Graphics Card Power Connectors

[Squeak25]

Hi all,

First of all I will apologize if this question has been asked already, I did try a quick search but didn't find anything relating to my situation.

I have just installed a new GFX card into my Uncles PC it requires an eight pin power connector (Was thinking using a 6 pin and a 2 pin like in my machine) but I don't have a two pin connector. I have to six pin connectors so was wondering would it be possible to use both six pins with one only having two pins plugged in.

Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[Suztera]

You should not plug the six pin pcie cable into an 8 pin slot.
What psu do you have?

 

[animal]

If you have a pair of molex connectors available from your PSU, you can get and adapter cable like one of these to covert two molex connectors to make a PCIe 8-pin connector:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=100016764&IsNodeId=1&Description=4-pin%20molex%20to%208-pin%20pcie&name=Internal%20Power%20Cables&Order=BESTMATCH&isdeptsrh=1

Also, your graphics card may have had adapter cable(s) come with it.

 

[Jose Luis Lopes]

Seach the GPU box, soemtime it comes with 2molex to 8pin PCIE or 6pin PCIE to 8 pin PCIE, DO NOT connect 2 pins of the 6 pins to it. a 6 pin connector delivers 75 watts, a 8pin connector deliver 150

 

[coozie7]

Check the bits the card came with, quite a few have a converter lead which has 2x6 pin on one end and an 8 pin on the other, it's perfectly safe to use this, if not try your local computer stores, someone is likely to have either one in a retail pack or a spare from an upgrade they've done.
It's not really wise to use the molex/PCI-E converters for an 8 pin lead, those little 4 pin Molex plugs are only designed to run hard drives and other light load parts, not high draw components like a graphics card.
If you DO have enough molex/PCI-E available, by all means use them, but only as a stop-gap until you can do the job properly.
And yes, it is possible to burn out a Molex plug this way.

 

[Squeak25]

Sadly there was only the Card, Driver Disk and booklet in the box, will look into getting the 2x6pin - 8pin converter on my day off. Not sure what PSU I have Suztera without removing it as it was a pre built machine.

Thanks for the advice.

 

[Squeak25]

http://www.maplin.co.uk/p/6-pin-pci-e-psu-to-8-pin-pci-e-20-cable-adapter-n61hq

Would this do for a PCI E 3.0 even though it says 2.0, didn't think the cable would matter for a specific PCI E version?