This new $40 cable has a feature to stop your Nvidia GeForce GPU melting

ASRock has just released a new GPU power cable that the company says is protected from overheating, thanks to the use of thermal sensors inside it. The launch follows numerous reports about melted graphics cards, particularly Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and 5090 models, which draw a large amount of power over the cable. There’s a catch, though, which is that you need to use it with an ASRock power supply in order to use the thermal sensors.

While it’s undoubtedly the fastest gaming GPU in our guide to buying the best graphics card, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 also has a total graphics power rating of 575W, and in some cases, the cables attached to it have overheated, resulting in melted power plugs and sockets. The cable has been shown to get extremely hot in some tests as well, with renowned overclocker Roman 'der8auer' Hartung even showing an RTX 5090 cable temperature hitting 153°C at the PSU end. This new ASRock cable is designed to prevent overheating, though.