Building a PC isn’t easy for everyone, but if you’re someone who’s planning on doing it soon or just a PC enthusiast who’s passionate about PCMR, then this is the perfect blog for you. In this column, ...

My motherboard has a 2x12V, 8-pin power connector on it (in addition to the 24-pin main power connector. The power supply I have only has one 1x12V, 4-pin connector; do I need both of those power ...

It turns out that NVIDIA’s RTX 4070 is not carrying the same 16-pin power connector found on other RTX 40 series graphics cards. After careful inspection from Igor at Igor’s Lab, he found that the RTX ...

TL;DR: MSI unveiled a new GeForce RTX 5070 Ti Ventus 3X GPU design at the Tokyo Game Show 2025, featuring a hidden 16-pin power connector concealed within a magnetically detachable panel. This ...

In context: Several hardware companies have offered solutions to the melting 16-pin connectors on some Ada Lovelace cards, especially the RTX 4090. Corsair is joining the party with its own take: a ...

What just happened? Never one to miss an opportunity to have a dig at Nvidia, AMD has blasted its rival over the 16-pin (12VHPWR) power connector issues that were found (mostly) in the RTX 4090.