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Some online services have lenient password complexity policies, allowing users to create weak passwords easily. This poses a security risk: Reduced Security: Weak password complexity policies make it easier for attackers to guess passwords or use dictionary attacks. False Sense of Security: Users may perceive their accounts as more secure than they actually are when allowed to create weak passwords. To overcome this challenge, organizations should enforce strong password complexity policies that require users to create passwords with a blend of upper and lower case cultivations, numbers, and special characters. Additionally, they can encourage the use of multi-factor validation (MFA) for an added layer of security. Lack of User Education Many users lack awareness of password security best practices, leading to suboptimal password choices: Weak Password Creation: Users may not understand the importance of strong passwords or how to create them. Limited Awareness of Risks: ...
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Images would point to a new twelve-pin PCIe connector capable of delivering 600 W

Current rumors about graphics cards suggest that the next generation could arrive with wattages of 450-500 W, or even more. Of course, practically doubling or tripling the performance of the current 6900 XT and RTX 3090. Believe it or not, that would not be possible without a new power connector on the graphics cards or it would require four or five eight-pin PCIe connectors to power them . That is why I was curious that in the news of a few days ago the "RTX 3090 Ti" reference was made to a new PCIe 5 power connector . Now others come to delve into that rumor.

The connector would be twelve pins, similar to the current ones, but it could deliver up to 600 W on its own, plus the 75 W provided by the PCIe slot on the motherboard. That's 675 W of headroom to power a new generation of graphics cards, which in the midst of a months-long energy crisis seems like a joke. Those supposed graphics cards from AMD and NVIDIA would make up teams that would easily consume 700-800 W, considering that one with a 350 W RTX 3090 can already consume 550 W without problems. many things connected, even more. You would not want to be around in the summer of a device that puts out 800 W without good air conditioning.

The information and images that you see below of this supposed connector come from Igor's LAB , so it would give it some credibility. Nor would I be surprised if it existed because it is not normal that in the best RTX 3090 and RX 6900 XT you have to put three connectors, with the space that that occupies and how absurd it is in the middle of 2021. If PCIe 5.0 brings a new connector that simplifies the food, welcome. But you also have to revenue into account that because it can deliver 600 W it does not "confirm" the rumors of 500 W graphics cards, even 600 W has been said. I'd like to see the cooling of those 500W graphics cards.

The size of the pins would be somewhat smaller, spaced at 3mm instead of 4.2mm. Each pin of current would carry up to 9.2 A for a total of about 55 A, which at 12V would be about 660 W. Taking into account a safety margin, it would be that it can safely deliver about 600 W. The retainer of this The connector would also have a similar design and should withstand at least a 45 N force, which is not much, everything is said, but to prevent it from being removed by chance. Below the main pins there would be four contacts for other signals.

There is a manufacturer of cables that seems to have already added a model to their website with the aforementioned characteristics. As Alder Lake and PCIe 5.0 motherboards are very close, you won't have to wait long to find out if this information is true or not. On the one hand, it can be because a change of connector is also necessary. But on the other, what is looming in consumption in the upper part of the graphics card sector can be terrible.

 

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