Suppose you have the right Watts in the PSU but no PCI e power cord 700

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I have the right amount of wattage needed but no PCI express connection for my future video card
My setup is a i5 1155. Is there a any adapter that would support the 4pins. I have 2 vacant 4 pins that I thought could be connected by a adapter to the 6pin PCI express or 2 PCI express
 
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ok found some specs for that unit. goes like this

"* + 3.3V and + 5V combined load 229w
* + 12V combined load 192W"

the 12v watts is what most everything on the pc uses for power including the cpu, gpu and hdd's. so this psu is only 192 watts where it counts. that is why it has no pcie connection. i would not trust it for my pc nor try to use any adapters to make a pcie connection. it won't power any gpu that needs 150w (75w 6-pin + 75w from mobo)

replace that psu with a quality unit ASAP before considering any other add-on parts. got the specs from this page by the way...
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what is the model of the psu and what gpu are you trying to run on it??

generally if the maker of the psu left the connections off, they did so because they knew the psu could not actually give the power it claims. this is the first big hint you have a junk psu.

i've seen "750w" psu's that in reality were barely 300w ones once the specs were looked at.

so please post the psu model so we can look into it and see what is actually is good for.
 
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ok found some specs for that unit. goes like this

"* + 3.3V and + 5V combined load 229w
* + 12V combined load 192W"

the 12v watts is what most everything on the pc uses for power including the cpu, gpu and hdd's. so this psu is only 192 watts where it counts. that is why it has no pcie connection. i would not trust it for my pc nor try to use any adapters to make a pcie connection. it won't power any gpu that needs 150w (75w 6-pin + 75w from mobo)

replace that psu with a quality unit ASAP before considering any other add-on parts. got the specs from this page by the way https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwir29Wxv-nOAhXG6xoKHTs6BkkQFggkMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.one-us.us%2FSPAIN%2Fproduct_detail.aspx%3FProductsCateId%3D134%26CateId%3D134%26ProductsId%3D208&usg=AFQjCNEAxbhxK9f9SnYpN1K_G4eyymgz9w&sig2=3EEbMHsse6DD9-ZaLRufDQ

junk psu if i ever saw one for sure!!!
 
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That's an extremely old design psu that would have been ok in the early 90's. Technology has progressed since those days and modern designs have very little usage for 3.3v or 5v rails. Modern 700w psus should be seeing @600w or better on the 12v. At 192w if you did use an adapter to make the pcie connection, chances are very good that psu will short out soon as you turn power on or shortly thereafter.

Third times a charm, its a classic example of a piece of junk.

229+192=421. Not entirely sure where they can claim 700w. Reality is that's probably a 300w max unit that stands a good chance of a quick death at any load over 250w.

https://youtu.be/f6snWfd1v7M
 
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