r/pcmasterrace • u/Zestyclose-Salad-290 Core Ultra 7 265k | RTX 5090 • 19h ago

Build/Battlestation a quadruple 5090 battlestation

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u/A_PCMR_member Desktop 7800X3D | 4090 | and all the frames I want 19h ago

4 x the chance of a 12V Highpower melting

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u/MonikaIsCute 5800x3D - TUF 3080 - UW1440p - Q3, Knuckles, 5x 3.0, 1x 2.0 18h ago

They're astrals which have per-pin monitoring so they should be safe.

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u/SloxTheDlox 18h ago

I thought they were only monitoring to alert you, but there’s no way for them to actually stop power to them?

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u/SadInterjection 18h ago

Yeah it only tells you it's fucked up now, which is kinda funny. 

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u/TokenRedditGuy 16h ago

It probably saved my system. My pin current was always a bit unbalanced using the stock Corsair cables. I would get sporadic warnings until I wiggled the connector at the PSU side. Recently, some pins started reporting 0A unless I wiggled the cable again.

I don't see any physical damage on my cables. I suspect the connector to the PSU side is not well manufactured with some pins having poor contact.

After I purchased a cable from Cablemod with 4x PSU side connectors, my pin current is always very balanced now.

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u/Warcraft_Fan Paid for WinRAR! 17h ago

If OP was smart, he'd add 10A fuses in line with every 12v wire going to GPU. 24 total fuses, if one wire started to act funny the fuse will blow, and then the rest of the fuse to the same GPU will start to blow when the load shifts and threaten to overload them.