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PSA for People With Older a Older PSU: You Only Need 3 8-Pin Connectors to Boot a 4090, the 4th Is to Overclock Past 450W : r/nvidia
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NVIDIA Tells AICs to Collect RTX 4090 Cards with Burnt Power Connectors, Send Them to HQ | TechPowerUp
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