Connecting ASUS GTX 1080

[JoeR]

I am about 95% done with my first ever PC build. I have an ASUS GTX 1080 STRIX plugged into my motherboard. It has an eight and a six pin female connector. Do I need to use both of these? My PSU came with 4 6+2 pins for the PCIE slots. Do I use one on the 8 pin and then use the second one and only use the 6 pins and not plug in the other two? In the box, they gave me a male 8 pin to two female 6 pin adapters. what do I do with this? My manual doesn't really say. 

[MorganO]

2 minutes ago, JoeR said:

I am about 95% done with my first ever PC build. I have an ASUS GTX 1080 STRIX plugged into my motherboard. It has an eight and a six pin female connector. Do I need to use both of these? My PSU came with 4 6+2 pins for the PCIE slots. Do I use one on the 8 pin and then use the second one and only use the 6 pins and not plug in the other two? In the box, they gave me a male 8 pin to two female 6 pin adapters. what do I do with this? My manual doesn't really say. 

show us the cables or tell us the psu

[JoeR]

1 minute ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

show us the cables or tell us the psu

PSU Seasonic Platinum Power Supply Series 80+ Platinum 760W

[MorganO]

2 minutes ago, JoeR said:

PSU Seasonic Platinum Power Supply Series 80+ Platinum 760W

by the looks of it they dont have dual 6+2 connectors so youll have to use two 6+2(8pin and 6 pin) to power your gpu

[JoeR]

1 minute ago, KOMTechAndGaming said:

by the looks of it they dont have dual 6+2 connectors so youll have to use two 6+2(8pin and 6 pin) to power your gpu

So for the left side (6 pin) I just only use the 6 and don't plug in the two connected to it? It still fits perfectly.

[JoeR]

The top image is the PSU cord for the PCIE, the bottom is the adapter they gave me in the GPU box. What is the adapter's purpose?

[MorganO]

3 minutes ago, JoeR said:

The top image is the PSU cord for the PCIE, the bottom is the adapter they gave me in the GPU box. What is the adapter's purpose?

you should have 4 of the pcie connecters 

therefore you have to use 6pin from one of them and the other will be 8pin (the +2 pin should clip onto the 6 pin)

[JoeR]

Just now, KOMTechAndGaming said:

you should have 4 of the pcie connecters 

therefore you have to use 6pin from one of them and the other will be 8pin (the +2 pin should clip onto the 6 pin)

Thanks, now any ideas on the adapter before I give this a try?

[MorganO]

Just now, JoeR said:

Thanks, now any ideas on the adapter before I give this a try?

nope, i wouldnt use any adapters personally