Linus recommends avoiding unnecessary cosmetic adapters on high power connectors as they may pose a melting hazard.

“whatever connectors you're using though I would advise you to avoid unnecessary cosmetic adapters on your high power connectors they might improve at some point but I'm pretty tired of hearing stories about these things melting”

Reliability and a quiet, stable system are more important than owning the highest-end bleeding-edge hardware.

“I don't want the crazy high-end because I want it to be quiet and reliable and not like insane in any particular direction.”