Seasonic confirms Nvidia's 12-pin Micro-Fit 3.0 Power Connector

[WYP]

Is 12-pin the future of GPU power?



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[grec]

Personally don't see any downsides to this, if the industry can really get around it then it would make 8-pin connectors and any combination of multiple 8 and 6-pin connectors redundant, essentially standardising the input for any GPU that uses over 150W with a single smaller connector. Not like we should ever see cards that *need* two of these, because that much power/heat(500W+) would be impossible to dissipate in a gaming GPU form factor.

 

[AlienALX]

Personally don't see any downsides to this, if the industry can really get around it then it would make 8-pin connectors and any combination of multiple 8 and 6-pin connectors redundant, essentially standardising the input for any GPU that uses over 150W with a single smaller connector. Not like we should ever see cards that *need* two of these, because that much power/heat(500W+) would be impossible to dissipate in a gaming GPU form factor.

Would there be gains to cards using two of these even if they didn't need them? Yes, definitely. Would it be worth the costs

The down sides are, try fitting 550 paracord into that sucker.

I don't know how people are going to mod these to make them look good, but it won't be with paracord or traditional sleeving. It simply won't go into the pin shanks. Far too small.

 

[AngryGoldfish]

The down sides are, try fitting 550 paracord into that sucker.

I don't know how people are going to mod these to make them look good, but it won't be with paracord or traditional sleeving. It simply won't go into the pin shanks. Far too small.

Damn, you're right. This is gonna be such a pain in the butt for modders and cable builders.

 

[Kleptobot]

The down sides are, try fitting 550 paracord into that sucker.

I don't know how people are going to mod these to make them look good, but it won't be with paracord or traditional sleeving. It simply won't go into the pin shanks. Far too small.

https://www.molex.com/molex/products/part-detail/crimp_housings/0430251200 I'm pretty sure that's the part that is going to be used.

Space around the terminals is about 2.5mm square

To get the current carrying capacity required for full load (500W) each conductor would need to carry aprx 7A, so the conductors would want to be no less than 18 AWG or 0.75mm2.

18AWG stranded conductors typically have around an outer diameter of 2.1mm including insulation.

Leaving 0.4mm for sleeving and heatshrink

 

[AlienALX]

Then no one will get Paracord in there. End of. You don't need heat shrink, BUT, when you melt the braiding over the pin you do get a lump.

Like I say, that is going to be a total pig to braid.

 

[demonking]

I was under the assumption that these are nvidia proprietary connections. Is this not the case? Who owns the copyright to this connection?

 

[grec]

I was under the assumption that these are nvidia proprietary connections. Is this not the case? Who owns the copyright to this connection?

Molex (Same with a good portion of the standard power connectors in a PC ofc, CPU power, PCIe power, motherboard 24pin are all derived from Molex MiniFit connectors, this 12-pin is a MicroFit type).

Though worth noting that PCI-SIG would usually under-spec their electronic specifications for the connectors quite considerably compared to what Molex would rate for the physical connector and one would assume if PCI-SIG ratified this they'd probably give it a rating closer to 350W (Particularly if they choose to ratify it for use with 20AWG or 22AWG wiring like the previous specs).

 

[NeverBackDown]

As long as it becomes industry standard I'm all for it.

Knowing the industry though they will adopt it so fast forcing everyone to upgrade power supplies.

 

[LePhuronn]

The down sides are, try fitting 550 paracord into that sucker.

I don't know how people are going to mod these to make them look good, but it won't be with paracord or traditional sleeving. It simply won't go into the pin shanks. Far too small.

Then don't use 550 paracord firstly it's too big for even stock basic ATX cables anyway, no matter how much you stretch it it never gets tight enough. 325 Paracord is what you need for ATX cables, even chunky 16AWG.

Oh, and for fans you want 275 paracord

And to be honest, the Molex Micro-Fit 3.0 series isn't that small. Again, if you use 325 paracord it's only 3mm OD at full stretch, and melts a little smaller than that, so should be fine to fit into the housing (the pins max out at 18AWG).

 

[Warchild]

The down sides are, try fitting 550 paracord into that sucker.

I don't know how people are going to mod these to make them look good, but it won't be with paracord or traditional sleeving. It simply won't go into the pin shanks. Far too small.

cable cord extenders. Unnecessary additional length but its a simple way to do it for sure.