The 12V 2x6 connectors are there for high-end graphics cards. For weaker graphics cards, most users would buy a power supply unit with a lower output anyway. Alternatively, the single 8-pin ...

While earlier issues with connector and wire melting have been associated with GPUs using the new 12V-2×6 power connector, ...

NVIDIA has recently released their lineup of 40-series graphics cards, with a novel generation of power connectors called 12VHPWR. See, the previous-generation 8-pin connectors were no longer ...

This setup could lead to GPU shortages ... are using dual 2000W power supplies with a total of 28 power cables (4 x 8-pin PCIe power cables converted to the 16-pin power connector on the RTX ...