When attached to a motherboard's PCIe x16 slot, a card such as the GeForce RTX 4080 can draw up to 75W from the +3.3V and +12V rails (3.3V x 3A + 12V x 5.5A). This is the maximum amount specified by ...

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My source added: "It's in the PCIe 5.0 CEM spec. Not sure how many people got it wrong and why it's suddenly "news" because of ASUS. The 12-pin portion is actually the same as the FE connector". "And ...

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My build is using the Corsair AX760 psu and it normally has one cable lead with 2 of the PCIE connectors (in series) that goes into the graphics card. The pc would boot fine with that configuration ...

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