I just recently picked up a new graphics card, the PNY Geforce GTX 560ti. Subsequently I also grabbed a new psu since my old psu was only a 350w and the card needed a min 500w.
I'm hoping someone can help me in correctly powering the card. My new psu comes with the the following power connections and cables www.ocztechnology.com/res_old/manuals/psu/OCZMXSP500-700.pdf . The PNY Geforce GTX 560ti card needs 2 6-pin PCI Express cables in order to power it. You can view the connections here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qac427R1F3I - (2:20).
I'm a little new to this stuff and kind of scared to just start plugging in any old cable. I'm guessing that since the card needs 2 6-pin connections that they would match up to the two 8-pin rails on the PSU? If that is the case I'm guessing I could use the PCI Express cable that goes from 8-pin (connect to the psu) to the 6-pin (connect to my graphics car), but I was only given one of those. Is it just up to me to purchase another similar one? Or am I supposed to use the 6/8 PCI Express Video cable that came with the psu. This cable is very similar except that I would have to separate two pins from the one end to make it a 6pin, leaving 2 pins from the cable dangling to the side.
Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated. If any additional info is needed I'm happy to elaborate.
Cheers
I'm hoping someone can help me in correctly powering the card. My new psu comes with the the following power connections and cables www.ocztechnology.com/res_old/manuals/psu/OCZMXSP500-700.pdf . The PNY Geforce GTX 560ti card needs 2 6-pin PCI Express cables in order to power it. You can view the connections here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qac427R1F3I - (2:20).
I'm a little new to this stuff and kind of scared to just start plugging in any old cable. I'm guessing that since the card needs 2 6-pin connections that they would match up to the two 8-pin rails on the PSU? If that is the case I'm guessing I could use the PCI Express cable that goes from 8-pin (connect to the psu) to the 6-pin (connect to my graphics car), but I was only given one of those. Is it just up to me to purchase another similar one? Or am I supposed to use the 6/8 PCI Express Video cable that came with the psu. This cable is very similar except that I would have to separate two pins from the one end to make it a 6pin, leaving 2 pins from the cable dangling to the side.
Any thoughts or advice is greatly appreciated. If any additional info is needed I'm happy to elaborate.
Cheers
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