How ASRock's Green 16-Pin Power Cable Can Prevent A GPU Meltdown

ASRock is going green with its newest L-type 12V-2x6 PCI Express cable connector, though it has nothing to do with being energy-conscious or adding a splash of color to your gaming build. Instead, the new cables sport a series of green tips designed to help ensure that users fully insert the cable ends into their power supply unit (PSU) and graphics card's power connector.

Following in MSI's footsteps, it's a simple and clever solution to address the issue of cable connectors sometimes melting when not fully inserted. This became a pain point for some users when NVIDIA switched over to using 12VHPWR connectors with four sensing pins on its GeForce RTX 40 series, and also with the more recent implementation of updated 12V-2x6 connectors with 1.5mm shorter sensing pins and 0.25mm longer conducting terminals.

These cables can deliver up to 600W of power over a ...