[SOLVED] PSU for PCIE 5.0/ Rtx 4000?

[Mateu]

So I have all the parts for my Alder Lake build but had been holding off since the new ROG Platinum II and 1600w Titanium were supposed to be out by now ( 1000w and 1200w variants by mid Nov. And the 1600w by mid December) but ASUS has gone dark about them now. These were supposed to have the new Gen 5 power connector.
My question is this...since I was hoping to build my rig on Holiday break, does anyone think that Lovelace ( RTX 4000) will ACTUALLY require a new PSU or will current high end ( 1200 -1600 watt 80+ certified) be sufficient with some kind of adapter?
I find it hard to imagine Nvidia being ok with the hit on profit if next gen GPU's will ONLY work if specific and rare PSU's are purchased with them.
Thanks in advance.

 

[JohnBonhamsGhost]

with RTX 3000 series FE models they have "upgraded" to their 20pin PCIe connection.
still almost no power supplies come with this cable.

there are adapters available,
but almost all of the higher quality PSU manufacturers have offered 20pin cables for their modular units.
Corsair & be quiet! only wanted proof of purchase for an FE card and they were willing to ship the cable for free.

if Nvidia was planning on changing cables again i'm sure the same options would be available.

but none of the 3rd party RTX 3000 cards(EVGA, ASUS, Zotac, etc) are using this 20pin connection so unless you were planning on going for a RTX 4000 FE, you'd have nothing to worry about.