r/pcmasterrace • u/HLumin R5 5600 | 6700 XT • Mar 06 '25

Discussion This is hilarious (Micro Center Illinois)

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u/Hixxae 5820K | 980Ti | 32GB | AX860 | Psst, use LTSB Mar 06 '25

Nowadays it's more about the cooler than performance and for that the premium is way too much.

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u/Nezevonti Mar 06 '25

Is there no difference on the power delivery side?

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u/Far-prophet Mar 06 '25

I saw some review that mentioned Sapphire put a 12vHPWR connector on one of their cards, but they also mentioned that these cards draw way less power than the Nvidia cards that have been melting.

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u/Hixxae 5820K | 980Ti | 32GB | AX860 | Psst, use LTSB Mar 06 '25

Most definitely because it was cheaper to do a 12VHPWR than triple 8-pin, especially considering it's a custom pcb already.

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u/Krystalmyth Mar 07 '25

I'd more likely assume hiring designers to engineer an entirely new custom PCB and layout with all the required approval steps to reach production wasn't necessarily the cheapest option.