$5,245 prebuilt RTX 5090 PC's connectors melt after sitting boxed for a year
A customer reported that the power connectors on a $5,245 prebuilt Digital Storm PC equipped with an RTX 5090 melted after the system sat unused in a box for approximately one year. The incident resulted in severe damage to the GPU, power supply, and cabling, prompting the user to seek warranty coverage from both the system builder and the GPU manufacturer. Both Digital Storm and PNY have denied the warranty claims, with the former citing expired coverage and the latter pointing to the use of third-party cables.
- ▪The affected system was a Digital Storm Corsa containing an AMD Ryzen 9 9950X and a PNY Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, purchased for $5,245 in May 2025.
- ▪The user discovered melted and fused power connectors and a damaged 1,000-watt power supply after the PC had been stored for about a year.
- ▪Digital Storm denied the warranty claim because the coverage period had expired by the time the issue was reported in October 2026.
- ▪PNY also refused to cover the damage, attributing the failure to the use of third-party power cables rather than the native GPU cable.
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Desktops Gaming PCs $5,245 prebuilt RTX 5090 PC's connectors melt after sitting boxed for a year — Digital Storm and PNY deny warranty claims over expired coverage and third-party cables News By Andrew E. Freedman Published 3 October 2026 Everyone points at someone else. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. (Image credit: Anthony DeMarco) Copy link Facebook X Whatsapp Reddit Pinterest Flipboard Email Share this article 0 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Newsletter Subscribe to our newsletter When a PC gamer's GPU with a 12VHPWR or 12V-2x6 power connector melts, it's often in a computer they built by hand, and they typically only have one chance at recourse — hoping their GPU is under…
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