Power supplies with new protection features will soon enter the market, providing reliable voltage to the GPUs with 16-pin power connectors.
MSI Announces MPG Ai TS PCIe 5 Power Supply That Brings World's First PSU Proactive and Instant Protection
MSI confirms "Invisible" problems exist, and we know how these invisible problems surface in a very "visible" way for the users. The melting 16-pin connector nightmare never stops, and there has been no permanent onboard solution provided by either NVIDIA or its board partners to save the GPUs from dying. That said, some hardware manufacturers have attempted to mitigate the issues by introducing specific monitoring systems and even cables that help prevent such incidents. However, identifying and mitigating problems at an early stage would be even more beneficial.
MSI has been working on such a fix, which it calls the "world's first-PSU proactive and instant protection". In a small teaser video, MSI Gaming showcases its two new high-end power supplies in the MPG Ai TS lineup, which will be available in 1300W (MPG Ai1300TS) and 1600W (MPG Ai1600TS) capacity respectively. Both models are PCIe 5.1-compliant and offer a real-time protection feature that will monitor the power delivery continuously.
The feature will help in supplying reliable power to the GPUs, which we know can damage the connector when carried over a few pins if the connector is loose. As we can see, the PSU also brings a USB Type-C port, which establishes communication between the motherboard and the PSU for advanced monitoring. Surprisingly, this isn't the first time these PSUs have been talked about. MSI's Afterburner developer, Unwinder, has posted that he received an engineering sample of this PSU in October, 2025, which will be supported in the upcoming MSI Afterburner's "hardware monitoring module".
While he didn't explain what this was all about, he was likely talking about the new MPG Ai TS series. These PSUs will feature dual 12V-2x6 connectors that will be coupled with this real-time protection feature. MSI will showcase these units at CES soon, and this might be the beginning of the end of the connector melting issue, considering that other PSU manufacturers adopt a similar path.
News Sources: Guru3D, @unikoshardware
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