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old psu + new gpu combination?

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June 29, 2013 4:23:04 PM

My uncles given me his old enermax liberty 620w for my comp im building.. I'm planning to have a gigabyte hd7970, ordered off amazon UK but im not sure if it can run it.. I'm new to these forums and building pc's all together, so please let me know if it'll work,and what I need to make it work. I see a PCI-e 6 pin with no wire for it, but for the card it says I need an 8 pin. I'm not sure if it'll work or not, but there are two 6 pin holes with PCI-e written beneath them. Please let me know, and refer me to amazon UK because that's where im buying from :)  thanks guys :D 

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June 30, 2013 12:39:26 AM

King Hackintosh said:
Your PSU has 2x 6 pin connectors but your GPU requires one 8 pin and one 6 pin so it will unfortunately not work... I'd suggest you pick up at least a Corsair CX750M if you need a power supply (a more expensive one would be preferable but not mandatory)...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Corsair-Series-Modular-CX750M-7...


is there nothing I can do to make this one work?
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August 14, 2013 2:39:07 AM

Ofc there is something you can do. All you need is a 6pin to 8pin cable. That will convert one of your 6pin wires into an 8pin. Easy. I don't know if the 7900 series box comes with those wire converters. But i just bought a EVGA gtx 760 and it also requires a 6pin and an 8pin. I have an even older PSU than you. 500 watt with also only 2 6pins. Luckily for me. The EVGA came with a 2-6pin to 8pin connector and a 2 molex to 6 pin connector.

Ill give you a link so you understand it a bit better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DvMSHXBFNw At 4:00 in the video he will show you the power connector cables that comes with the box. You can easily purchase these power connectors in any PC shop online or irl at a very very cheap price. Good luck my friend.

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