Wednesday, August 2nd 2023
Corsair Intros 180-degree 12VHPWR Power Bridge
Corsair rolled out a handy accessory that should help cable management in builds with graphics cards that have 16-pin 12VHPWR power connectors. Called simply the 12VHPWR GPU Power Bridge, the contraption inverts the power connector 180° as shown in the pictures below; so your power cable emerging from behind the motherboard tray doesn't have to make that turn. The Power Bridge hence reduces mechanical stress on the power cable from your PSU.
Unlike several such 180° power bridges of generic brands floating around online retail, some of which even convert 8-pin PCIe to a 12VHPWR; the Corsair Power Bridge comes with the quality assurance that comes with the badge. The company claims to have extensively tested it for endurance. The internal wiring between the two connectors on the bridge is tested to withstand 105 °C temperatures. Please note, that the bridge is not physically compatible with the ASUS ROG Strix and TUF Gaming graphics cards. The company is backing this with a 1-year warranty.
Unlike several such 180° power bridges of generic brands floating around online retail, some of which even convert 8-pin PCIe to a 12VHPWR; the Corsair Power Bridge comes with the quality assurance that comes with the badge. The company claims to have extensively tested it for endurance. The internal wiring between the two connectors on the bridge is tested to withstand 105 °C temperatures. Please note, that the bridge is not physically compatible with the ASUS ROG Strix and TUF Gaming graphics cards. The company is backing this with a 1-year warranty.
32 Comments on Corsair Intros 180-degree 12VHPWR Power Bridge
Don't make problems where they even should have been in the first place. F* nvidia with such design.
They make a screwed product to induce aftermarket to patch their weird design choices?
You do market analysis, design the product, not vice versa. Make product and wait the market to adapt to it.
Pic comes with a trigger warning for certain users though, there's an RTX sticker on the case.
I've been using these things for years in SFF builds and much prefer to see them fully encased in plastic like Corsair have done here. Some of the earliest bridges I bought just had adhesive foam on the back and felt dangerous.
Pricing is always a concern with Corsair. The bad AliExpress/Ebay bridges for 8-pin were a dollar. The best ones made like this Corsair one are $4. I'm expecting $30 from Corsair for this, because my expectations for reasonable small-parts/accessory pricing are rock-bottom.
Thermal Grizzly is a thing, Corsair. Plus they display power usage real time, or any other number of stats you'd like. Plus TG's warranty/QA.
This copy is so much marketing for just a 180* adapter.
Just get rid of 12vhp connector and that's done.
Don't see any point in applying 12vhp in the first place.
instead of a 180 degree (??? isn't that a U turn straight back into the device it came from) connector to make that very much required 90 degree bend (?!) on a GPU that could have also just not have its connector in the very middle of what is generally known as a chonker' size of GPUs. I mean.. its not like there isn't space to move that to anywhere else... like the end of the shroud as is common practice for a few decades. Its not like Nvidia should've just delivered a proper bent adapter in the first place either, right. Or the fact there isn't a form factor limitation wrt the connector in the first place given 3 slot is the norm. How about a 90 degree bend towards the END of the GPU instead as well; no airflow obstruction and no added height to the entire contraption either. Even a child could think of these options.
Fucking ridiculous BS, this whole affair honestly just screams 'lazy as shit design choices' that mostly don't even feel like a choice, but rather an 'oopsie, we didn't figure that out in all of the five minutes we took printing this plastic POS'.
The cherry on top really is that these connectors are used in supposed premium products in the very top end of the leading GPU brand too. Fools & Money. Its about as bad as buying your all white mobo with every PCIe and RAM slot still in pitch black because hey that's the off the shelf part, too much effort to spray it white on 'premium' product costing well over twice what it should.There is not a single tangible advantage here, nor necessity. The form factor doesn't require it. PSUs don't require it. The TDPs don't require it. A supposed 600W GPU takes four whopping slots anyway, they could just as well place 4 8 pins on top of one another at that point, and to be honest I reckon it'd look badass that way if they're placed at the end of the shroud, not its side.
Besides, Cablemods just sent out 100% discount coupon codes for their updated version that addresses that issue.