Sorry this is very complicated to me, I greatly appreciate any guidance here.
I have a couple questions regarding a mining rig I am in the process of putting together.
First off, I have:
-EVGA 850 G2 (has 4 "VGA" outputs")
-Also bought Corsair rm850i (but I dont think this will work, I will explain later, I can return this if needed)
-MSI z170A krait gaming 3x motherboard (7 PCI slots, combination of PCI 3.0 slots: x16, x1, x1, x1, x8, x1, x4)
-GTX 1080 EVGA FTW (requires two 8 pins)
-GTX 1070 8 gb EVGA FTW (requires two 8 pins)
-GTX 1070 8 gb EVGA FTW (requires two 8 pins)
-Rx 580 8 gb Sapphire nitro (requires one 8 pin and one 6 pin)
-Rx 470 4 gb sapphire (requires one 6 pin)
-Rx 580 8 gb Powercolor (requires one 8 pin)
-I have several PCI 1x to 16x powered risers (right now I have 3 but I can order more)
First question:
1) I bought this dual PSU adapter, Raidmax 24 Pin 2 Way Dual PSU Adapter Cable - Control two PSUs with one button ATX Y Splitter (http://www.frys.com/product/8393337?source=google&gclid=Cj0KEQjw7dfKBRCdkKrvmfKtyeoBEiQAch0egThDFUS28vajucOei7enVnSfJR23hYwrSIXmaiXdfewaAiHQ8P8HAQ).
This thing does not fit into my EVGA PSU? My motherboard PSU slot currently has a an 18 pin and a 10 pin coming out of the PSU. The corsair PSU I also bought is set up the same way. Is there any sort of adapter I can use to use both PSU?
Alternatively, I can return the Corsair PSU and suck it up and just buy a 1200W PSU instead but this leads to my second question...
2) Any PSU I look up does not have nearly enough "VGA" ports ie the 8 pin PSU ports. Most of my cards require two 8 pin connections. Thats why I bought a second PSU in the first place. This does not even take into account the powered risers and what PSU ports I would use to power those.
3) Regarding powered risers, do I also need to provide power to the GPU via the VGA PSU ports? Ie if I have a powered riser hooked up via the molex cable, do I ALSO need to plug in the two 8 pin connectors if I put the 1080 or 1070 on the powered riser?
Thanks again if you read this far, I am new to this and really appreciate the help.
I have a couple questions regarding a mining rig I am in the process of putting together.
First off, I have:
-EVGA 850 G2 (has 4 "VGA" outputs")
-Also bought Corsair rm850i (but I dont think this will work, I will explain later, I can return this if needed)
-MSI z170A krait gaming 3x motherboard (7 PCI slots, combination of PCI 3.0 slots: x16, x1, x1, x1, x8, x1, x4)
-GTX 1080 EVGA FTW (requires two 8 pins)
-GTX 1070 8 gb EVGA FTW (requires two 8 pins)
-GTX 1070 8 gb EVGA FTW (requires two 8 pins)
-Rx 580 8 gb Sapphire nitro (requires one 8 pin and one 6 pin)
-Rx 470 4 gb sapphire (requires one 6 pin)
-Rx 580 8 gb Powercolor (requires one 8 pin)
-I have several PCI 1x to 16x powered risers (right now I have 3 but I can order more)
First question:
1) I bought this dual PSU adapter, Raidmax 24 Pin 2 Way Dual PSU Adapter Cable - Control two PSUs with one button ATX Y Splitter (http://www.frys.com/product/8393337?source=google&gclid=Cj0KEQjw7dfKBRCdkKrvmfKtyeoBEiQAch0egThDFUS28vajucOei7enVnSfJR23hYwrSIXmaiXdfewaAiHQ8P8HAQ).
This thing does not fit into my EVGA PSU? My motherboard PSU slot currently has a an 18 pin and a 10 pin coming out of the PSU. The corsair PSU I also bought is set up the same way. Is there any sort of adapter I can use to use both PSU?
Alternatively, I can return the Corsair PSU and suck it up and just buy a 1200W PSU instead but this leads to my second question...
2) Any PSU I look up does not have nearly enough "VGA" ports ie the 8 pin PSU ports. Most of my cards require two 8 pin connections. Thats why I bought a second PSU in the first place. This does not even take into account the powered risers and what PSU ports I would use to power those.
3) Regarding powered risers, do I also need to provide power to the GPU via the VGA PSU ports? Ie if I have a powered riser hooked up via the molex cable, do I ALSO need to plug in the two 8 pin connectors if I put the 1080 or 1070 on the powered riser?
Thanks again if you read this far, I am new to this and really appreciate the help.
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