12VHPWR cable thermal imaging: Different PSU, different temps

How we measure, and results

Something for warm-up. We’ll start our ATX 3.0 power supply tests with perhaps the most talked about topic surrounding them, the temperatures of the new cables with 16-pin PCIe connectors. The overview of the power supplies of twelve brands answers well the question of how the manufacturers handled which models. With high current loads, the temperature differences can be quite significant, both on the connector housings and on the wire insulation.

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Asus ROG Strix 850G Aura
BeQuiet! Dark Power 13
Cooler Master GX III Gold 850
Corsair RM850x Shift
DeepCool PX1000G
Enermax ERT850EWT
FSP Hydro G Pro ATX3.0
Gigabyte GP-UD850GM PG5W
Chieftec Polaris 3.0
MSI MPG A850G
Seasonic Vertex GX-850
SilverStone DA850R Gold


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