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..I got mine from 'Canadian Tire', but >this link is for Home Depot / US

...you are right about warning re. too many plug-in, plug-out attempts with the PSU cable as the metal sleeves mating with the card connector's pins can loosen with repeated dismount / insertion. That leads to weaker contacts, more play, and potentially arcing. This is also why I recommended an IR gun with a laser pointer, you do not touch anything on the cable or connector with it, yet you get the info you want. Below is a pic I took of my card's 12VHPWR connector two weeks ago when I mounted a new PSU with its native 12VHPWR cable. That connector has been handing 600 W+ since October 2022. You also see some minor remnants of the thermal putty on the other side and behind the connector on the GPU - this is after removing most of the old stuff and before adding a new layer.

On the 4090, some games - never mind certain benchmarks - can exceed a 'regular' 600 W...the real issue with 4090s though are the transient spikes (up to 700 W with both the stock 600 W and the Galax HoF 667 W vbios on mine). Transient spikes (ie. pic on the right) do not usually raise temps much as they are fleeting, but they certainly do not help with the 12VHPWR connector sensitivity issues. In MSFS 2020 for example, the 4090's base consumption is limited to 430 W, but transient spikes still exceed 650 W, and they tend to occur every few seconds. All that said, on the left is a pic of my 3090 Strix OC w/KP 520 W PCIe connector. This via a Platinum-quality PSU with 16 gauge wires, but on one of the 6+2 PCIe, there was an issue with seating and the subsequent arc started to eat away at the card's connector area (purple arrow). Fortunately, I noticed in time and both the card and the PSU are still running fine these days in another system... Conclusion : Caution and regular checking is a good thing, especially with the overworked 12VHPWR connectors in combination with ever increasing Watt consumption of top cards (5090 Blackwell for example is rumored to have twin / 'siamised' dies, each based on a modified 4090 die, so do the math on power consumption even with a reduced node and other improvements). When I run the 4090 in gaming or benching, I do regular spot checks with a laser-pointed IR gun around the 12VHPWR connections, and also the near-by VRM on the back. Only takes a few seconds for some peace of mind

...is there any way to re-route your 12VHPWR cable from the top ? I am quite paranoid about that cable (& often see more than 670 W peak on GPU) so no matter which cable and PSU combo I use for it (among several), I always have the 12VHPWR cable run straight down into the GPU connector. This latest PSU has a single-connector 12VHPWR at the PSU end as well, but did the same with my other combos. Those 12VHPWR connectors make me nervous no matter what re. the cross section and current it has to handle...

Updated the cooling system of the 7950X3D / DDR5 8400 / Giga-G-OC and am thrilled with the Honeywell PTM 7950 phase-change pads. GPU hotspot delta at around 8C ! originals are 4K png, sized down by 50% and converted to .jpg

...had a little break in posting in this thread - that is because I updated my 'gamer' and its cooling system, Honeywell PTM7950 phase-change pads on both the new Alphacool C1 Aurora CPU block and the Giga-G-OC / HoF bios / Bykski block. I also updated the housing of the system in prep for a 3-mobo setup . Finally, flushed the whole loop (3x D5, 3x 480 x 64 triple-core rads rads. The loop took about 4.25 liters of deionized water, along with a few drops of biocide. I very highly recommend the PTM 7950 for both CPU and GPU...excellent temps, including hotspot deltas of approximately 8 C for the 4090.

MPT (MorePowerTool) did that and a lot more for Radeon 5k and 6k models, but AMD blocked it for Radeon 7k...

See if quoting this paragraph works ...so that @The Pook can sleep easier

Yup...quote button is kaput ... @tictoc never mind the price, that is a superb PSU; there is also a 2000 W version but for that you need ~ 220 V. My guess is that Super Flower Leadex is prepping a ATX 3.0 version w/ native '12VHPWR' (or whatever those are called now) and giving great deals for current stock. I got my first ATX 3.0 PSU the other day on sale - it does seem to make a (minor) difference compared to Kraken and 2x, 4x PCIe cables > 12VHPWR on my 4090

@kaliz ...are you looking at CAMM2 DDR5 RAM (+ relevant mobo when they come out) ? --- ...'last chance' purchase of two little water features w/LED; ~ US $20 for both combined; something to enjoy while on long phone or Zoom calls

The 6900XT is on one of my machines - got it back in the spring of 2021, mostly for productivity as my gamer system runs a w-cooled 4090. Still, the 6900XT is also w-cooled (Bykski block) and with that I can let MorePowerTool/ MPT do its thing per sample below (Geekbench GPU run). MPT is great for a 6900 XT or 6950 XT as it allows them to get close to a 7900 XT - and MPT does not work with the Radeon 7K series anymore. As long as you can properly cool the 6900/6950, it has a lot of headroom. Its only real drawback is its 4K performance...but at 1440, it is a charm and still one of the best deals out there, IMO.

You are all set...now you can get that Rolls Royce Spectre ! 3 tons is (just) enough to lift a Rolls Royce Spectre completely off the ground... but put a few more napkins and a box of champagne in the trunk and the weight goes over 3000 kg

It was time to replenish my home office PSU reserves for units with 1200W and up (used the last one I had available in a recent work-related build). I checked the reviews on this TT and they are quite decent...and it was on sale for just under ~ US$ 200

...fortunately, my new PHEV has redundant analog switches and knobs for heat/climate and also sound system - but to reset trip odometer, I have to dive into the computer sub-menus ...great power and fuel consumption, though - and I like that the electric motor is integrated into the transmission; the 'feel' is the same as with my previous non-hybrid beemers.

...try a new car with its information overload . Never mind the 8 configs of the driver display, here (spoiler) are 6 out of 12 center screen options (before sub menus). No wonder we '''need''' autonomous driving aids because folks are too busy flipping through menus looking for an index for warning lights instead of looking at the road ahead. On the plus side, the software is based on BSD...

...I need to flush and update that CPU/GPU loop anyway; first put this loop together in early 2021 and with QD4s, just updated CPU and GPU / blocks without replacing fluids - fluids still look fairly good for 3 years +...just not sure yet if I will use the PTM7950 paste or pads on the CPU as well as the GPU

'''Cadillac tax'''

Finally, all the bits for maintenance / update of the 7950X3D / 4090 custom loop have arrived...now, I just need to find the spare time

...I got the Aorus 670E Master

...got to get a new office chair one of these days. I had a really nice IKEA swivel high-back office chair that was the most comfortable over the longer working/gaming stretch, but the metal neck underneath has been welded once already.

My fifth BMW; they start out as company car leases which I often buy out privately at lease-end...good to know how the car was treated and driven since new . The hybrid-battery range of this new one is listed as 50km - 55km, depending. But it now has just above 500km on the odometer and I have yet to charge the battery fully via chargers. Per pic below, most of the energy savings come from re-gen anyways, so for now without a separate full charge, it still manages just over 40% on e-power alone. That's with 2/3rd metro traffic and 1/3rd mountainous highway.

...very strong flavoured; we mix it with Starbucks Italian.

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...new PHEV, charging at no charge ...coffees on sale...RR napkins were free

...per vids below, some are better than others; too bad you cannot use the mothorboard NVME cover which usually performs very well