Sapphire joins ASRock in the GPU roasting league

Just when we thought the RX 9070 XT was immune to the melted connector circus, another premium board has gone full toaster. This time, it's Sapphire's Nitro+ edition that's joined ASRock’s Taichi OC in the "crispy connector" club.

16-pin connectors proving they’re a fire hazard

AMD’s Radeon RX 9070 XT has entered the melting connector hall of shame after a user on Reddit managed to cook their 16-pin power cable trying to run an ASRock Taichi OC model on a questionable PSU setup.