Question Should gpu power cable be very hard to connect to psu?

[Kellerman88]

Hello.

Just upgraded the gpu today for the first time, had to change the power cable.
Using asus tuf 850w psu and was installing the 12 pin cable.

I struggled a lot to get it in fully, it was tight space for my fingers to access the input on the psu.

I just want to ask here since i felt like i pushed too hard and become worried for the internal parts inside the psu that hold the connector, is it very solid and can take a lot of force or is it very fragile?

Not easy to explain but i had to pull a lot of force to get it in, felt far away from normal.

On the gpu side i felt resistance and it was a bit hard, but not the feeling that i could break it, but on the psu side it was like 3-4x as harder to pull vs on gpu side.

Never builded any pc before and have mecanical experience, but not when it comes to electronic/pc, want to hear from
The experienced pc builders from this forum 🙂

Cheers 😊

 

[Lutfij]

You should make sure the cable is fully seated in both the PSU end and the GPU end, that way you avoid ending up with a melted connector...or so that's what reviewers are saying about the cause of the cable being the reason for melted connectors.

 

[Kellerman88]

Yes thanks its fully connected as i took pics and zoomed in to be sure.

It is more a thread about i worried it was too much force and if this is normal when connecting to the psu or not, as i said it was like 4x force needed vs the force i felt on gpu sidr that also was tight but not felt too bad vs plugging into the power supply, that left me with a bad feeling after using so much force.