Can't find an 8pin male to a male molex adaptor, please help
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I need an adaptor that will let me plug my male molex into a male 8 pin power connector; using the molex from the PSU (old psu, only one 4 pin connector for the mobo) using the adaptor to give me an 8 pin connector for a GPU (i have a splitter from there on and it will work)
- Dec 22, 2014
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1 4pin molex will not deliver the wattage you need for an 8 pin connector, its why they only sell 2 4pin molex connector to 8 pin adapters such as:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA50M31B1533&cm_re=molex_to_8-pin-_-9SIA50M31B1533-_-Product
That said I HIGHLY recommend against this, its GPU damage or system damage or house fire waiting to happen.
- Dec 22, 2014
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you will need a total of 4 molex connectors to do this as the 6 pin adaptor needs 2 as well:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA4UB33Z2726&cm_re=molex_to_6_pin-_-9SIA4UB33Z2726-_-Product
As for what you should get? A New PSU. This has bad idea written all over it.
Simple, you just need to buy a new PSU
Rogue Leader nailed it with "This has bad idea written all over it"
Bottom line if your how-ever-many watt PSU does not have 8 pin connector on it (or even 6 pin) then it is not actually designed to handle that GPU.
Which means it is either a good 300w unit that is designed for internet and ms office use but will never power a 280x.
Or it is a power supply shaped piece of garbage that has a large number printed on a sticker.
A quality PSU can sustain outputting its max load during peak use, and will last for many many years.
A junk garbage power supply can not handle outputting even half of the load printed on the sticker, and when it dies it will fry that new GPU of yours, and the motherboard and possibly the CPU as well.
So bottom line: you can wait off installing that new 280x until you can buy a new PSU, or you can ghetto-rig it and hope that you get a week or two of gaming out of it before that PSU kills $400 or more worth of parts.
Rogue Leader nailed it with "This has bad idea written all over it"
Bottom line if your how-ever-many watt PSU does not have 8 pin connector on it (or even 6 pin) then it is not actually designed to handle that GPU.
Which means it is either a good 300w unit that is designed for internet and ms office use but will never power a 280x.
Or it is a power supply shaped piece of garbage that has a large number printed on a sticker.
A quality PSU can sustain outputting its max load during peak use, and will last for many many years.
A junk garbage power supply can not handle outputting even half of the load printed on the sticker, and when it dies it will fry that new GPU of yours, and the motherboard and possibly the CPU as well.
So bottom line: you can wait off installing that new 280x until you can buy a new PSU, or you can ghetto-rig it and hope that you get a week or two of gaming out of it before that PSU kills $400 or more worth of parts.
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I just want to post a disclaimer here,
While I did show you the adapters you wanted, I did it because SOMEBODY who is completely clueless about the dangers or has survived on dumb luck is gonna come in here and show you anyway. My hope is that you will pay attention to what I am saying and do not go down this path.
If (when) this setup destroys your equipment, or burns down your house, I am not responsible for your loss. Caveat emptor....
While I did show you the adapters you wanted, I did it because SOMEBODY who is completely clueless about the dangers or has survived on dumb luck is gonna come in here and show you anyway. My hope is that you will pay attention to what I am saying and do not go down this path.
If (when) this setup destroys your equipment, or burns down your house, I am not responsible for your loss. Caveat emptor....
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Just make sure to get a quality unit. Tier 1 and 2 units are your safe bets. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-2547993/psu-tier-list.html
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