dual 6 pin to 8 pin or 6 pin to 8 pin adapters

[Dogggo]

so my psu got 2 6 pin, and my new gpu needs 1 8 pin, is there any difference between i purchasing the 6 pin to 8 pin and the dual 6 pin to 8 pin (which is rare in my country and 10x more expensive)?

[Kilrah]

If you use a 6 to 8 and the wiring of the PSU isn't dimensioned appropriately to take the additional load you might melt some cables.

[Domifi]

No. Even if your PSU uses multiple rails it should be fine with having the GPU on just the one cable. What PSU do you have?

[APasz]

Dual 6 pin is recommend over a single for the same reason the 8 pin was introduced. To spread the load over more wires.

Unless you've got a high end card though, it's not something to worry about.

[Dogggo]

14 minutes ago, Kilrah said:

If you use a 6 to 8 and the wiring of the PSU isn't dimensioned appropriately to take the additional load you might melt some cables.

would it melt even though i got sleeve on it?

15 minutes ago, Domifi said:

No. Even if your PSU uses multiple rails it should be fine with having the GPU on just the one cable. What PSU do you have?

i got VenomRX Iron Clan 500W

[APasz]

Putting a sleeve on it will not affect it.

Especially since it's not really about carrying more power but controlling interference [ground bounce] thus allowing more power over the same wires.

 

What is your gfx card? If it pulls ~125w or less, there is nothing to worry about.

[Dogggo]

9 hours ago, APasz said:

Putting a sleeve on it will not affect it.

Especially since it's not really about carrying more power but controlling interference [ground bounce] thus allowing more power over the same wires.

 

What is your gfx card? If it pulls ~125w or less, there is nothing to worry about.

i use gtx 1660 about 120w