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The gold nugget of this video though is this chart illustrating the total number of people who experiences issues with 6/8 pin vs 12VHPWR:
I'm surprised GN didn't do more to illustrate why it's extremely bad that 12VHPWR already has a higher total number of failure instances. 6 / 8 pin has been around for 17 years while 12VHPWR has only been around for 1 GPU generation and yet the number of failures already exceeds that of 6/8-pin. If one were to extrapolate this data into a failure rate, 12VHPWR would be several magnitudes worse.
That's before you even consider that the question is narrowly enough worded so as to exclude 12V2X6 issues. Even if we assume that they reduce the failure rate of the connector by ensuring it has to be properly mated, the failure rate is still not nearly as good as the 6/8-pin due to the lower safety tolerances and the 25cm straight cable requirement of the specs.
IMO this kind of increase in failure rate due to a power connector is absolutely unacceptable. More than 17 years worth of failures now happen in a single year thanks to this new connector. IMO GN did not go nearly far enough in pushing from improvements or replacements to the connector.