Hey everyone and thank you for taking the time to read my question.
I have a silverstone strider plus 500W modular PSU powering a sapphire 7950 Boost that has 2x 6pin PCI-E power connectors.
http://silverstonetek.com/product.php?area=en&pid=274
The back of the psu has 1 connector for an 8pin PCI-E and 3 connectors for 6pin AUX (Sata/molex). My question is if it is possible to plug in a 6pin PCI-E cable into one of the 6pin AUX connectors? The reason I ask is because I am sleeving my PSU and making my own cables, and want to avoid double wires from the 8pin PCI-E connector into 2x 6pin-PCI-E connectors for my graphics card. It would be a lot easier and look a lot nicer to create a 6pin aux to 6 pin PCI-E cable, but I am worried that the pins are powered differently. From my understanding the AUX connectors use +5V while PCI-E use +12V? Please correct me if I am wrong or enlighten me if this would be possible. Thanks!
I have a silverstone strider plus 500W modular PSU powering a sapphire 7950 Boost that has 2x 6pin PCI-E power connectors.
http://silverstonetek.com/product.php?area=en&pid=274
The back of the psu has 1 connector for an 8pin PCI-E and 3 connectors for 6pin AUX (Sata/molex). My question is if it is possible to plug in a 6pin PCI-E cable into one of the 6pin AUX connectors? The reason I ask is because I am sleeving my PSU and making my own cables, and want to avoid double wires from the 8pin PCI-E connector into 2x 6pin-PCI-E connectors for my graphics card. It would be a lot easier and look a lot nicer to create a 6pin aux to 6 pin PCI-E cable, but I am worried that the pins are powered differently. From my understanding the AUX connectors use +5V while PCI-E use +12V? Please correct me if I am wrong or enlighten me if this would be possible. Thanks!
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