ASRock PSUs have a game changing innovation

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ASRock has added a temperature probe to the GPU end of its new 12V-2×6 power cables. This sensor can be plugged into your power supply to add “Cable Over-Temperature Protection” to your 12V-2×6 cable. This feature is patented and only available with ASRock’s new Taichi and Phantom Gaming PSU.


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The newest ASRock PSUs have a game changing innovation - OC3D

ASRock has made changes to the 12V-2x6 cables on its latest PSUs to make the connector safer to use. It's a game-changer.
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I remember when Hiper PSUs had the game changing innovation of blowing up of their own accord, completely eliminating the need to worry about your GPU overheating the connector.
 
Seasonic is apparently planning something to stop the connectors melting:

www.tomshardware.com

Seasonic’s next-generation Prime PSUs to will try to stop connectors from melting

It's all about sensors.
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Makes me wonder who got how much of a back hander for the utter disaster the 12VHPWR connector is to become an ATX 3.X or "PCI-E" standard as some outlets claim, it actually wasn't at launch and was added at a later date despite the blatant issues after Nvidia pushed it.

It's actually been revised since and still has problems, it was clearly never properly tested and frankly isn't fit for purpose and never was for anything that might actually genuinely stress the connector.
 
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Why are PSUs even built without individual fuses for the wires. I can't think of any other industry where that would be the case.
 
Sorry but I would never buy a psu from them as they messed up the amd motherboard problems.
 
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robj20 said:
Why are PSUs even built without individual fuses for the wires. I can't think of any other industry where that would be the case.
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Good questions. In most other similar appliances, not only are there fuses, but they are user-replaceable. My cheap car battery charger even has a dedicated, user-serviceable fuse. They even give you a spare one in the box, in case you pop the first one. Replacements cost a few pence.
 
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Another one I won't buy, as I have a asus Thor 2 1200 watt and asus strix 1200 w.
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Shouldn't buy Asus too then.

Or have you forgotten the 1.4v vsoc debacle of the 7800x3d and them not honouring warranty until massive consumer backlash?

www.wepc.com

New ASUS BIOS update voids user warranty following X3D issues

New ASUS BIOS update voids user warranty: All we can think about when writing this is "What? What do you mean?" Exactly, we'll get to that. ASUS has
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Or their z690 boards where they installed the caps the wrong way round causing a fire hazard




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