- Nov 23, 2012
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Hello, i have been reading about this for like 12 hours straight and i'm still not 100% sure this will work for my specific hardware.
I have a OCZ StealthXStream 600 W PSU, it haves two 6pin pci-e connectors, i want to use it to power a EVGA GTX 280 which uses 1x6pin and 1x8pin pci-e connectors.
A good read about the PSU can be found here
I have done my reading and i'm pretty sure this PSU can handle the card without problems, i found people online who have that card (and even newer/power hungrier ones) working with the same PSU (i only have 1 hard drive and a dvd drive, nothing else draining any significant power, mobo uses 4 pin power for the cpu.)
If i get this right, those extra pins on the 8 connector are just ground pins that tell the GPU that it can draw 150W from that rail.
I was just supposing that, but i found an answer in one of the hundred threads i had read today that seems to confirm it.
And for what i understand, my PSU only have 6pin connectors because of it's age, not because it can't deliver that wattage.
I can't find 6pin to 6+2pin adapters in my country, so i wonder, ¿can i just solder in the 2 extra pins to one of the 6pin connectors?, or even better, ¿can i just jump the pins up like this
to avoid soldering/messing with the PSU connectors?
FYI, i'm not doing this because i want overkill power or something, this card wont turn on without the 8pins connected.
I have a OCZ StealthXStream 600 W PSU, it haves two 6pin pci-e connectors, i want to use it to power a EVGA GTX 280 which uses 1x6pin and 1x8pin pci-e connectors.
A good read about the PSU can be found here
I have done my reading and i'm pretty sure this PSU can handle the card without problems, i found people online who have that card (and even newer/power hungrier ones) working with the same PSU (i only have 1 hard drive and a dvd drive, nothing else draining any significant power, mobo uses 4 pin power for the cpu.)
If i get this right, those extra pins on the 8 connector are just ground pins that tell the GPU that it can draw 150W from that rail.
I was just supposing that, but i found an answer in one of the hundred threads i had read today that seems to confirm it.
And for what i understand, my PSU only have 6pin connectors because of it's age, not because it can't deliver that wattage.
I can't find 6pin to 6+2pin adapters in my country, so i wonder, ¿can i just solder in the 2 extra pins to one of the 6pin connectors?, or even better, ¿can i just jump the pins up like this
to avoid soldering/messing with the PSU connectors?
FYI, i'm not doing this because i want overkill power or something, this card wont turn on without the 8pins connected.
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