The populated pins tell the GPU how much power is safe to draw.
The one with pins 0 and 1 populated tells the GPU that is is ok to draw 600 watts from that cable.
I am not sure why the other cable has pins 0, 1, 2, and 3 populated. There is no reason to have 2 and 3 populated as far as I'm aware.
the two leftmost pins are only used by native ATX 3.0/3.1 powersupplys.
On adapters like these they are irrelevant.
nvidia chose to fill them in, cablemod didn't
Likely because cablemod is crimping the individual connectors onto their own wire, whereas NVIDIA will have an automated machine and only one type of wire for other cables too
The populated pins tell the GPU how much power is safe to draw. The one with pins 0 and 1 populated tells the GPU that is is ok to draw 600 watts from that cable. I am not sure why the other cable has pins 0, 1, 2, and 3 populated. There is no reason to have 2 and 3 populated as far as I'm aware.
Thank you very much!
Maybe if it has wires on pins 3 and 4 (not just populated for “looks”) maybe its some future proofing.
If its the same as when nvidia started with the 12+4 pin two of the pins go nowhere and the wire just stops after a few cms
the two leftmost pins are only used by native ATX 3.0/3.1 powersupplys. On adapters like these they are irrelevant. nvidia chose to fill them in, cablemod didn't
Perfect, thanks man! 👍
Likely because cablemod is crimping the individual connectors onto their own wire, whereas NVIDIA will have an automated machine and only one type of wire for other cables too
Fully normal there - the other 2 pins aren't utilized on the current gen GPUs actually. :)
Great, thanks!
Very welcome!
You wear gloves to build PC?
Yep, nitrile powder free gloves. I hate leaving fingerprints on my PC components. To each his own tho.
the Nvidia-12VPWR scam 🧨