Sajin

talon951

Sajin
Wow. It allows you to connect four 8-pins. I just ordered one just so I can connect my last available 8-pin to my card. This should help spread the load when I’m pulling 600w on my 3090 ti ftw3. Currently when pulling 600w on just the gpu alone my three 8-pins get warm. This should definitely help get them cooler when pulling 600w since I’ll be able to add another 8-pin.

Pfft, I've been doing 600w with two 8pins for over a year with my Zotac 3090. Lol.

For just bench runs? 600w continuous for hours on end through two 8-pins wouldn’t be a wise thing to do. My usage case is continuous not just bench runs.

zippytek
ok i see it now, asked Lee in the other thread. weird, but that makes me think they *will* be releasing a powerlink that supports 2 12VHPWR connectors. Interesting, I assume this will be compatible with 40 series cards that use this power delivery configuration

Epsolike

zippytek
ok i see it now, asked Lee in the other thread. weird, but that makes me think they *will* be releasing a powerlink that supports 2 12VHPWR connectors. Interesting, I assume this will be compatible with 40 series cards that use this power delivery configuration

This is exclusive to those 4-5 SKUs. But honestly i hope this is a good sign that next gen we are finally going to see more powerlinks. I always thought it was a great idea to provide even cleaner power to ones card, i had good experience with the old ones myself and like Bobaganoosh mentioned i beleive aswell that it should help in situations where a user is on the edge of a requirement.

kraade

Michapolys
Let me get this straight. EVGA essentially made a quad 8-pin to 600w 12vhpwr adapter box, with a bunch of capacitors inside to meet the transient requirements, and locked it to a specific physical placement.

What the heck? They could have easily made a 12vhpwr cable going out of the box instead of having it stick out from their desired position.

right, make a good product that is not proprietary, has options and sell it across all MFG's platforms who will have the need  ..

kraade
Cleaner power delivery is better, but I bet its also designed to handle some of the transient power spikes and may be a test bed for the 4k series which is rumored to have possible 2-3x power spikes, saving the PSU from trying to handle all of it

Sajin
Installed and ready for some testing here in a bit...
 

Sajin

talon951

Sajin
Wow. It allows you to connect four 8-pins. I just ordered one just so I can connect my last available 8-pin to my card. This should help spread the load when I’m pulling 600w on my 3090 ti ftw3. Currently when pulling 600w on just the gpu alone my three 8-pins get warm. This should definitely help get them cooler when pulling 600w since I’ll be able to add another 8-pin.

Pfft, I've been doing 600w with two 8pins for over a year with my Zotac 3090. Lol.

For just bench runs? 600w continuous for hours on end through two 8-pins wouldn’t be a wise thing to do. My usage case is continuous not just bench runs.

TRIPLE-AAA-
So I have one myself and I was just wondering if anyone has the same issue where you can't use the M2 screws it comes with to actually fasten it to the card? There's not even any holes for those screws to go into even though the instructions say to do so. Currently I just have the M3 screw attached but I don't know if that's really OK because the instructions say to only use that screw with a backplate with a compatible screw hole but doesn't state which backplates are compatible? Nothing wrong with the Powerlink 41s as a whole just seems kinda strange to me. Works perfectly otherwise just very confusing to me.

NereusHixon

arthurz21

TRIPLE-AAA-
So I have one myself and I was just wondering if anyone has the same issue where you can't use the M2 screws it comes with to actually fasten it to the card? There's not even any holes for those screws to go into even though the instructions say to do so. Currently I just have the M3 screw attached but I don't know if that's really OK because the instructions say to only use that screw with a backplate with a compatible screw hole but doesn't state which backplates are compatible? Nothing wrong with the Powerlink 41s as a whole just seems kinda strange to me. Works perfectly otherwise just very confusing to me.

My hybrid does not have those screw holes as well. I am also using the M3 alone. 
 

You sure? For my hybrid I am able to screw in the smaller M2 screws but not the bigger one M3 which is in the center.

SprayingMango
So can anyone explain to me what this is actually supposed to do? I have a Corsair AX1600 PSU, it should be able to easily handle my 3090Ti. Would this powerlink thing actually make a difference?