I'm in the process of upgrading from a 970 video card, and have found a used but working MSI 980ti Lightning a friend is selling for a good price. I found out that suprisingly the card needs 2 8 pin power connections and 1 pin, and had some questions about that.
I'm currently all out of PCIe connectors, I had 2 but sold them off with two old graphics cards. My power supply is a Corsair HX650W Bronze 80+. It's only got 2 6pin power connectors on the psu - and I read somewhere that for the lightning you should use 3 seperate cables for each of the pin ports on the gpu. Is there any truth to this?
So basically, would I be fine using the pci cable included with the card (6 pin to 8pin) and buying a dual cable (6 pin to 6+2 and 8pin) to power the card?
Thanks, i'm rather new to this.
I'm currently all out of PCIe connectors, I had 2 but sold them off with two old graphics cards. My power supply is a Corsair HX650W Bronze 80+. It's only got 2 6pin power connectors on the psu - and I read somewhere that for the lightning you should use 3 seperate cables for each of the pin ports on the gpu. Is there any truth to this?
So basically, would I be fine using the pci cable included with the card (6 pin to 8pin) and buying a dual cable (6 pin to 6+2 and 8pin) to power the card?
Thanks, i'm rather new to this.
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