MSI GeForce RTX 5060 Cyclone OC 8G

Specifications

Length

161mm

Thickness

42mm

Slots

2-slot

TDP

145W

Power connectors

1× 8-pin

VRAM

8GB

Vendor

NVIDIA

Architecture

BLACKWELL

What a buyer needs to know

~$350. 161mm × 42mm, 2-slot, 145W, one 8-pin — the 42mm thickness is what gets it into a 43mm-clearance case where the (shorter!) Inspire ITX cannot go. 8GB. THE NVIDIA CEC TAX: +$48.56 and a USB port. HDMI-CEC is what makes the box feel like a console (TV turns on with it, one remote, correct input). On AMD it costs ~$18 — CEC tunnelling over DisplayPort AUX is implemented in `amdgpu`, so an active DP→HDMI adapter from the kernel's known-good list (CableCreation CD0712, Club3D CAC-1080, HP 2JA63AA) gets you there. NVIDIA's open kernel modules contain ZERO CEC symbols, so no adapter works and you must buy the Pulse-Eight USB-CEC adapter ($48.56). Budget it. WHERE NVIDIA GENUINELY WINS ON A TV: HDMI 2.1. AMD's HDMI 2.1 FRL only merged for kernel 7.2 and ships DISABLED by default; Bazzite is still on 7.1. NVIDIA's driver has driven HDMI 2.1 for years. For a device that plugs into a TV over HDMI, that is the opposite of the conventional wisdom and it is worth knowing.

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