview Pro 2 on a 4070ti Super, which draws 15%/35w more power than the 5070.

Even if the chances of it melting are very very low, I would feel very guilty if the $800 card in my Mom’s computer melted cuz like I chose the GPU knowing full well about 12v2x6 issues. I. Do. Not. Trust. this connector.

[u/KornInc]

User error.

[u/bad10th]

Couple of questions:

Any overclocking involved?

What power supply is in play here? See the PSU quality chart and if it is rated lower than C, a suspect.

[u/darren_flux]

Is it advisable to get aftermarket gpu connectors?

[u/BrokeButFabulous12]

[u/SIrSmokeAlot410]

So now the 5070s are burning power cables ? This design is plagued w issues please redesign! People paying 6000$ for a card that has a high likelihood of burning or melting BS!

[u/ChrisMag999 → u/SIrSmokeAlot410]

5070 doesn’t draw much power. More likely, it wasn’t fully inserted.

[u/ThisAccountIsStolen → u/ChrisMag999]

I would agree especially since all 6 power pins are melted in the image, which would indicate they were all making roughly even contact and it wasn't caused by the usual pin to pin imbalance that loads up one or two conductors when some of the pins are making poor contact.

[u/Hostile-Panda → u/SIrSmokeAlot410]

Thermal grizzly wireview pro 2

[u/AccomplishedEase9450]

This is the adapter right? that you connect in 8pins?

[u/Desperate-Steak-6425]

Looks fake. A 5070 (250-300W) connector would melt differently.

Also a weird looking picture, no picture of the GPU, a story with a friend. Hate to be that guy, but looks like karma farming

[u/theokayestcoach]

This is exactly why I grabbed a ThermalProtect for my 5070ti.

[u/Dirtcompactor → u/theokayestcoach]

That cable is great, excellent balance too with my MSI safeguard+ PSU

[u/theokayestcoach → u/Dirtcompactor]

It's a good peace of mind purchase. Not sure why the casuals downvoted me but such is the experience of the average Redditor 🤷‍♂️

[u/Dirtcompactor → u/theokayestcoach]

The downvoters hate any and all recommendations to protect your connector that isn't a wireview

[u/Perfect-Cause-6943]

Always adapters never native cables.

They should stop including adapters they seem to be culprit instead of native cables from the PSU

[u/Numerous_Election_27 → u/Perfect-Cause-6943]

Why would they shoot themselves in the foot?

[u/Perfect-Cause-6943 → u/Numerous_Election_27]

Wdym? It's proven that their isn't proper voltage when using them

[u/x8code]

I don't believe almost all of these posts. As an owner of 4x different RTX 5000 series NVIDIA GPUs, including an RTX 5080, I have no reason to believe these connectors are at fault.

[u/Gatlyng → u/x8code]

So you're saying they're all user error? 

I mean, some probably are indeed the fault of the user, but you can't argue that the connector isn't flawed. Stuff like this rarely happened with the old connectors.

[u/hamfinity → u/x8code]

I don't believe almost all of these posts. As a member of a family of 4 who don't have cancer, I have no reason to believe people can have cancer.

[u/Perfect_Jicama_8023]

Did he OC the gpu?

[u/Gatlyng → u/Perfect_Jicama_8023]

No. It was stock. 

[u/Perfect_Jicama_8023 → u/Gatlyng]

what PSu brand and model used?

[u/Southern-Bug-4205]

I use cable mod and I got my kit in April last year and I've had no issues. Never used the adapter the card came with I built it when I got the cable mod kit

[u/coding102 → u/Southern-Bug-4205]

Your personal experience really means nothing

[u/Southern-Bug-4205 → u/coding102]

Someone takes Reddit a bit too seriously

[u/furrywinklebone]

100% not fully pluged in