Upgrading GPU on X510

Maiwether · Dec 26, 2015

Hello. I have an Erazer x510 with the factory installed GTX 760. This card has two (2) six-pin power connectors. My PSU (AcBell, 625W with what I think are three rails at 12V each) has one (1) six-pin and one (1) 2+6 pin.

I want to upgrade to the ASUS GTX 970 Strix OC edition. This card has one (1) eight-pin connector. Can I just use the existing 2+6 connector and leave the extra six-pin unconnected?

I have no components other than what was installed at the factory -- a solid state drive and a disk drive, eg. I am not using any of the expansion bays.

maxalge · Dec 26, 2015

Maiwether :

the card should come with a dual 6-pin to 8-pin adapter

plug both of your power supply 6-pin cables into the adapter

plug the adapter into the video cards single 8-pin

see it on the bottom right corner of this picture?

Maiwether · Dec 27, 2015

I received everything you did (except with some different decals) but no adapter. Wonder if that was an oversight when the box was packed. I will wonder back over to the store tomorrow and ask to open another box and report back. That would be cool... this had me scratching my head and I did not want to replace the PSU if not necessary.

maxalge · Dec 27, 2015

Maiwether :

lift up the black foam that lines the box, some stuff could be under it

sometimes things are missing, human error and such

Maiwether · Dec 27, 2015

The retailer looked up the package on their system and told me this particular version does not come with the y-splitter. Your implied suggestion that I need to use the 2 x 6 to 8 along with some other research I did has convinced me it would be risky at the least to try to run the card off one 6 pin since I have a virtual rails. So the search is on for a splitter -- they are hard to find but I think this one will work as long as the female connections are where I need them (I do not put much faith in photographs and descriptions from the seller):

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00J3FU7YW/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=3086K1U6KPV91&coliid=I54J0SQBNM3ZQ

Thanks for responding above.

maxalge · Dec 27, 2015

Maiwether :

wrong cable

you need a cable that has two 6 pin female to a single 8 pin male

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-PCIe-Video-Card-Power-Cable-2x6-Pin-to-8-Pin-/151916759953?hash=item235ef1cb91:g:t0oAAOSweuxWSBBA

Maiwether · Dec 28, 2015

Cheers! I have ordered the cable you suggest above. Thank you.

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