12VHPWR already obsolete

[hedgey]

Replaced by 12V-2×6 in ATX 3.1​

CEM 5.1 specs are out. You won't need a new PSU if your PSU didn't use a 12+4 on PSU side. So Corsair are fine.

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I wouldn't want to be holding a 4090 with a 12VHPWR right now assuming Nvidia will use the new socket..

 

[Sin_Chase]

You shouldn't need a new PSU if it's 12VHPWR on the psu side either as the 12V-2x6 is specific to the female connector GPU side and not the cable and in most cases will be backwards compatible.

 

[no_1_dave]

It's backwards compatible anyway so 12VHPWR connectors are fine with it
My 4090FE came with the shorter sense pins already

 

[HungryHippos]

Was also lucky enough to get the 4090FE after the shorter sense pin update.

Did originally buy a Seasonic 12VHPWR cable but then it turned out they were replacing it with a new standard so I returned it, just using the one that came with the card for now.

Seems OK though, not in a rush to update it.

 

[jigger]

Tis a silly connector.

 

[Darujhistan]

LMAO - Does this now mean people will now be waiting for 5.1 compliant PSU's to hit the market?

 

[ginjaninja]

I wouldn't want to be holding a 4090 with a 12VHPWR right now assuming Nvidia will use the new socket..

So now the dust has settled how unsupported with an 4090s power socket be..wouldnt it it just be the case of getting the right cable?

 

[no_1_dave]

So now the dust has settled how unsupported with an 4090s power socket be..wouldnt it it just be the case of getting the right cable?

The only physical difference on the GPU side is shorter sense pins so it'll work with the old cables and the new cables

 

[GSXR Gaz Mc]

how do you know if your 4090 came with the shorter pins ?

 

[no_1_dave]

how do you know if your 4090 came with the shorter pins ?

By looking at them and comparing them to pictures people posted closer to when the 4090 launched

 

[Tetras]

how do you know if your 4090 came with the shorter pins ?

If you can see it, the 12VHPWR is labelled H+ on the housing and the updated version is H++.

 

[HungryHippos]

If you bought after a certain date there is a good chance it's the newer sense pins as well, after or around my post above so March 2024.

This is for 4090 FE. Other manufacturers may differ.

 

[no_1_dave]

If you bought after a certain date there is a good chance it's the newer sense pins as well, after or around my post above so March 2024.

This is for 4090 FE. Other manufacturers may differ.

I bought my 4090FE at the end of July 23 and it has the shorter pins.
There were already reports of the FE with smaller pins before I ordered mine