12VHPWR 'Fixes' Are Everywhere... But Which Should You Buy?
There are now 13 different products that claim to 'fix' 12vhpwr... or at least, reduce the chances of a melting GPU/12vh-2x6 connector. But which solution is right for you? And which are actually in stock? That's what I wanted to explore in this video, by running through all 13 options - and then discussing how they work, and some of their pros and cons. The products I discuss in this video are: Wireview Pro 2 ### Product link - https://www.thermal-grizzly.com/en/wi... Price - $140 USD ASUS ROG Equalizer 12vhpwr ### Product link - https://rog.asus.com/power-supply-uni... YouTube testing - • ASUS Equalizer - The 12VHPWR Solution? Price - $50 USD BTF ### ASUS Product link - https://www.asus.com/uk/content/btf-h... Sapphire information - https://videocardz.com/newz/sapphire-... Price - Very expensive ($500+ premium between both the mobo and GPU) CoolerMaster GPU Shield ### Product link - https://www.techpowerup.com/344831/co... Price - Unknown (not yet available) CoolerMaster MWE Gold V4 PSUs ### Product link - same as above Price - Unknown (not yet available) MSI MAG PSUs with GPU Safeguard ### PSU models - MSI MAG A1200PLS PCIE5 AND MSI MAG A1000PLS PCIE5 News information - https://videocardz.com/newz/msi-unvei... Price - $250 USD MSI MPG PSUs with GPU Safeguard+ ### PSU models - MPG Ai1600TS PCIE5 and MPG Ai1300TS PCIE5 Price - $400+ USD Corsair ThermalProtect 12vhpwr ### Product link - https://www.corsair.com/us/en/explore... Price - $25 USD ASRock PSUs with TempGuard ### PSU models - Asrock PG 1300G and TC 1300T PSUs Good news about it - https://www.techpowerup.com/344571/rt... Bad news about it - / asrock_pg_1300g_and_tc_1300t_psus_do_the Price - $50 USD ASRock 12V-2x6 With Thermistor Header ### Product link - https://www.newegg.com/global/uk-en/p... Price - $40 USD Gigabyte T-Guard PSUs ### News - https://www.gigabyte.com/Press/News/2380 Price - Unknown (not yet for sale) Seasonic Optiguard PSUs ### News - https://seasonic.com/seasonic-optigua... Price - Unknown (not yet for sale) Aquacomputer AMPINEL ### News - https://shop.aquacomputer.de/Monitori... Interesting Reddit discussion - / aqua_computer_ampinel_vs_thermal_grizzly_w... Price - €100 EUR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The individual timestamps for this video are: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 00:00 Thirteen 12vhpwr Solutions? 00:20 Wireview Pro 2 02:50 ASUS ROG Equalizer 12vhpwr 04:31 BTF 06:03 Cooler Master GPU Shield Adaptor 07:25 Cooler Master MWE Gold V4 PSUs 07:57 MSI MAG PSUs with GPU Safeguard 09:12 MSI MPG PSUs with GPU Safeguard+ 09:44 Corsair ThermalProtect 12vhpwr 11:37 ASRock PSUs with TempGuard 13:59 ASRock 12V-2x6 With Thermistor Header 15:05 Gigabyte T-Guard PSUs 16:10 Seasonic Optiguard PSUs 16:39 Aquacomputer AMPINEL ~~~~~~ Credits ~~~~~~ Thanks to the following resources (sounds, images etc): "Pop-up Sound" by BeezleFM (https://freesound.org/s/512135/ -- License: Attribution 4.0) --- View Finder by Chris Bussey, License ID: RA59Mv425Vo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #12vhpwr #GraphicsCard #PCBuild

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