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[Draugoth]

A user on Mobile01 reports that the bundled 16-pin power adapter for a Gigabyte AORUS MASTER ICE GeForce RTX 5090 burned after the PC began crashing during a gaming session. According to the user, the 16-pin connector on the graphics card itself looked normal at the time of inspection.

What makes this story particularly interesting is that the original poster says they had already been aware of 12V-2×6 connector reports and used only the original cables. He followed an online guide and used MSI Afterburner to cap the graphics card at 500 W.

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[LiquidMetal14]

Aftermarket cables? I have had great performance with the included adapters on a Gigabyte OC 4090, MSI Gaming Trio 4090, and a 5090FE.

 

[Closer]

Aftermarket cables? I have had great performance with the included adapters on a Gigabyte OC 4090, MSI Gaming Trio 4090, and a 5090FE.

Bro It's in the first line of OP. Holy moly.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Bro It's in the first line of OP. Holy moly.

I'm watching a movie and helping son with hw, thanks for clarifying.

Also, and hite cables should definitely be non standard

 

[Closer]

I'm watching a movie and helping son with hw, thanks for clarifying.

No problem, my pleasure. Must be tough leaving all that to post without reading.

 

[Moondoggy]

Can't say I'm terribly surprised, when I was looking up which one to get last year the Aorus Master Series seemed to have the highest wattage compared to other equivalent cards.

 

[OLED_Gamer]

At least AMD got the connector right.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

No problem, my pleasure. Must be tough leaving all that to post without reading.

You get it

 

[KyoZz]

A user

So one person, then not cableS as in multiple cases. Should be clear in the title.

 

[Hohenheim]

I'm undervolting and have the power limit to 70% on my 5090's.
Not a lot of performance lost, they're quiet and cool, and not going over 420w.

Also, only using a direct cable and avoiding that 3-plug adapter.
Using the strix 1200w PSU's that have a "Gpu first" safety cable as well.

My Astral 5090 also have the sensor monitoring in Gpu Tweak, letting me monitor the pins in real time. Everyone of these cards should have that, but strangely the Astral is the only one.