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I'm investigating solutions on how to properly drive a 2*8pin GPU on a Dell Precision T3610, which only can supply 1*8pin PCIe on its power distribution board. PCIe supplies around 70W, 8pin supplies 150W, and I need to find another 75W to get along. The series have a hot-swap PSU design, and I can get a 685W PSU which should be enough to power all these; the problem just lies in wiring. In the meantime, its sibling, Dell Precision T5610, comes with a power distribution board like this: I will test its compatibility with T3610 motherboards; my bet is that the layout of the 24pin should be the same and connecting the two won't fry both, since the 3610's manual is showing 5610's power distribution board, and they came out at the same time; it will be weird if sibling models don't share designs. (as shown in the pictures the plug is exactly the same. Just have to make sure whether the voltage layout is also the same) As you can see the 5610's board has two EPS slots since by design it drives two CPUs. Definitely directly plugging your PCI 8pin cable to EPS will fry your GPU; but given that PCI sends 3*+12V and EPS sends 4*+12V, I'm thinking that, WITH AN ADAPTER LIKE THE THING BELOW, it would be definitely a safer choice to feed the GPU than using SATA converters, since it can supply at most 336W while using the SATA-to-8pin solution can only supply 60W. Also it reserves me the space for adding another card which I'd be happy to do so. Any advice or previous experience everyone?
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Hi guys, I'm planning to build a small build for my father. I want to build in a small case so he can put this in the kitchen where he likes to use it. I've found a case that I think fits the motherboard Gigabyte A320M-S2H and I purchased it used with a Ryzen 2200g (integrated GPU). I think it the cpu is 65watts. HOWEVER one thing I'm concerned about is that the case come with a psu that is 300w, which appears to have all the correct connectors but it only has a 12v 4pin CPU connector and the motherboard has an 8 pin slot. I contacted the seller (CCLcomputers) here in UK and they said that I won't have a problem. Is this something I should be worried about - is it safe to do this - will the wires melt or a fire hazard? Will it even he enough power for the CPU. Sorry I'm just clueless about this stuff but I want to give my father a working computer not an unstable malfunctioning hazard. Kind Regards
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I recently took my PSU from one system used it and brought it back to the original system. When I plugged it back in, it would turn on for not even a second they shut off. It was able to stay on if you were to unplug the 8 pin CPU plug on the motherboard. Why would this be happening? My CPU does not need much power it is only a Celeron by Intel.
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will it not run or with lower speeds or what ? -
Simple question,does the RX 560 need an external power connector? I have a cheap 600W PSU
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Hello lads. I 've got an overclocked Windforce r9 290, which i watercooled, overclocked, overused, over-everything, and eventually used for a little bit of mining. Apparently something had to give after stressing it so much The 8pin connector overheated and melt inside the GPU's respectable connector. The plastic didn't stick or anything, i was able to remove what was left inside with a toothpick, but the thing is that the board's pins are charred, thus not making good contact with the (new) 8pin i'm using. edit: The 6pin also seems charred. And only the power pins are like this, the ground ones seem to be brand new Does anyone know how i can clean them? I tried using alcohol, toothpicks, cloths, cotton buds, a gospel or two, but nothing seems to work. Ideally i'd like to remove the plastic receptacle from the gfx, clean the pins with very fine sanding paper, and reinstall the plastic. But how do i do that without causing any damage?
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So, this isn't my computer this is my boyfriends. last night he accidentally spilt his drink on his desk only a little of it actually touching his pc but it didn't get into his pc just the front so that was an easy cleanup. boyfriend left for work so I go ton his computer to play VR for a bit but before I could even make it to steam both of his monitors shut off and give me the "Please power down and connect the PCIe power cable for this graphics card" now I know a little bit about pcs. so correct me if I'm wrong. I just have no idea what happened plus I hadn't knocked into it to make the cables come undone. I'm just too scared to get in there and try and look at it. -
Hi, I have a Gainward Gtx 770 in my pc. It has the connectors you can see in my pic plugged into it. Now im looking to upgrade to a 1070 and the one Im looking at requires a 6 and a 8 pin connector... But mine looks like two 6 pins and a weird between thing So my question: Is this a legit 6 and 8 pin and can I use it for modern gpus?
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So I recently bought RM 650x corsair PSU, and noticed something about power cables for GPU. So I got 2 of those cables, and wasn't sure how to use it. My R9 390 nitro does use a lot of power, so I didn't want to use only 1 cable. So I used both of those cables, and connected only 1x8pin from each of them. Do you think if I only use 1 of that cable, it would still work? I don't want to starve my GPU from power Any idea how much power can 1 of those cables deliver?
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OK! So after taking a look at the Geforce website for some information about the new GTX 1080 being announced, i couldn't help but wonder over this picture, is it really going to be powered by one SINGLE 8 pin, if yes, how amazing they have made the power efficiency! According to videocardz.com they have say in their article:" Now, going back to GTX 1080, the leakers also claim to know display output configuration, which is DisplayPort x2, HDMI x1, DVI x1. Not only that, they also say that GTX 1080 has one 8pin power connector (so the maximum power consumption would not exceed 225W)." Thank you! Silas Rasch Sources: http://videocardz.com/58462/rumor-nvidia-geforce-gtx-1080-has-gp104-and-8gb-gddr5x-memory http://www.geforce.com/hardware/10series/geforce-gtx-1080 (Image courtesy of Geforce.com)
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So far I haven't been able to find the most solid information on the question I've been trying to get answered. I recently purchased a PSU that has two 6 and two 8 pin pcie power connectors. The issue that I'm running into is that most models of the 980ti run two 8 pin connectors. Now while I could run a single 8/8 980ti, I like the prospect of the future running two 6/8 980ti's. What's the difference between a 6/8pin and an 8/8pin 980 ti? (OC headroom with the extra wattage?) Can you run an 8/8pin 980ti with a 6/8pin configuration?
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I recently built my first PC. I started out with a build that didn't have a graphics card. For the first month I ran off of the integrated graphics on my Pentium G3258. A couple of weeks later I found a deal where I could get a secondhand MSI GTX 760 Twin Frozer for 100 euros, which is quite a steal for where I live. But when I searched the parts for my PC I didn't take into consideration all the specifications my graphics card might need and I bought a Corsair CX430M. The wattage of the power supply is sufficient, but the connectors aren't: the GPU needs an 8pin and a 6pin, but my PSU only has one 8pin for PCIe power. I looked online and found a 2x Molex to a 6+2 pin adapter, so I bought it. I've used it for a month now and haven't ran into any issues yet. BTW: my CPU is overclocked from 3.2Ghz to 4.4Ghz with a core voltage of 1.323V (which is set to auto, I couldn't get a stable overclock with manual voltage to 1.2V) 1. Is this adapter safe to use? 2. If so, would I be able to do some overclocking on it? MSI Afterburner tells me the power usage is 60% under gaming load (give or take), but GPU utilization is 99% Thanks in advance!
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i have the XFX DD R9280X GPU, and i was trying to remove the 8pin and 6pin connectors from the gpu and for some reason it wont come out (i press the small hinge on the connector while removing ) u guys got idea to remove it ? its too difficult to remove it
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PC won't power on with CPU 8-pin connected after cleaning
siggerzz posted a topic in Troubleshooting
Hey guys first time poster here looking for some help. Before I start I'll list my Specs: CPU: Core i5 4670k (not OC'd because it's from a crappy batch) CPU Cooler: Corsair H100I RAM: Corsair Dominator Platinum 16GB 1600MHz (2 x 8GB) GPU: 3GB EVGA GTX 780 Superclocked Motherboard: Asus Z87 Sabertooth SSD: 120GB Kingston HyperX 3K HDD: 1TB Western Digital Caviar Black PSU: Corsair AX860 Okay, so last week I decided I'd clean my PC as i've had it for almost 2 years and needed to apply more thermal paste and clean my radiator. I bought some thermal paste and compressed air with the intention to just remove my PSU, radiator,GPU and fans. After taking everything out and making sure I didn't get too close with the compressed air to damage anything I resembled my PC and ran into the first of many issues. To begin with, the PC booted with all cables connected, however there was no display with both with my GPU and with onboard graphics. I did the usual re-seating the CPU, removing the GPU, clearing CMOS and single RAM sticks in different DIMM slots, but nothing. Then I ran into my second issue. The PC would power on for a few seconds and immediately power off so I jumped the PSU and luckily it was okay (I think?).After having a play around the PSU cables, I realised the PC would only power on when the 8-pin wasn't plugged into the motherboard. Is this likely to be a motherboard issue? I had a Google around but couldn't find anything certain. The thing that worries me was the lack of display when the PC initially powered on okay, making me think that the GPU could also be toast? Unfortunately I haven't got another system to test with so there's only so much I can try. Any ideas? I've logged an RMA with Asus, I just hope I can get covered as I don't really fancy buying another motherboard especially with X99 and Skylake round the corner... EDIT: My new motherboard arrived (EVGA Z87 Classified). Still getting the same issue. -
so i built my pc about a month ago. and i have been trying serval times to tidy up the cable management. but everytime i just can't get the 8 pin cpu connector, though the cable hole/cutout have any of you had the same problem?, what should i do?
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Hi Guys, Im toying with the idea of changing over to braided cables to make my rig look awesome. I wonder if any of you have used the extensions, are they any good, have you had any issues with them etc. Also, are the braided cables modular; will the Corsair cables fit a non corsair PSU for example. I know that sounds like a stupid question. But, better to be safe than sorry. Looking forward to hearing your responses and opinions! As always, have a great day and keep on Smiling! Shiggles
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I am planning a future build and will be using a M-ATX board. I plan to SLI in the future and want to run the second card in the lowest (4th) slot. This is to stop the top card being chocked. I plan to keep my existing CPU which is an i7-3770K so I will need a Z77 board. The only Z77 board I can find that has a PCIE 3.0 X8 slot at the bottom is the Gigabyte G1 Sniper M3, whilst it looks like a great board I have noticed that it only has a 4pin CPU power connector, not an 8pin. I did some googling and have found very mixed opinions about whether a 4pin connector is good enough. So, since I won’t be OCing will the 4pin CPU power connector be ok for my CPU?
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so the card im looking at the MSI N730K-1GD5L/OC GeForce GT 730 1Gb it says no were if this card requires additional power like additional 8 or 6 pin and i need to know because if i get this i dont want to find out the hard way
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Hi, I'm waiting for GTA V for PC and I'm looking for replacement for my 660ti if it would not run the game properly. The Asus's GTX 970 Strix caught my eye, but since it has only 8 pin connector, do I need a PSU that has biffy 8pin rail or something? Since reference card has 8 + 6 pin, doesn't that mean that just 8pin cable need to deliver more power, and needs to be sturdier? My current PSU is XFX XXX 650W (P1-650X-XXB9) (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817207022) This part of the post is not that important to me (and may be difficult to understand due to my English skills ;]), as I've never use SLI but... ...it is just my curiosity, the PSU has two 8pin sockets on the back, one is for PCI-E and another for CPU, and PCI-E cable divides into 8pin and 6+2pin. Does it mean that I can run even a SLI setup using this one cable, or it's more like "I can try but it wouldn't be recommended"? Since PSU has no other slots labeled as PCI-E, but maybe if it's card like Asus GTX 970 Strix, that already turns 6pin + 8pin setup into just one 8pin, you shouldn't use this PSU for SLI with two those cards? PSU is SLI rated but I wonder what if there are two cards with 8pin + 6pin connectors. I have attached picture of rear view of the PSU in case it would be difficult to find it on the web or link expire. P.S.: I considered to post this thread on GPU section of the forum, but after consideration I guess it fits to PSU more, but tell me if I'm wrong.
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Hey all! I am new to the forums. I am doing my first proper PC build, I have an AX760I power supply and a GTX780Ti. The PSU came with a 8PIN to 8+6 pin splitter. I want to know if this is safe to use with a demanding 8+6 pin GPU. Would I be better off using two separate cables instead? (PICS BELOW) Thanks ! Splitter on GPU Splitter on GPU (zoomed out) Splitter on GPU (even more zoomed out) Two separate cables, would this be better?
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Is it possible if all the 8 pins have separate cables to just cut the 8 pin in to 2 times a 4 pin ?
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Hello! My r9 280 has just arrived, so i put it on my MB and now i want to power it, the card requires a 8pin and a 6pin......i hane an xfx 850W single rail psu which has a 6/8pin+6/8pin cable (bridged) and i wonder if i have to use a second 6/8pin cable coming straight from the psu to connect my gpu instead of using just one cable..... Does anyone have an idea? What should i do? Thanks.
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Hey! (This is my first post, so tell me if I do something wrong.) I just got my new Fractal Design Define r4 case & Fractal Design Integra r2 750w psu. I'm currently using MSI Z87-G43 GAMING motherboard. My problem is; Fractal Design says both in the manual and the webpage (http://www.fractal-design.com/home/product/power-supplies/integra/integra-r2-750w) that the Fractal Design Integra r2 750w contains a Atx12v 8pin connector, but I can't find the right cable. Do I have to use my old PSU, which had this Atx 12v 8pin connector? Thanks.
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Hi all. I have an old PSU, the Enermax Liberty 620w. I had no problems until now and it performs as it should. Recently i bought a new GPU card, the AMD R9 390. The problem is that the card requires 2 x 8 pin connectors and my PSU only has 2 x 6 pin and 6 x 5 pin (check attached picture 1). There is a cable that uses one 6pin and 1 5pin to convert it into 8 pin (check picture 2) but there is no second for the other GPU socket. I used an adapter that uses 2 molex cables to give an 8pin and i used 2 seperate cables for each molex (see picture 3). So my card now uses 4 sockets (1 red and 3 black) Everything seems to work well and the games are running perfectly. My question is: Is this ok or it is potentially unsafe? Thanks
