Do you need to plug in all 3 power connectors for the msi lightning 290x?

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Hi I am thinking about buying the lightning version of the 290x, I was originally thinking about getting the gigabyte version but after looking at the price I found the looks and performance and just how quite it is to suite my needs better. The only downside is my power supply only has 2 power connectors but it is an xfx TS with the right amps on the 12v rail. I do plan on buying the xfx 850w later on so I can overclock the crap out of my cpu and gpu, but my question right now is does it only require the 2 power connectors? I thought the 3rd connector was aimed more towards the lm2 mode for overclocking.
 

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Well, I hate to pollute the thread, but I talked to MSI support yesterday, and they said it all of them should be plugged in. You can call them, too. I was literally only on the phone for 5 minutes. Everyone sounded American, too!