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Leemburns
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6+2pin&6pin or 2x6pin works fine in my sapphire nitro+ rx580...

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So I’ve never built a pc before and got a second hand gpu

 

it is a gtx 970 msi 100 ME

 

 

i have my power supply I jus need to know what cables go into it as I don’t know what to do

 

i have put the picture of the gpu here

 

thanks 

 

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1x 8pin power cable and 1x 6pin power cable

 

OR replace 8pin power cable with 2+6pin power cable, sometimes they come split for better compatibility

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eight pin and six pin

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whats the make and model power supply , also the rest of the system specs

might as well say everything if you havent built pcs before so we can see if it's all ok

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11 minutes ago, emosun said:

whats the make and model power supply , also the rest of the system specs

might as well say everything if you havent built pcs before so we can see if it's all ok

I will but my psu doesn’t have that cable what do I do now???

 

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16 minutes ago, gloop said:

1 8pin PCIe, 1 6pin PCIe. 

My psu doesn’t have those cables what will I do now

 

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16 minutes ago, Light-Yagami said:

1x 8pin power cable and 1x 6pin power cable

 

OR replace 8pin power cable with 2+6pin power cable, sometimes they come split for better compatibility

My psu doesn’t have those wires or cables what do I do will I have to buy a new psu

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Just now, Leemburns said:

My psu doesn’t have those cables what will I do now

 

what cables does it have? take a pic

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7 minutes ago, Leemburns said:

I will but my psu doesn’t have that cable what do I do now???

as I said tell us what computer and psu you currently have so we can help

we don't even know if your machine can use a normal psu yet

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2 minutes ago, Light-Yagami said:

what cables does it have? take a pic

Sorry for the bad quality 

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Just now, emosun said:

as I said tell us what computer and psu you currently have so we can help

we don't even know if your machine can use a normal psu yet

I put it in my profile all my parts 

 

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5 minutes ago, Leemburns said:

My psu doesn’t have those cables what will I do now

 

Buy another one that does.

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you don't have a case listed or a motherboard make or model

We don't know if your machine takes a regular power supply

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@Leemburns

 

1st one: Motherboard power

2nd one: CPU power

the rest: IO devides (HDD, SSD, USB)

You DO NOT have cables for an external GPU

 

Your PSU is severally outdated and probably underpowered, get a new one. To drive a 970 you don't need more than 400W of PSU. 

But I would get a 550W PSU and keep it once you upgrade your system.

 

I hope this helps

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3 minutes ago, emosun said:

you don't have a case listed or a motherboard make or model

We don't know if your machine takes a regular power supply

Ok sorry I have fully updated it now 

 

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3 minutes ago, Light-Yagami said:

@Leemburns

 

1st one: Motherboard power

2nd one: CPU power

the rest: IO devides (HDD, SSD, USB)

You DO NOT have cables for an external GPU

 

Your PSU is severally outdated and probably underpowered, get a new one. To drive a 970 you don't need more than 400W of PSU. 

But I would get a 550W PSU and keep it once you upgrade your system.

 

I hope this helps

So this does mean I have to get a new power supply and if I don’t I can’t hook my gpu up?

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So this does mean I have to get a new power supply and if I don’t I can’t hook my gpu up?

Affirmative!

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2 minutes ago, Light-Yagami said:

Affirmative!

Aw no okay thanks

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Just now, Leemburns said:

Aw no okay thanks

 

Just now, Leemburns said:

Aw no okay thanks

 

3 minutes ago, Light-Yagami said:

Affirmative!

Could u suggest a power supply for me as I’m reallY confused now and it kind off has to be cheap as I blew my money on this and it won’t even work now please it’d mean a lot

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6+2pin&6pin or 2x6pin works fine in my sapphire nitro+ rx580...

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5 minutes ago, Leemburns said:

 

 

Could u suggest a power supply for me as I’m reallY confused now and it kind off has to be cheap as I blew my money on this and it won’t even work now please it’d mean a lot

https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-psus,4229.html 

 

Choose one from this list. I vouch that they run elaborate tests to determine which PSU are good and which aren't.

 

Shoot a like my way as well, or mark one of my replies as "mark as solved" so people know no more commenting is needed 

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