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Help me Figure out the Wiring for my EVGA 760?!?!?

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August 20, 2014 8:31:00 PM

I have a "EVGA 04G-P4-2768-KR G-SYNC Support GeForce GTX 760 4GB 256-Bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 SLI Support SC 4GB w/ EVGA ACX Cooler Video Card"

And i'm too frighten to turn it on yet, Could some one tell me if i have to occupy both 8 and 6 pin female PCI E connections

Cause on newegg they state here word for word allo you need is one 8 pin PCI E connection

"One 8-pin PCI Express power connector or two available 6-pin PCI Express power connectors and one 6-pin PCI Express power connector or two available hard disk power connectors. "

"One 8-pin PCI Express power connector"
I have two 6 Pin PCI E and its for the GPU it comes with a 2x6 Pin PCI E to 8 Pin Converter



So I also talked with Tiger Direct im not sure if the guy was correct but he said it would work but at the begining of chat he said it couldnt so now im stuck!!! Someone Help?

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August 20, 2014 8:39:52 PM

yes if there are plug holes to be plugged in then plug them in
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August 20, 2014 8:55:57 PM

coleisme said:
yes if there are plug holes to be plugged in then plug them in


Yahoo Answers, Someone told me to buy a 6 pin to 8 pin adapter!
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August 20, 2014 9:01:42 PM

You need both the 6 pin and the 8 pin connectors plugged in to the video card.
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August 20, 2014 9:07:22 PM

You need the 6 pin AND the 8 pin.
Yahoo answers most of the time knows very little about hardware.

You want to use the 6 pin and 8 pin (6+2 in some cases) directly from the PSU. You should avoid the adapters to begin with, if they PSU does not have the connectors needed it probably isnt designed to supply that much wattage and amperage on the 12v rail.
What PSU do you have? It might have to be replaced.
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August 20, 2014 9:18:12 PM

Gam3r01 said:
You need the 6 pin AND the 8 pin.
Yahoo answers most of the time knows very little about hardware.

You want to use the 6 pin and 8 pin (6+2 in some cases) directly from the PSU. You should avoid the adapters to begin with, if they PSU does not have the connectors needed it probably isnt designed to supply that much wattage and amperage on the 12v rail.
What PSU do you have? It might have to be replaced.

Good luck. It's a 330W Alienware x51. Now what i've heard is all i need is the 8 pin for the whole graphics card cause i have two 6 pin PCI E but in the graphics card it has a 8 and 6 pin PCI E but a Tiger direct Rep said i only need the 8 pin.

Now, it can and will work this graphics card im using a MSI graphics card that also required a 500W PSU works fine never had problems the EXternal PSU never over heated.

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August 20, 2014 9:20:10 PM

If the build shuts down, or becomes unstable its because the card isnt getting the needed power.
My 760 draws ~230-250w at gaming load, not stress test levels for example.

If you get a card like mine that has adaptive clock speeds once they go high enough it could simply shut down.
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August 20, 2014 9:35:28 PM

Gam3r01 said:
If the build shuts down, or becomes unstable its because the card isnt getting the needed power.
My 760 draws ~230-250w at gaming load, not stress test levels for example.

If you get a card like mine that has adaptive clock speeds once they go high enough it could simply shut down.


Is that with overclocking?

Also i thought it had a total power draw of 170W

Do you know if wiring it with just 8 pins is ok?

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August 21, 2014 5:39:16 AM

So go ahead and plug the thing in. Don't come back crying if you get BSOD's, shutdowns, mem errors, etc.
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August 21, 2014 3:38:13 PM

That is stock clocks.
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