Graphic card.. 8 pin and 6 pin?!


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Sorry if this is dumb to ask.. I recently bought 2 white PCI-E 5 pin white sleeve extensions for my GPU.. I was looking into getting this card but realize it has 8 pins.. Is there anything I could do about this? Would it still work with a 6 pin adapter? Or should I just find a GPU that takes 6pins

 

This is the one i was planning on getting

http://www.amazon.com/Sapphire-VAPOR-X-PCI-Express-Graphics-11227-04-40G/dp/B00JJJW4Z2

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If it has an 8-pin adapter, I'm pretty sure you'll need to use all 8-pins for it to function. When I fitted my GTX 580 a few years ago, it has 1x 8-pin power connector and 1x 6-pin power connector. I had to use them both for it to work.

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It depends on the card. Look to see if other makes of the same card are 6-pin or not. Some makers put on an 8pin adapter just to support better over clocking.

 

Gigabyte did this with the 270 for example. It's a 6pin card for every other maker, but they made theirs an 8 just to support better overclocking as with the addition to the more effective heat sink/fans they provided it needs more voltage. Though I have two 270's that are NOT overclocked and they use 6pins under full load just fine.

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If it has an 8-pin adapter, I'm pretty sure you'll need to use all 8-pins for it to function. When I fitted my GTX 580 a few years ago, it has 1x 8-pin power connector and 1x 6-pin power connector. I had to use them both for it to work.

I can confirm this on a GTX 760 as well (EVGA)

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I can confirm this on a GTX 760 as well (EVGA)

That means you would need a dual-Molex to 6+2 adapter (which was included with several early PCI Express GPUs with this sort of connector - Startech.com still makes them, and supplies them to retailers and e-tailers alike).

 

Still, the safer choice is to purchase a PSU with them built in (which IS more common nowadays with 600W and higher-rated PSUs, such as EVGA's SUPERNova series and most Corsair Builder and Gamer series PSUs)..

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That means you would need a dual-Molex to 6+2 adapter (which was included with several early PCI Express GPUs with this sort of connector - Startech.com still makes them, and supplies them to retailers and e-tailers alike).

 

Still, the safer choice is to purchase a PSU with them built in (which IS more common nowadays with 600W and higher-rated PSUs, such as EVGA's SUPERNova series and most Corsair Builder and Gamer series PSUs)..

Mines a full modular 800 WATT Silverstone

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The R9 290 requires 2 PCI-E connectors, an 8-pin and a 6-pin. If you have 2 6-pin connectors, you could get the R9 285 instead. It's still faster than the GTX 960 at the resolution you want to be gaming at (based on your other thread). 

 

What's your power supply?

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