Hp Proliant DL380 G6 gpu

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Pcwizkid1994

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Hello everyone. This is my first post on the site so I will try to be descriptive as possible. Last night I got a hp proliant DL380 G6 off of gragslist in my area for $20 . It's a 16 thread with 64 gb beast. I want to make it a project to turn it into a cheap gaming rig. My question is it has a 16x slot with a riser with 2 x8 slots. Can I take out the riser and use the full x16 slot? How would I power a gpu that needs a 6 pin from the psu? Would I need to switch it out with a desktop psu ? The psu that are in it are 2 750 watt. Thanks KS for any feed back. I appreciate it.
 
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i have the same circumstance: proliant dl380g6 and id like to use it with big radeon gpus. those wont fit so i have tried both pciex1 to pciex16 (unpowered) ribbons and powered risers. the ribbon melted when inserted into pciex16 slot; the powered risers did not respond when inserted into the pciex4 slots and seemed to be running hot (ie, about to melt) when plugged into the pciex16.
i understand these solutions work ok with pciex1 slots, but i dont have those on this mobo.
can anyone confirm that pciex1 riser card with the molex 4-pin to usb and sata power to external absolutely will not work on pciex4 or 16?
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kanick

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i have the same circumstance: proliant dl380g6 and id like to use it with big radeon gpus. those wont fit so i have tried both pciex1 to pciex16 (unpowered) ribbons and powered risers. the ribbon melted when inserted into pciex16 slot; the powered risers did not respond when inserted into the pciex4 slots and seemed to be running hot (ie, about to melt) when plugged into the pciex16.
i understand these solutions work ok with pciex1 slots, but i dont have those on this mobo.
can anyone confirm that pciex1 riser card with the molex 4-pin to usb and sata power to external absolutely will not work on pciex4 or 16?
 
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JeepKeys

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The riser card you are using does not have a true PCIex16 slot, it looks like a x16 slot but it's only wired for x8. The other PCIex8 slots are actually only wired for PCIex4. The standardized wattage limits apply as far as I can tell but you can use some "low wattage" graphics cards in these slots. You can buy a riser card with a true PCIex16 slot on it made specifically for graphics cards up to 150 watts. If the video card needs supplemental power the riser has a 10-pin power plug on the back. You can purchase the 10-pin cable with standardized PCIe power like 6-pin and 8-pin on eBay for $10-20.
 
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