Asus recently announced its ROG Thor 1000W Platinum II power supply and that it ships with a PCIe 5.0-ready 12-pin PCIe power cable. And wouldn't you know, this connector is awfully familiar.

PCI Express Gen5 High Power Connector allows up to an insane 600W, the new PCIe 5.0 connector is smaller, ... 12VHPWR auxiliary hybrid connector and cable assembly support the 600W GPU cards".

Even then, NVIDIA was using a new PCIe power connector that split from the 12-pin PCIe cable to 3 x 8-pin PCIe power connectors (150W per 8-pin PCIe power connector = 450W total) for its GeForce ...

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PCIe 4.0 will make auxiliary power cables for GPUs obsolete By Shawn Knight August 22, 2016, 12:15 48 comments. Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.

New PCIe 5.0 power cable can deliver up to 600W to AMD and Nvidia gaming GPUs Nvidia's upcoming RTX 3090 Ti could feature a new single cable power standard that supports 600W over 12 pins. Phil Hayton ...

The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti is a forthcoming midrange gaming GPU from Nvidia, expected to have a 180W TDP. A single 8-pin PCIe power connector, capable of providing up to 150W, is more than adequate ...

Asus shows its cable-hiding BTF tech is capable of handling more power than an RTX 5090 will ever use It remains to be seen if the new connector will be a requirement for PCIe 5.0 graphics card ...

The next generation of the PCIe interconnect is going to tidy up your gaming rig’s innards by delivering at least 300W of power through the socket alone. Read more: the best graphics cards to ...

I just got a GTX 470 as my 8800 GT died. My PSU is an Antec TP-650 which should support the card just fine. The PCIe power connector that I was using had 1 6 pin connector and 1 2 + 6 pin ...

Next-gen Thunderbolt details: 40Gbps, PCIe 3.0, HDMI 2.0, and 100W power delivery for single-cable PCs A leaked slide points to a double-bandwidth Thunderbolt coming in 2015 with up to 40Gbps of ...