ASUS ROG Equalizer cable reportedly burns despite safety-focused 12V-2×6 design
ROG Equalizer surfaces in first burn report.
© Chiphell ASUS introduced the ROG Equalizer as a safer 12V-2×6 PCIe power cable for high-power graphics cards. The cable was designed to reduce uneven current distribution across the connector and lower GPU power connector temperatures under heavy load.
Now a report from Chiphell, later shared by UNIKO’s Hardware, shows what appears to be a burned ROG Equalizer connector. The post is based on a chat log and does not include full system details, GPU model, PSU model, load conditions, or confirmation from ASUS.
Source: Chiphell Forums (translated)
Safe(er) 12V-2×6 design
ASUS markets the cable as a 600W-rated design with increased wire capacity. The company lists 17A per line compared to 9.2A for conventional cables. ASUS also claims the cable can keep connector temperatures below the 105°C material limit in its own imbalance test. Internally there’s a shared 12V rail between all cables:
Source: Der8auer
Cable hasn’t even been put on sale everywhere yet
The timing is not great for ASUS. The ROG Equalizer is still in a staged rollout and is not available as a standalone product in all regions yet. ASUS says distribution varies by region, while selected ROG Thor III and ROG Strix Platinum power supplies will bundle the cable in select markets starting from Q2 2026.
It’s impossible to show what happened exactly in the report from Chiphell. Either the amperage was exceeded substantially, the failure was on the power supply/GPU side, or it was done intentionally.
ASUS ROG Equalizer is officially priced at $50 in the US.
Source: Uniko’s Hardware
