Tuesday, May 30th 2023
ASUS Demoes GeForce RTX 4070 with No External Power Connector
During the Computex 2023 show, ASUS had some interesting designs to showcase. Specifically, ASUS has made a GeForce RTX 4070 GPU concept without an external power connector. With NVIDIA's reference 16-pin power connector melting due to an insufficient connection, ASUS has decided to experiment by removing the connector from its GPU and placing the power source as an extra bus connector on the motherboard. Called GeForce RTX 4070 Megalodon, ASUS has made a custom power connector that goes hand-in-hand with the ASUS TUF Gaming Z790 BTF motherboard that supports this connector, and the PSU cables go on the backside of the board.
Similarly to NVIDIA's 16-pin 12VHPWR connector, this custom design is also rated for up to 600 Watts of power delivery. This results in a design that facilities the user error of not correctly pushing the 16-pin connector and causing melting. For now, the connector is referred to as GC_HPWR, but there will be an official name at launch as the company plans mass production of this concept. You can see the design of the RTX 4070 Megalodon alongside the accompanying ASUS TUF Gaming Z790 BTF motherboard.
Similarly to NVIDIA's 16-pin 12VHPWR connector, this custom design is also rated for up to 600 Watts of power delivery. This results in a design that facilities the user error of not correctly pushing the 16-pin connector and causing melting. For now, the connector is referred to as GC_HPWR, but there will be an official name at launch as the company plans mass production of this concept. You can see the design of the RTX 4070 Megalodon alongside the accompanying ASUS TUF Gaming Z790 BTF motherboard.
30 Comments on ASUS Demoes GeForce RTX 4070 with No External Power Connector
Perhaps if you want a giant empty tower that contains mostly void space and RGBLED nonsense as some sort of e-peen, then great. The rest of us want a PC to do it's job and not take up half the room...
Because one manufacturer is just a death sentence, we are as enthusiasts a niche.
When it hits the BOM price, it's getting taken out of the BOM, since there's options and obviously OEM are cost sensitive.
As is would enough buy it to keep it as a thing viable?!.
Ps it looks x16 compatible IF it doesn't touch raised coolers IE, the power inlet fingers look to be raised such that there connection on the motherboard would have to stick out twice as far as the motherboard, but obviously they have no other power inlet , have they just covered optional power inlets with an RTX badge bit pointless otherwise..
If this is how things were, Standardized then I would like it.
Proprietary, stick it.
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