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Artifacts caused by power supply or graphics card?

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June 7, 2014 5:56:40 AM

My graphics card has been putting out artifacts practically since I got it. I've let it slide as I only notice it when text appears on screen. I was wondering if it may be the power supply and not the graphics card. It's connected via 4x4 pin peripheral connectors (2 4 pins to a 6 pin converter). Also this part is a bit imbarrasing but it's connected to what I'm pretty sure is a 720p TV could that have anything to do with it?

My specs:
MSI R9 270x
Raidmax cobra 700w PSU
intel xeon e3 1230 v2
asus p8z77-v pro
8gb corsair vengeance pro
1tb seagate hdd
CM storm enforcer case
ASUS DVD drive

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June 7, 2014 6:01:46 AM

Does your power supply not have one 8 pin and one 6 pin PCIE power connectors?
I would recommend changing you power supply, it is not a good quality unit. it can be a risk in killing all your connected hardware.
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June 7, 2014 6:03:11 AM

Yeah, you need to plug the six pin GPU cable into a PCI-E plug on the PSU.

But tbh your PSU is a piece of rubbish and will blow up soon no doubt. Stay away from Raidmax PSUs in the future. Refer to the link below for the good and bad PSUs.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1804779/power-...
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June 7, 2014 6:07:26 AM

SethJPC said:
Yeah, you need to plug the six pin GPU cable into a PCI-E plug on the PSU.

But tbh your PSU is a piece of rubbish and will blow up soon no doubt. Stay away from Raidmax PSUs in the future. Refer to the link below for the good and bad PSUs.

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1804779/power-...


Yeah I know, the reason I went with it was because it was cheap and on sale. I figured it could work up until I needed to upgrade so I went with it.
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June 7, 2014 6:11:14 AM

Suztera said:
Does your power supply not have one 8 pin and one 6 pin PCIE power connectors?
I would recommend changing you power supply, it is not a good quality unit. it can be a risk in killing all your connected hardware.


It has 2x8 pin(6+2 according to the box) connectors, but they don't fit the GPU so I had to use the converters included with the GPU instead.
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June 7, 2014 6:25:22 AM

Suztera said:
THey should fit. 6+2 pin can be either a 6 pin with the 2 pin hanging out or a 8 pin.
Link to what they look like: http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors....


O.O I feel really stupid right now... I didn't realize that those slid off, I figured that Raidmax was just horrible at labeling their product as well. It doesn't seem to help really though but it's a good thing to know none the less.
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