remmeber the EVGA PowerLink? now you can claim one free* - shipping taxes will apply

[zMeul]

source: http://www.evga.com/articles/01058/evga-powerlink-promotion/

 

yes, after couple of months since it's reveal with nVidia's 10 series GPUs, the PowerLink is now available

 

 

the offer is available with every EVGA 10 series purchase: GTX1080, GTX1070 and GTX1060

 

 

more details about the product, here: http://www.evga.com/articles/01051/evga-powerlink/

[Techicolors]

neat! i have a 1070 SC, think this'll look pretty okay with the card and EVGA PSU! 

[potoooooooo]

I'll wait until someone makes a generic one that works with all gpus

[done12many2]

 

2 hours ago, Technicolors said:

neat! i have a 1070 SC, think this'll look pretty okay with the card and EVGA PSU! 

 

Agreed.

 

 

[AHaskin14]

I'll be getting one! Figure it will look nice in my mini-itx.

[Derangel]

41 minutes ago, potoooooooo said:

I'll wait until someone makes a generic one that works with all gpus

There's no reason it wouldn't. You can move the connectors around and even remove any you don't need. It also ships with a six pin if you need one instead of a single or dual eight pins. All it does is move the power connectors from the top of the card to the back of it. There isn't anything EVGA specific to it.

[zMeul]

50 minutes ago, potoooooooo said:

I'll wait until someone makes a generic one that works with all gpus

it works on any video card that has flushed connectors (against the radiator) - the spacing between the PCIe 6/8 pin connectors can be adjusted

 

[potoooooooo]

23 minutes ago, Derangel said:

There's no reason it wouldn't. You can move the connectors around and even remove any you don't need. It also ships with a six pin if you need one instead of a single or dual eight pins. All it does is move the power connectors from the top of the card to the back of it. There isn't anything EVGA specific to it.

Except for the EVGA logo and the inherent markup. They want a lot of money for this, and the EVGA store has awful shipping costs

[Rune]

Sexy. I'll take one.

[done12many2]

1 minute ago, Rune said:

Sexy. I'll take one.

 

Unrelated, but can you help this guy out in this thread?  Micro Center return type stuff.

 

 

[Cheddle]

shhii I hope they ship globally

 

[mosin40]

5 minutes ago, Cheddle said:

shhii I hope they ship globally

 

Hahaha, imagine paying the shipping, probably will cost more than actual product 

[Suika]

Tempting to snag one, but don't know if I need to add another massive EVGA logo to the inside of my case. 

[79wjd]

Any idea how much it will cost (/how much the tax will be)?

[DrMikeNZ]

1 hour ago, mosin40 said:

Hahaha, imagine paying the shipping, probably will cost more than actual produc

I placed my request in, no idea of shipping and tax cost yet.

Quote

EVGA has received your request for Get your FREE* EVGA PowerLink™!.

 

You will receive an email notification when your request is approved with more details on how to pay for shipping.

It does seem a bit dodgy not quoting cost at the start of the request process.

 

It can't imagine that it would be any worse than HTC had for the Vive shipping to NZ, $825.22 USD, + $989.08 for shipping, handling with tax ($1814.30 USD total).

[Derangel]

1 hour ago, djdwosk97 said:

Any idea how much it will cost (/how much the tax will be)?

$29.99. Tax will depend on where you live. They mentioned what the price of the thing will be on the forums.

[zMeul]

1 hour ago, djdwosk97 said:

Any idea how much it will cost (/how much the tax will be)?

the price for the PowerLink alone is 30$, as for the shipping costs ... I haven't made business with EVGA

 

go on EVGA's shop, add something light in the basket and see how much shipping will add

[79wjd]

16 minutes ago, zMeul said:

the price for the PowerLink alone is 30$, as for the shipping costs ... I haven't made business with EVGA

 

go on EVGA's shop, add something light in the basket and see how much shipping will add

$23 shipping. 

 

I was going to ask someone who got a 10 series card to send me their free one if they didn't want it (I'd pay tax+shipping of course), but not for that kind of money. fuck that. 

[zMeul]

Just now, djdwosk97 said:

$23 shipping. 

 

I was going to ask someone who got a 10 series card to send me their free one if they didn't want it (I'd pay tax+shipping of course), but not for that kind of money. fuck that. 

from what I recall, EVGA has some oddities with shipping - they insure every product they ship

[79wjd]

Just now, zMeul said:

from what I recall, EVGA has some oddities with shipping - they insure every product they ship

Regardless of the reasoning, $25 to get a "free" aesthetic item is a bit steep. 

[done12many2]

On 10/3/2016 at 10:42 PM, djdwosk97 said:

$23 shipping. 

 

I was going to ask someone who got a 10 series card to send me their free one if they didn't want it (I'd pay tax+shipping of course), but not for that kind of money. fuck that. 

 

On 10/3/2016 at 10:45 PM, djdwosk97 said:

Regardless of the reasoning, $25 to get a "free" aesthetic item is a bit steep. 

 

 

They arrived today.  Total was $14.99 for both shipped.  Not sure where the $23/$25 numbers came from.

 

 

 

[Misanthrope]

US and Canada only so, dear EVGA:

 

[You_are_a_cunt]

On 10/3/2016 at 11:45 PM, potoooooooo said:

I'll wait until someone makes a generic one that works with all gpus

It's adjustable, so it does work witl all GPUs. At least on the nVidia side. JayzTwoCents reviewed it a couple days ago IIRC

[DrMikeNZ]

49 minutes ago, Misanthrope said:

US and Canada only so, dear EVGA:

It was available to other countries as well.

I live in NZ, and it said shipping cost was $15.

I requested the powerlink on 03/10/16, and they approved the request on 04/11/16, and they acknowledged receipt of payment on 05/11/16. The status still shows as this though:

Quote

We have received payment for the shipping cost of your PowerLink™(s).
Please allow 1 - 3 business days to ship out your PowerLink™(s).
Please check back later for tracking information.

I am going to give them the benefit of the doubt that the delays are just as they are trying to find where I live as we have moved our country a couple of meters recently.

 

23 minutes ago, revsilverspine said:

It's adjustable, so it does work witl all GPUs. At least on the nVidia side. JayzTwoCents reviewed it a couple days ago IIRC

Not all GPU's orientate the power connectors in the same direction, although the connectors can be moved left/right and swapped out for one or two 6 or 8 pins they cannot be rotated 180°. Also, some GPU's have the power connectors recessed into the card a little. Because of this not all Nvidia cards are compatible. Reference and EVGA cards are compatible, and it can be used with some others but there are no guarantees.

[You_are_a_cunt]

22 minutes ago, DrMikeNZ said:

Not all GPU's orientate the power connectors in the same direction, although the connectors can be moved left/right and swapped out for one or two 6 or 8 pins they cannot be rotated 180°. Also, some GPU's have the power connectors recessed into the card a little. Because of this not all Nvidia cards are compatible. Reference and EVGA cards are compatible, and it can be used with some others but there are no guarantees.

As far as I'm aware, the connector orientation differs from AMD to nVidia. From what I've seen in JayzTwoCents' video, the connectors are fairly long and should be good even for cards where the connectors are recessed.

 

Tbh, it's kind of a pointless thing to even use, not to mention manufacture. It's bulky, ugly and, honestly, just another potential point of failure