Kindly find a new picture with a new cable connection diagram, please. with an adapter? Which cable do I use in order to run the gtx295 card, can I connect the 6pin from the gpu card to the 8pin port on the psu? I have seen that most Gigabyte graphics cards support both legacy and UEFO BIOS and can run on older motherboards comfortably. the card needs 300w. What PSU do you have (brand and model)? Is my PSU out of date? Also, these budget PSUs are … And i just received a xfx radeon rx 580 black edition. It has 2x 8-pin ports out but the existing 8-pin connectors at the PSU only have 6 wires each, leading to one 6-pin and one 6+2 pin connector on the GTX 260, which has 2 x 6-pin ports. I have 2 SATA hard drives and USB ports it runs nothing else thoughts? I’ve took the side off as you suggested and it is a 500w. I have an HP Z820 workstation with the 1125 watt power supply. Maybe the issue is with the BIOS. One thing you can do is buy a dual 4-pin molex to single 6-pin PCI-e adapter (not 8+2 pin). many tell you , FAIL. I just wanted to make sure the 75W/150W ratings for 6pin/8pin won’t be limiting if I use the adapter to convert the 6pin to an 8 pin for the card. If I power down the PC & restart it then I will have an image. It's just an 8 pin version of the 6 Pin PCI Express power cable. I have an HP 850-150qe desktop that came with a 500w PSU and a NVIDIA GeForce 960 2Gb graphics card (with 6 pin power connector). Hello! I noticed that I can click the 6+2 togheter in order to get an 8 pin cable. I am still new to build a computer so apologies if you already answer that question. Ok. Seen several videos and explanations about this being possible (besides the ‘living’ proof of my friend for over 3 years) but I can’t get mine one. There are only two 8-pin PCIe connectors which can be modified as 6-pin PCIe connectors. From the first original cable, I connected the first 6-pin to the first connector on the original card, and the second to the connector in the same position on the ‘new’ card. I actually removed the limits in the bios tbh , New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the overclocking community. not covered here but on topic are those AUX pins. 96. I have an RTX 3080 and my power supply is a corsair RM750x. I wish to add a second RTX2070 (foolish perhaps), and will therefore need an additional 8 pin connector. Yes it could be due to a faulty PCIe cable. What power supply and graphics card do you have? Adapters OR new PSU? Can this cause an issue? Hi, I have quite old but decent dell t5500 with to xeons and 60gb onboard, but still the psu (which is 875W) has a lot of reserve power, so I decided to install an ASUS RTX 2060 gpu wchich has tdp 200W and needs 8pin plug. If SATA to 6 pin is the best I’d be able to use, what’s the best 6 pin graphics card that will fit in a microATX board? It’s a Power Man IP-S350CQ2-0 350W 20 + 4Pin 4Pin 12V 6Pin PCIe Continuous Power Supply. Also, it will go well with your system. the power connector on the gpu is a 8-pin pci-e connector and while my psu has a 6 and 2 pcie connector it still doesnt help me… because i know that the 6 Pin PCie Cable from the PSU can carry more than the 75 Watts that most people think it can only carry, what i Dont Now is that the 6 Pin to 8 Pin Adapter can carry more than 75 watts? I’m looking to get an RTX 2080 Super card to go into my existing rig (i7-6700K CPU, 16Gb RAM), however my PSU – a Seasonic S12 600W (“SS-600HT Active PFC F3”) bought around 2007 / 2008 – has no 8-Pin PCI-E connector (probably because the PSU pre-dates the 8-Pin spec). Is it doable with the PSU I have? Thank you for confirming. Actually, the video card has been running like that for some time, that is with the 6 pin power line frome the PSU into the 8 pin power connector on the video card. My first priority is to be able to get a signal to the monitor, and I am unsure if only using 8 pin will cause no signal. For example, an 18 AWG wire can handle up to 10A of current and beyond that it will melt down. will the power of using the 6 to 8 pin adapter be equal to a psu with a provided 8 pin? My PSU DPS500XB A only has 6pin and 12 pin sockets (i think they’re EPS not PCIE). Well, a single 6-pin to 8-pin PCIe connector can work in this case. Here I am going to discuss the graphics card power requirements and its PCI-E power connectors. Just leave it hanging? I did not get you completely. The 2-pin is at the bottom, and seems to fit only one way. I think it will work. I have a bit of an odd PSU, a Dell with only a single 8-pin port (is that the word?) I see that the 8-pin lead can fit the 6-pin input with two unused posts unused on the end. (Unrelated to gpu but related to psu) 2 x 8 pin (6+2) PCIe (3) 4 x 8 pin (6+2) PCIe (6) SATA Power Connector. I appreciate you taking the time to respond! I think a 6-pin to 8-pin PCIe adapter can work in your case. Okay. A dual 4-pin molex to 6-pin PCIe connector can provide more than 75W power. Max combined wattage 600w, can i use 6+2 pin on that grafic card i just got it and my power suply have it so i dont need to buy 6+6. Hello. Still don’t know if it’s safe or not uing one output of 8pin to go with one adapter to (6+2)+(8). i have a 600w PSU, it comes with the case. I read that a 6 pin connector is rated for 75 watts, and an 8 pin is rated for 150 watts. Also, I think you can use dual 4-pin to 8-pin connector for CPU power. If is better to have adequate power available rather than lack of it, because lack of power can damage the component. If you are short on Molex connectors then you can use this converter cable or adapter. The PSU is coming with 6+2 cables but not with 6+8. Thank you for the appreciation and you are most welcome. I think it is better to use dual 6-pin to 8-pin PCIe connector to be worry-free. I want to physically disconnect GPU power for energy saving reason. What do you think about this PSU? What exactly do you want to do? akshat, please help. Quite possible. =D. More Buying Choices $6.49 (2 used & new offers) Monoprice 108494 SATA 8-Inch 15-Pin to 6-Pin PCI Express Card Power Cable, Black. | 4. My question is if I can use a 6-Pin to 8-Pin PCI-E Adapter Cable to connect between my PSU 6 pin output and the motherboard 8 pin EATX 12v, please. Hi Akshat Velma, I’ve decided to go with a MSI Nvidia GForce GTX 1080 Overclocked Edition and was wondering do I still need the Corsair RM 650 80 plus or do I need something less powerful? Just asking now for curiosity would doing this cause any damage? I highly appreciate your any advice. So, i should, in teory use one adaptar from (8) to 2x (6+2). Here are the various connectors through which graphics cards get their power. Well, for molex only the 12V pin and ground pins are used for 8-pin PCIe connector. i want to know if my performance wil be reduced. I have seen cheaper ones on eBay. Are you getting the EVGA 650 G3 PSU? A 6-pin/8-pin PCIe connector comes with three 12V wires. If it has an 8pin (6+2) PCIe connector then you can use it for your card. The power supply has a 4+4 CPU plug and what I believe are 4 different 6+2 PCIe plugs. For one 8-pin connector, you can use a dual 6-pin to 8-pin adapter cable and for other I would suggest using a dual Molex (4-pin) to 8-pin adapter cable. Answer: 0 molex connectors . Leave the other one as it is. Most modern desktop personal computer power … Am I maybe misunderstanding the limitations? im not planning on overclocking 3080 as i know its on the border (75w from pci slot, 150w from 8pin connector and 75W+ from 6-8pin connector). My question is about the converter, will the converted 6 pin deliver 75w, or more. 1x CPU 8-pin cable . Ground +12 SATA to 8-Pin PCI-E Adapter Cable – If your graphics card has an 8-pin connector but your power supply has neither 6-pin or 8-pin connectors then you can use this SATA to 8-Pin converter cable to power your graphics card. Would it be safe to get the 2nd required 8 PIN by sacrificing two SATA power cables? One 8 to 8 and one 8 to 6 to complete each GPU. No, never mix different connectors together or you will end up damaging your card. What is the best solution in this case? What is the best cable for not losing the power while converting into 8 pins? Not like there’d be 300W available at the dual end, right? Can a 6 pin to give 300 watts while it has as export 2 8 pins ? You can easily tell the difference, 4x Yellow wires = this one, 3x Yellow wires = PCI-E. ATX 4+4 Pin (4x 12v, 4x Gnd) Motherboard Extra CPU Power . I have a Corsair 600 watt power supply which I feel should be enough. Hello, I am going to answer your questions one by one as there are many. Yes, get the dual molex 4-pin to 8-pin connector too for future upgrades. Which PSU and graphics card (brand and model)? How do you set up dual GPUs like the 980 / 1080 Ti’s without running into those issues? Can a single 15 pin SATA cable provide enough power for 8 pin PCIe or is a 6 pin like this: https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Sata15-Express-Graphics-Adapter/dp/B01EUSZ0BQ/ the best I’d be able to use? Get it as soon as Tue, Feb 23. I have seen that the RX 580 takes about 225w max and I don’t intend overclocking it so it should be at 185w max and judging from what u said, I should get; 75+75+75=225w. My PSU: https://www.overclock3d.net/reviews/power_supply/thermaltake_toughpower_xt_775w_psu_review/1. Hello, You cannot use a single 6-pin connector directly in a 8-pin connector. and 4 pin Technically even without upgrading 230w power supply to 330W everything should be fine. This is what i found in the manual. I thought of using a 6 pin 6 pin from there and then a 6 pin – 2 6+2 to power both the riser and that extra slot. I bought a GutsParker Dual 6-Pin Female to 8-Pin Male. EVGA 600 BR which is an affordable 80+ Bronze 600W PSU. It seemed that there was only one way to do it. which connector I’d use ? Hello Akshat, Can it be the connectors that came in with the GPU that fail? So if you say to use 8pin to 8pin, from one output of power supply… The 6pin left on GPU should come from another output or from the same that 8pin came but with one adapter for 8pin to 2×6+2pin.? I think you can increase the limit but I would not suggest increasing the power limit as it can lead to higher temperatures and will ultimately lead to throttling. My son bought me a RX-570 for my Lenovo 720. Thanks. What power supply do you have? Could you please help me understand more. I’m setting a mining rig and some friends have rx5700xt working on one 8 pin connector. https://www.overclock.net/forum/31-power-supplies/1536526-1050w-psu-does-not-handle-amdr9290-delta-electronics-dps-1050cb.html, Ground +12 It’s 225W. But hard to tell if that means only for two cards at 150W TDP or a single card with 300W TDP. and point 3? I think that the confidence you gave me that the parts where right and would work did it:-). At 7A per line that's 336W, at 8A it's 384W. Would that mean they will only carry 75W as per your chart? Dual molex is a good choice but as i said previously also that 6-pin to 8-pin adapter can work too. Can you now reply in my questions of you are not busy ? Well, the founders RTX 3070 does require only an 8-pin PCIe connector but I will still recommend a higher wattage power supply for it which here would be 330W. Thanks for the confirmation! So if these are to be believed the 6 pins can draw quite a bit more than the stated 75W. and i also order a normal Single 6 Pin to 8 Pin cable if the the Dual does not work. If the power supply has sufficient rating, even 10A per line is normal because a molex connector is rated for 13A per contact. 1/2 6 pin to 8 pin ? What I am wanting to make clear is whether or not I can go directly from the 6 pin from the GPU to the PSY, or will I have to get the 6 to 8 pin converter ? Hi Akshat! Can you please explain it clearly. Which of these choises is the best & safe ? The PSU has two connections labeled gpu Where you connect two separate modular cables. Hello, awesome post here, gratz on that! Best of luck to you with your Blog. 6 x MSI GTX 1070ti Gaming 8Gb This is my understanding. So you think the 2 molex is safe to pull 150w through? i installed the new graphics card (2080ti trio) the old one was a 2070. the computer no longer boots. So I’ve decided to go with an Nvidia GTX 1070 which consumes 150 watts but has an 8 pin connector on it. An ATX power supply provides a number of peripheral power connectors and (in modern systems) two connectors for the motherboard: an 8-pin (or 4+4-pin) auxiliary connector providing additional power to the CPU and a main 24-pin power supply connector, an extension of the original 20-pin version. What would you recommend I need? Max total Board Power draw: 193W. Should I use the molex adapter to add more power to the graphic card? Some manufacturers give extra PCIe connectors to provide more stability during overclocking and to put less strain on the motherboard’s PCIe x16 slot. But with this new RX580 GPU, I can’t fit anything in the plug – have there been updates to the square/rounded pins over the past few years? so what do you think about this 2 adapters for this specific situation? Can’t do it very well but was fun researching possibilities. – My graphic card is this one: https://tinyurl.com/y94t2rca 99. Also, this card supports Legacy BIOS which is mentioned on its official website page. Have 800w power supply to rx Vega 56. My gpu is different than the build tutorial I used so I wasn’t sure if I did something wrong as I had to leave two prongs off of the second 8 piece connector to fit into the 6. If not, what is the best adapter ? My new mobo has an 8 pin cpu power port but I have two 4 pins, is it ok to use an 8 pin adapter and plug my two 4 pins into this adapter? FREE Shipping on orders over $25 shipped by Amazon. While we need to have 12v stable so that the dual molex to feed enough the gpu at max 375 watts. If I buy a Modular Power Supply that comes with original cables (6)+(8) that means the power supply and the cables are ready for it. I have the original PSU 475W 2. I think 50MHz increase using the built-in switch would be fine, but don,t overclock it manually by yourself. The cables that it came for the GPU is an 8 pin to 8 pin with the extension of the 6 pin attached. I have not found a prefabricated 3-1 however Hello Again Akshat, The sleep issue is mostly related to OS. The technician told me I need both a gpu and a motherboard! Thank you mate! From CPU we have 2×8 pin socket which is completely required for 1 RTX GPU. 500w Cooler Master PSU. If not second option is 3070 as according to nvidia website it will have 1x 8 pin connector on card and needs only 230W. I’m using a MSI 970 Gaming motherboard with a Phenom II 970 Black Edition cpu. At worst, the card will not be able to power up, but i am pretty sure it will work without any issues. The 6-pin from the PSU is only rated for 75W, while the 8-pin from the PSU could pull as much as 150W? Will i get the wattage of x16 (75watts) even though it operating at x8?? Thank you for all your great work…. My question is can I buy an adaptor and connect it straight from my 6 pin PSU port into my 8 pin video card port? Thanks for the NVlink info. Thank you. Well now i just have to buy the Rtx 2060 that is the most difficult part..ahahah. Hi there, Gigabyte Technology Aorus GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Xtreme graphics card Well, a lot of questions here and i will try to address each one of them afterwards as i am running a bit busy now. I have an old Corsair VX450W which only has a 6 pin connector. Is the same for all psu or each psu has its own amps in 12v of molex for example a psu may have 8 amps in the 12v of molex as result this will have 96watts for its molex while other psu will have other wattage for its own molex & for reason to be justificed that general the psu are different total watts because in each port (molex, sata, pci-e pin 6, pci-e pin 8, 24pin mb, 8pin cpu, 4pin cpu) has different amps (in other words difference max wattage) or in all situations of the above ports the amps are SAME & for this reason we say that the 8pin (pci-e) has stable max 150 wattage ? I guess I can find a 450+W PSU that could fit in the case, and has all of the power connectors that can run the other components (4 SATA connectors), AND has a 6-pin or 4-pin that can run the GPU. your question :How many Molex and SATA connectors does your PSU have? A dual 8-pin cable coming out of the PSU may supply more than 150W depending on the PSU configuration or model. A few more messages from the BIOS appear with the PCI. What would be the consequences if it didn’t work? I also found a cable that has an 8-pin PSU end going to 2 x 8-pin pcie ends that is listed okay for my PSU, but that would be drawing all power from only one of the ports of the PSU. So I bought an EVGA Geforce 6gb 1060 to replace my GeForce 750ti only to find out I don’t have an 8 pin connector. What do you think about this setup? Ok, can you leave a link or two for what you would recomend please? Can’t really say but it could be for fans, light, stability or for other components too. Then it has another one which is bundled up with the atx 24 pin. can i just connect the two and use it, or how do i proceed from here..? I've tried to perform a search for an "Atx 12v 8-pin), but I end up with a 4x4 pin which does not have the same pin connectors (see image) I also noticed that on the newer power supplies state "12v version 2.3). I put the 6pin PCI plus the 2-pin (which had been dangling, unconnected) into the 8-pin of the 2060. To check, try running the card in another PC. I strongly think you need a better PSU for the RX 5700. Corsair Vengeance LPX Black ( 32GB, DDR4-3200, DIMM 288) x 2 memories after restoring the old card it just restarts. You can see that in the post itself. Hello Akshat – My Dell Precision T5610 has an 850 watt power supply. Officially, they require 600W PSU but they may work on 500W PSU also, if you don’t overclock them and you have a system that is overloaded with components. And im trying to swap the graphics card to a msi 2080 super by nvidia do you think i have enough watts i really would hate to upgrade for 50 watts lol, Thanks so much i know i got to updgrade to a 16gn ram but i think the 8 will be alright for another 2 weeks till i get paid i hope lol. I have a GeForce 2080 overclockable GPU from ASUS. Also, it is … Old GTX670 card had 8+8. Yes you do need to connect the 6-pin connector for card to work properly. More importantly, I got a dual 6 pin to 8 pin connector. I suggest you to get a better budget PSU like Corsair CX550 or EVGA 550 B5. What are the concerns with a 3x SATA 162w – 150w 8-pin ? No tests from the technician to the PSU or the memory though…. It does have two 6-Pin PCI-E connectors and 9 Molex connectors. Sorry I have tried to look on the internet but couldnt find the answer. I have small form factor Asus G20Ci, model with I7 7700, 32bg ram, gtx 1080 turbo. Thank you for the inputs mate. I believe to answer in my all questions one by one so that to not have more queries. They do look similar except for pins 3,and 7. Is it better and safe to use a cable adapter? Also, would using the dual 4-pin molex to 8-pin adapter provide more power than 75w? My PSU can power it, but how to proceed risk free? I got 2 six pin power connectors. What connections from PSU do I use for graphics card 8 pin. Will this be ok? 3) A 6 pin PCIe connector can provide up to 6.25A? Press J to jump to the feed. You can check the complete pin-out specs for molex and SATA at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molex_connector and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA. Even at a very modest 8 amps per pin pair that is still 288 watts. Thanks in advance, Akshat. OK, last question what will be Power difference between these two? I have a Dell Precision T5610 workstation. I power each graphics card with that including two pcie cables for the one six-pin and one eight-pin connection on each graphics card. 2. Hello, How does it run the 1060 though hmm? As I scour the internet and find a nice clear article, it is yours! Lastly I found a place that makes custom cables for OCZ PSU’s here: I’m considering to buy a new video card (RTX 3060) which requires 2 x 8 pin power connectors. Thanks Akshat, you are extremely helpful! The 6-pin is at the top of the 8-pin, thumb-depressor thing away from the CPU. Update the BIOS if there is any new update available. on those PCs unplug the GPU card. (exact models).

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