Hi, I have recently started to build a PC however I am confused on what my best option to connect my EVGA GTX 780 to my PSU. here are my specs....
-Intel 3930k
- MSI X79A-GD45 Plus LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA GeForce GTX780 SuperClocked 3GB GDDR5 384bit, Dual-Link DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI,DP, SLI Ready Graphics Card (03G-P4-2783-KR) Graphics Cards 03G-P4-2783-KR
Power Supply item #
N82E16817222005
be quiet DARK POWER PRO 10 BN604 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Now here is my Dilemma GTX 780 requires one 8 pin power connector and one 6 pin power connector. my MOBO requires one 8 pin and one 4 pin molex connector. My psu seems to be flexible enough to power this bad boy however Im just confused what the best way to power it is, the power supply comes with an overwhelming supply of connectors and I can supply power to the GPU however the wires are all dual configuration in other words they can be connected to the pcie slots on the psu and split off to power one 8 pin and one 6 pin connector but what boggles my mind is if you look at the pci-e side of the connector it has 12 pins (pci-e side) which connects to psu then it splits to two 6+2 pin pci-e blue connectors. looking at this it to me seems like this translates to a 6 pin to 8 pin adapter since looking at the wiring it implies it since its sleeved to look like two seperat conncectors. is this a suitable solution for the gtx 780? also on the manual for the gtx 780 it say to use one 8 pin and one 6 pin with an open pin on top middle d shaped connector. looking at the supplied adapter with the card it has a two three pin molex connectors to a 6 pin pci-e connector with the open pin like I described above also on further inspection of that cord there is two wires going to the pin directly under the open pin (meaning no pin or wire to that spot) I bought a 6 pin pci-e Extension cable and it did not fit the card because where there is a square shaped slot on the ext. cable there is a D shaped slot on the vga card so what I did is I took one of my 6 pin connectors from another cord I removed the connector and wired it to the ext. cable, my fear with this is I have now 6 pins with power vs. the adapter which has the open pin is this ok to do ? Am I taking a risk plugging in the modified cable I made I made sure to put the pins in the proper slot. Also there is another cable supplied with the PSU it has a 8 pin slot (labeled 4p/8p) and a connector wire that connects to it and other side has cpu1 and 2 labeled so That's where I connected my intel 3930K. I also noticed there is an extra adapter cable with my psu which has a 8 pin which fits in the p4/p8 slot and that cable splits off to one connector labeled 8p and one connector labeled cpu1 and cpu2 could this cable be used to supply the video card and cpu? is this recommended? or should I use two pci-e slots one for the 8 pin VGA and another pci-e psu slot for 6 pin connector even though the cable has two 6+2 connectors should I use two separate pci-e combo cables? since its all that is included with this PSU, or is it essentially the same thing?
Sorry about the long confusing post its just I've been two weeks on this topic and finally decided to ask the public im scared to ruin the vga card.
If any more details or clarification needs to be said let me know,
Any help is greatly apreciated thank you for your time.
-Intel 3930k
- MSI X79A-GD45 Plus LGA 2011 Intel X79 SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
EVGA GeForce GTX780 SuperClocked 3GB GDDR5 384bit, Dual-Link DVI-I, DVI-D, HDMI,DP, SLI Ready Graphics Card (03G-P4-2783-KR) Graphics Cards 03G-P4-2783-KR
Power Supply item #
N82E16817222005
be quiet DARK POWER PRO 10 BN604 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Certified CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS GOLD Certified Modular Active PFC Power Supply
Now here is my Dilemma GTX 780 requires one 8 pin power connector and one 6 pin power connector. my MOBO requires one 8 pin and one 4 pin molex connector. My psu seems to be flexible enough to power this bad boy however Im just confused what the best way to power it is, the power supply comes with an overwhelming supply of connectors and I can supply power to the GPU however the wires are all dual configuration in other words they can be connected to the pcie slots on the psu and split off to power one 8 pin and one 6 pin connector but what boggles my mind is if you look at the pci-e side of the connector it has 12 pins (pci-e side) which connects to psu then it splits to two 6+2 pin pci-e blue connectors. looking at this it to me seems like this translates to a 6 pin to 8 pin adapter since looking at the wiring it implies it since its sleeved to look like two seperat conncectors. is this a suitable solution for the gtx 780? also on the manual for the gtx 780 it say to use one 8 pin and one 6 pin with an open pin on top middle d shaped connector. looking at the supplied adapter with the card it has a two three pin molex connectors to a 6 pin pci-e connector with the open pin like I described above also on further inspection of that cord there is two wires going to the pin directly under the open pin (meaning no pin or wire to that spot) I bought a 6 pin pci-e Extension cable and it did not fit the card because where there is a square shaped slot on the ext. cable there is a D shaped slot on the vga card so what I did is I took one of my 6 pin connectors from another cord I removed the connector and wired it to the ext. cable, my fear with this is I have now 6 pins with power vs. the adapter which has the open pin is this ok to do ? Am I taking a risk plugging in the modified cable I made I made sure to put the pins in the proper slot. Also there is another cable supplied with the PSU it has a 8 pin slot (labeled 4p/8p) and a connector wire that connects to it and other side has cpu1 and 2 labeled so That's where I connected my intel 3930K. I also noticed there is an extra adapter cable with my psu which has a 8 pin which fits in the p4/p8 slot and that cable splits off to one connector labeled 8p and one connector labeled cpu1 and cpu2 could this cable be used to supply the video card and cpu? is this recommended? or should I use two pci-e slots one for the 8 pin VGA and another pci-e psu slot for 6 pin connector even though the cable has two 6+2 connectors should I use two separate pci-e combo cables? since its all that is included with this PSU, or is it essentially the same thing?
Sorry about the long confusing post its just I've been two weeks on this topic and finally decided to ask the public im scared to ruin the vga card.
If any more details or clarification needs to be said let me know,
Any help is greatly apreciated thank you for your time.
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