Hi, I am buying a graphics card for my desktop computer and planned to buy one which is multi-gpu compatible so later on when the same gpu is cheaper I can buy a second one. However, I looked at my PSU's connectors and there is only one 6-pin PCI-e connector. The cards I am looking at each require two 6-pin connectors, so I would have to use adapters to even get one card working.
Is there some combination of adapters I can use to power two video cards? Rather than list off the connectors it has, I will include a link to the newegg specifications page: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817101050
The two SATA connectors are occupied by my optical drive and hard drive, one molex connector is used by my chassis fans, and obviously, the 4-pin and 20+4-pin connectors are occupied. I have seen adapters that turn two molexs into a 6-pin, but I don't know much about adapters.
As far as wattage is concerned, I will be using AMD R9 270x GPU's (virtually identical to radeon 7870's) and I have confirmed from multiple wattage calculators that my PSU can supply sufficient wattage.
On a side note, I have a couple of non-functioning computers that I could take a PSU out of to use with this machine. Any chance that I could power one or both video cards from a seperate PSU outside of the machine?
Thanks!
Is there some combination of adapters I can use to power two video cards? Rather than list off the connectors it has, I will include a link to the newegg specifications page: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817101050
The two SATA connectors are occupied by my optical drive and hard drive, one molex connector is used by my chassis fans, and obviously, the 4-pin and 20+4-pin connectors are occupied. I have seen adapters that turn two molexs into a 6-pin, but I don't know much about adapters.
As far as wattage is concerned, I will be using AMD R9 270x GPU's (virtually identical to radeon 7870's) and I have confirmed from multiple wattage calculators that my PSU can supply sufficient wattage.
On a side note, I have a couple of non-functioning computers that I could take a PSU out of to use with this machine. Any chance that I could power one or both video cards from a seperate PSU outside of the machine?
Thanks!