I have an Antec Earthwatts 500 watt PSU, and my GTX 770 needs 1 x 6 pin and 1 x 8 pin to power up. The 8-pin on the PSU looks identical to the 8-pin needed, but it isn't. It absolutely won't fit and I don't want to force it. I found a workaround that seems to work:
The PSU has 2 x 6-pins. So I used a 2 x 6-pin to 8-pin converter to get an 8-pin in the GPU. But now I need a 6-pin. So I took a 2 x 4-pin MOLEX converter and converted 2 x 4-pins into a 6-pin and plugged that into the GPU. The GPU works seemingly okay. But am I going to screw the PSU or starve the GPU of reliable voltage, or is it okay to do that ?
The PSU has 2 x 6-pins. So I used a 2 x 6-pin to 8-pin converter to get an 8-pin in the GPU. But now I need a 6-pin. So I took a 2 x 4-pin MOLEX converter and converted 2 x 4-pins into a 6-pin and plugged that into the GPU. The GPU works seemingly okay. But am I going to screw the PSU or starve the GPU of reliable voltage, or is it okay to do that ?