End of Year PC Build

I agree. And when it comes to cooling, they are almost the same.

I'm sure you've already seen this, but here goes: Nvidia investigating reports of RTX 4090 power cables burning or melting

I like this part:

"In early September, PCI-SIG — an industry consortium responsible for developing standards around peripheral component I/O data transfers — warned that some implementations of the 12VHPWR connector “have demonstrated thermal variance, which could result in safety issues under certain conditions.” "

Sigh, who knew.

So aside the naming fiasco -that may get fixed -no released true info yet.

There is this:
www.igorslab.de/en/adapter-of-the-gray-analyzed-nvidias-brand-hot-12vhpwr-adapter-with-built-in-breakpoint/

Intel and AMD are not going to be using the 12VHPWR connector for GPU's:
www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-radeon-rx-7000-cards-wont-use-hot-16-pin-power-says-industry-veteran
videocardz.com/newz/amd-radeon-rx-7000-cards-reportedly-not-using-pcie-gen5-12vhpwr-connector

Can I laugh at Nvidia now?

Did you even read the link?
The current 12VHPWR design splits the wattage coming from the four input cables on the two middle prongs ONLY into 75W each. The TWO wires on the ends take the full 150W load.
The trouble comes from sideways bending -thus shunting damage to the 150 Watt load cables -thus damage and fire hazard:

Just to note: That is 150W+75W+75W+75W+75W+150W -NOT Sound engineering.

No set of cables that doesn't REPLACE the connection on the GPU will fix it.
There is no excuse for this but poor engineering or someone was just stupid enough not think this oversight would go un-noticed.

True engineering would have made it an 8x2 pin connection not a 6x2x4. Which would have given even power distribution. Though with it as it is now... the only fix is
Cut it down to THREE input cables instead of four and split it to 200 Watts per cable -that will split to 100 Watts per prong... BUT THAT IS A FIRE HAZARD INITSELF!

This is just yet another 4000 series Faux Pas. Poor engineering is poor engineering. 
My chuckle is rising to a cackle.

Agreed.
Nvidia should have kept the 6/8/12 pin plugs of now instead of this horrid design.
Maybe ATX 3.0 will be good coming from ATX3.0 PSU's but that is a very bad design flaw. 

People will only need to get a 3.0 PSU if using Nvidia 4000 and since they are the only ones using it this time round.
Being proprietary will make those PSU's expensive compared to others. 
A price many may not want to pay just for a GPU... a GPU that will be alone in its market. 

As stated previously AMD and INTEL will not be using it this time round. Also RDNA 3 is now said to rival 4000 series -even the 4090 and they will still be using the 6/8/12 pin connectors. I can't think of many laypersons who will shell out the extra cash for a proprietary PSU when a regular one will do and still get near the same performance. Of course there will be outliers -like yourself.

That would seem to be the root cause.
I may be nitpicking here, but it's not the cables, it's the connectors:

So.....the really weird *Flashy-thing* behaviour with my PC that occurred for months on end, I now know the root of the problem is Logitech's G-Hub software...whenever there is a new version that is downloaded and installed automatically, the behaviour pops up again because (directly from a logitech Rep) there is something funky about the Auto-Install that doesn't play nicely, especially if a Windows Update has recently been added. So I now know the solution is to completely uninstall the auto-dl'd version of G-Hub and then clean the Registry (both of which I used REVO Uninstaller Pro for), then reboot and install a fresh version manually and directly from the website. Fine. Problem solved, easy solution.

But man....it's just a pain in my fluffy white tail to have to do this every. damn. time.

As much as I like my G502 HERO Mouse for Gaming and even just general use.....I'm very tempted to put it away for now and switch to my EVGA X17, which is brand-new and not even out of the packaging yet. Never been touched, still sealed. But I have this nagging feeling of regret because the Hero Mouse itself is still great.

I am curious to know what the X17 Gaming Mouse is like, though.


Thoughts? Opinions?

I thought that might be the case.
I still think it's a bad design, but yeah, that's true.

Otherwise: completely agree.

I'd say "I hear you" but I'm not actually hearing anything today, and rarely do in the best of times.      I see both your points, but the difficulty with #1 is that I also use G-HUB for the 7.1 Headset I have, so I can't really block and delete it.  If I didn't have other peripherals that used it, I might do that.....But for now I will use the G 502 Hero and when I truly have had enough of its shinanigans...then I will switch to the X17.  After all there is no point in having it if I don't use it at least once to see what it is like.

And I agree with your point about hardware vs software.

Thanks for the input.

Even Razer is infamously known for their crappy software. EVGA mice also "feel" quite cheap according to the owners.

I guess the hunt for the perfect gaming mouse continues.

It is a bad design. 
They should have planned for this.
Instead they feigned ignorance.
They deserve their bed of nails.

Rule #1 when dealing with Logitech:
Beware the unmitigated unmaintained software zoo.

For mice with software it is another matter where simplicity is often forsaken.
I see this in the case of Razer and Logicrap mice -software especially.
Too many bells and whistles... 

How does this software look to you:

No contest to me the winner here.

The software is supreme to anything I have tried from Logicrap and Razer.
Is the mouse better?
Eh. That is debatable.
But 7200 DPI for sniping is a nice offset.

In software simplicity vs complexity -I will take simplicity every time.