can that give less power to my video card and my hdd so it can hurt them

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newhere22

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i want to connect the power cable from the psu to cable number 1
and cable number five to connect it to the video card can that give less power to the video card and hurt it?

look at the picture to see what i mean by number 1 and 5 cable
http://i44.tinypic.com/2rz576h.jpg

all of the cable that i gave them numbers is fans cables
 
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I would look into buying a new power supply if I were you. My brother tried using a cheap PSU that came with his case one time, and the PSU gave out after a month. He was lucky that the only thing that went was the PSU. He used the molex-PCI connector to power his video card, which I assume you are wanting to do as well. You may be able to get away with doing so on a good quality PSU, but it's alot more risky on a generic PSU. It's not worth the risk in my opinion, since a PSU failing can take out other components as well. GPU, CPU, MOBO, etc... Alot of people try to cheap out where the power supply is concerned, and they really shouldn't risk it. Hope this helps you somewhat.
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AMD recommends a 450 watt power supply at the minimum for that video card, so you do meet that recommendation. However, without knowing how the power from the power supply is divided up among the voltage rails, it's hard to tell whether it will work. Also, everything I can find about your power supply brand suggests that it is not a reliable one.

I'm going to keep looking for more information on the power supply. Is there a model or part number somewhere on it?

Casey
 
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newhere22

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thank you for helping me
no i cant find a model number
my main question
because i want to plug the video card to the fan extra cable not to the main power cable from the psu can that give less power to it?
 
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I would look into buying a new power supply if I were you. My brother tried using a cheap PSU that came with his case one time, and the PSU gave out after a month. He was lucky that the only thing that went was the PSU. He used the molex-PCI connector to power his video card, which I assume you are wanting to do as well. You may be able to get away with doing so on a good quality PSU, but it's alot more risky on a generic PSU. It's not worth the risk in my opinion, since a PSU failing can take out other components as well. GPU, CPU, MOBO, etc... Alot of people try to cheap out where the power supply is concerned, and they really shouldn't risk it. Hope this helps you somewhat.
 
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