Do I need a pcie cable from my power supply to use a Radeon r9 270x

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You will have to buy a molex to pcie adapter,i am very sorry,my friend...
Every better card needs pcie cables,this one needs 2X 6-pin pcie cable to be powered and consumes about 165 watts!
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You will have to buy a molex to pcie adapter,i am very sorry,my friend...
Every better card needs pcie cables,this one needs 2X 6-pin pcie cable to be powered and consumes about 165 watts!
 
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Some PSU are also crap and do the specified wattage on peak,and that does mean that it cant power the card,but i think you can try with adapters...

 
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I asked for the make and model because for all we known it could work with adapters or it could fry the whole system the instant the power button is pressed.
 
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Ireland. Also, if you don't mind me asking stupid questions, if a graphics card has a PCIE connector jack does it have to be used. And if a graphics card has 2 jacks do both have to be used, or just 1, or none. Thanks for your patience!
 
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Yes all the pci-e power ports on the card must be used. Some cards will run without them but at a severely limited performance level. Most won't work at all or will display and error saying to plug the power in.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B004RJ8EKI/?tag=pcp0f-21
 
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Thanks!
 
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