Connectors melt on $5,245 prebuilt RTX 5090 PC after a year boxed

A Digital Storm Corsa buyer's RTX 5090 from PNY suffered melted 12VHPWR cables after the PC sat boxed for a year. Digital Storm denied the claim due to an expired parts warranty, while PNY blamed the builder's third-party cables.

• $5,245 Digital Storm Corsa with Ryzen 9 9950X and PNY RTX 5090
• 12VHPWR cables melted and fused to both PSU and GPU
• Digital Storm denied claim: one-year parts warranty expired
• PNY denied RMA: third-party builder cables not covered