Ack! I broke the chord for my grahpics card

[augustfirst]

My graphics card -- a Geforce GTS 450 -- came with a chord meant to connect it to a power chord from the PSU. It's connects to the GeForce using a black six-pin male connection, then branches into two sets of wires that each terminate in a white male connector with four holes, three of which are filled with wires.

Can anyone help me identify this so I can buy a new one?

 

[hunter315]

Honestly, you shouldnt be using it anyway, your PSU should have a single PCI-E connector that can plug straight into the card, what you broke was a 2 molex to 1 6 pin PCI-e adapter that is meant to work around systems that have PSUs that didnt come with a PCI-e connector but if you read the manually i bet it will say that the use of the adapter is recommended against.

 

[augustfirst]

OK, I'll try that later tonight (I'm in the middle of installing windows right now).

 

[omnipanzer]

If your PSU really is that old here is what you need:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812196870&cm_re=molex_to_6_pin-_-12-196-870-_-Product

the pic for that first one is to blurry to make sure it's correct so here is another just in case:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812887001&cm_re=molex_to_6_pin-_-12-887-001-_-Product

 

[augustfirst]

Thanks! (My PSU is brand new.)

 

[omnipanzer]

oh... then what hunter315 said ;^)

 

[ko888]

What is the make and model of the power supply unit? If it doesn't have a 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector it may be weak on its +12Volt rail or the power supply unit was only designed to handle graphics cards that required less than 75 Watts of power.

If you have a minimum of a 400 Watt power supply with a +12 Volt current rating of 22 Amps and with a minimum of one 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connectoryou should be fine.

 

[augustfirst]

It works! Thanks, guys.

 

[augustfirst]

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