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NVIDIA's connector story: EPS vs. 12VHPWR Connector - Unfortunately, the good doesn't always win (insights) (www.igorslab.de)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That will be on another level of pain. The 75w limit is safe and does not require rework. Having motherboards designed to deliver 200-300W on a slot would be very messy and very expensive.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

And probably require a connector similar to EPS12V near the PCIe slot, which would be messy. My "genius" solution would be putting a power connector on the other side of the board, directly behind the PCI-e slot. Probably creates other issues on top of the expected ones.