Thermal Grizzly “fixes” 12VHWR with its WireView PRO II connector

Thermal Grizzly makes 16-pin 12VHPWR/12V-2×6 connectors safer with its WireView PRO II monitoring tool

One of the most interesting products at Thermal Grizzly’s Computex booth, aside from their “der8enchtable” test bench, is their new WireView PRO II GPU power monitoring tool. This tool delivers data analytics for users of 16-pin 12VHPWR and 12V-2×6 power connectors.

With this new incarnation, Thermal Grizzly has delivered some welcome upgrades to their popular 16-pin power adapter. For starters, they have replaced the original OLED screen with a larger LCD. This allows more data to be showcased. Furthermore, the new model also features a small fan for cooling. The original WireView could run hot, especially when used with liquid-cooled GPUs, due to a lack of airflow. This added fan cools the device down.

Current sensing for all power pins

Another neat upgrade is the WireView PRO II’s ability to measure the current of each power pin on a 16-pin GPU power connector. This allows users to see if power is distributed evenly across their cable, a helpful safety measure.

The WireView Pro II has an automatic system shutdown feature

This is the most useful feature of Thermal Grizzly’s new 16-pin cable monitoring tool. It can be connected to your PC’s power button using a splitter cable and automatically shut down your PC if major issues are detected. This will prevent your GPU or power cables from burning, as it will detect dangerously uneven power delivery before heat can build up.

Thermal Grizzly’s new PowerView model isn’t ready to launch yet. We have been told that the release of this tool is still a few months away. Even so, this is a tool that is worth waiting for if you care about 16-pin power safety. That said, the fact that such tools need to exist is a clear sign that the 16-pin power standard has problems.

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