In this video, we delve into the purpose of having two 8-pin EPS connectors on your motherboard. Discover the essential role they play in ensuring stable power delivery for high-performance CPUs.

What is surprising about the RX 580 Red Devil Golden Sample pictured however is the fact that it has two power connectors (a 6-pin plus an 8-pin) ... also an LED switch near to the power connector.

They will likely sport one 16-pin power connector or two standard 8-pin PCIe power connectors. The second category encompasses the standard GeForce RTX 4070 models, adhering to a 200W TBP.

As for the designs, these RTX 4070 models will share similar coolers to RTX 4070 Ti models, apart from the switch to a single 8-pin power connector for the more affordable Eagle variant.

If you add another 150W from an 8-pin connector, you're looking at 225W from the motherboard alone. Now if you add up to 600W from a 12V-2x6 or 12VHPWR connector, the math suggests 800W or more is ...

Launch end of January AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and RX 9070 will not have a 12V-2×6 connector and will stick to the older 8-pin connectors. Videocardz claims that while the rumour is that AMD refuses ...

The lower-tier cards will feature a standard 8-pin power connector. It's unclear if they will use one or two power cables. However, an RTX 4070 from Inno3D has already been spotted online by ...

In conclusion, then, 8-pin connector: a good thing. It's a tangible indicator of the 10-series' efficiency, which should keep your current PSU in the game for a few years yet.

Both AMD and Nvidia have typically made do with pairs of 6-pin and 8-pin connectors in various configurations. This year, Nvidia is introducing a change, with a new 12-pin connector for Ampere.

In 2012, the original 30-pin analog+digital interface was replaced with the 8-pin all-digital Lightning connector. Starting in 2018, Apple began replacing Lightning with USB-C.