Cooler master gpu shield adapter cable unboxing (359 rmb ~= 53 usd)
Sharing since I have not seen people discussing this in English so far. It came out in china about three weeks ago and I just got it in taiwan.
Im sure youre all familiar with what it does if youve watched any computex 2026 cooler master sponsored youtubers but basically it flashes red and then buzz and then cuts the power if the amp gets too high. The specific numbers are on the manual.
I can’t test it right now because my pny screeching gpu is in the warranty and only have a 5080 so I probably can’t test it properly either.
If you read the manual it says 1 year warranty but that’s just for this adapter itself. What we all care about is the warranty for the gpu it’s protecting. This is where this thing diverges from thermal grizzly’s solution vastly: it covers 3 years of full compensation of the damaged gpu if the gpu connector melts but this chinese release only covers gpus bought in MAINLAND china AND you must provide a legal invoice and they will compensate based on the price listed on your provided invoice.
I live in taiwan and I bought my gpu in taiwan too so I won’t have any of that coverage but mainly I guess I bought this purely for the peace of mind. What’s interesting is this regional insurance policy.
Thermal grizzly’s insurance is global afaik. I wonder if this is just for the Chinese release or what I more likely to believe is that this thing straight up is never releasing globally.
Also one more thing that makes me almost facepalm irl is that they put these velcro pads in the packaging which I guess means they suggest us mounting it with them? Is drilling a couple more screw holes that hard for them???