{
  "id": 537478,
  "title": "NVIDIA RTX 5070 PCIe Power Cable Melts After User Splits One 8-Pin Cable Into Two",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/nvidia-rtx-5070-pcie-power-cable-melts-after-user-splits-one-8-pin",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-11T05:38:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Lowyat.NET",
    "slug": "lowyat-net",
    "url": "https://www.lowyat.net/2026/401092/nvidia-rtx-5070-pcie-power-cable-melts-after-user-splits-one-8-pin-cable-into-two/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In the world of DIY PC, it’s bad enough whenever we hear stories of 12VHPWR PCIe cables melting and burning, with the latter nearly taking an entire house down with it. Today’s cautionary tale, however, isn’t about using the provided cables: it’s about not taking a single 8-pin PCIe power cable and splitting it into […] The post NVIDIA RTX 5070 PCIe Power Cable Melts After User Splits One 8-Pin…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}