Hi!
English isn't my native language so bare with me...
I'm building my new rig, 5 years since last build. Got a lot of help choosing parts from you guys here at the forums. After I installed everything and booted up, fans started but no image on screen and I realized, after some reading, that my GPUs wasn't correctly plugged in. The GTX580 needs a lot of juice but I find the manual lacking in explaining how to plug them in...or maybe I'm just daft. After reading some reviews and forum posts I got a little nervous since one guy followed what he thought was the correct way to plug in the card and got a card giving of smoke...not good.
I've read posts where people say you don't need to use the adapter cable 2->1 and other posts saying your card won't perform optimal without it or even work properly. I sure don't want to fry my cards so I'm really looking for some help and pointers here!
Here are some pictures of what I have and what it looks like. I would really appreciate some instructions on how to connect my cards and what cables to use!
Info in GPU-manual:
Included adapter-cable: (one for each GPU)
PSU_Connections:
Included cables that comes with the PSU: (got two of these)
GPUs with cables I connected at first:
Full spec of components:
PCPartPicker part list (Link includes most of the parts)
CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 EATX LGA2011 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Video Card: Gainward GeForce GTX 580 - 1536MB "Phantom"
Video Card: Gainward GeForce GTX 580 - 1536MB "Phantom"
Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 (Black Pearl) ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
Thanks in advance!
English isn't my native language so bare with me...
I'm building my new rig, 5 years since last build. Got a lot of help choosing parts from you guys here at the forums. After I installed everything and booted up, fans started but no image on screen and I realized, after some reading, that my GPUs wasn't correctly plugged in. The GTX580 needs a lot of juice but I find the manual lacking in explaining how to plug them in...or maybe I'm just daft. After reading some reviews and forum posts I got a little nervous since one guy followed what he thought was the correct way to plug in the card and got a card giving of smoke...not good.
I've read posts where people say you don't need to use the adapter cable 2->1 and other posts saying your card won't perform optimal without it or even work properly. I sure don't want to fry my cards so I'm really looking for some help and pointers here!
Here are some pictures of what I have and what it looks like. I would really appreciate some instructions on how to connect my cards and what cables to use!
Info in GPU-manual:
Included adapter-cable: (one for each GPU)
PSU_Connections:
Included cables that comes with the PSU: (got two of these)
GPUs with cables I connected at first:
Full spec of components:
PCPartPicker part list (Link includes most of the parts)
CPU: Intel Core i7-3930K 3.2GHz 6-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14 SE2011 CPU Cooler
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-X79-UD5 EATX LGA2011 Motherboard
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Memory: G.Skill Ares Series 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Samsung 840 Pro Series 512GB 2.5" Solid State Disk
Video Card: Gainward GeForce GTX 580 - 1536MB "Phantom"
Video Card: Gainward GeForce GTX 580 - 1536MB "Phantom"
Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 (Black Pearl) ATX Full Tower Case
Power Supply: Cooler Master Silent Pro Gold 1200W 80 PLUS Gold Certified ATX12V / EPS12V Power Supply
Thanks in advance!