2 6pin PCI-e connections on one cable?

[elcido]

I have a video card that requires (2) 6pin pci-e connections, can I safely connect (2) 6 pins to it even if they are on the same cable, or is that too much power going through one cable?

 

[Rugger]

What are your system specs? especially the PSU and GPU...

 

[elcido]

CPU: intel i5 2500K
GPU: Gigabyte XFX 560 ti
PSU: 550w Roswill

 

[Rugger]

Which 550W Rosewill?

 

[elcido]

RD550N Stallion

my connection looks like this, factory connections, one cable, no Y adaptors.


PSU........PCI-e.......PCI-e

[ ]______||_______||

 

[Rugger]

Rosewill's OEM designed the PSU to support SLI or cards that require two 6-pin PCIe connectors. Normally they are on separate cables, but you should be good.

 

[joecarver]

Yeah you will be fine. I am running a GTX260, which is a huge card that needs a lot of power off a very cheap 500W PSU, using all sorts of adapters.

I have been playing Skyrim and Battlefield which are pretty intensive, and none of my components get too hot. The voltage across the PSU is pretty sound too.

 

[elcido]

thanks guys!

 

[capt_taco]

On pretty much any PSU that's not a fly-by-night brand, they won't give you extra PCIe plugs if you can't safely use them. It's mostly when people are using adapters to jury-rig extra PCIe plugs out of two molex plugs that I see them run into trouble. That or overloading the PSU in general, which actually is the usual outcome.