Upgrade to a (2) 8 pin PCIE connector on Dell T5600

[wonderfred]

I'm looking for some help with upgrading my GPU.  My current power supply is the stock Dell 825W with a single 8 pin connector (with an extra 6 pin connector?).  If I wanted to go to a RTX 3070 or a RX 6800 series card, I suddenly need two 8 pin connectors.  So this might be a dumb question, but is this even possible with my current power supply since it has this power distribution board?

 

Current Setup

CPU: Dual Intel Xeon E5-2670 0
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) 
SSD: WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB
HDD: Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018) 
RAM: Hynix-00AD HMT41GR7MFR4C-PB 8x8GB
MBD: Dell Precision T5600

PSU: Dell D825EF-01

 

Thank you in advance and forgive me for the terrible cable management.

[GoldenLag]

11 hours ago, wonderfred said:

If I wanted to go to a RTX 3070 or a RX 6800 series card, I suddenly need two 8 pin connectors

3070 can do fine on a single 8-pin. as its stock a 225 TGP card. 

 

rx 6800 would like an extra 6 pin. as its a 250 TGP card. 

[Ankerson]

1 hour ago, GoldenLag said:

3070 can do fine on a single 8-pin. as its stock a 225 TGP card. 

 

rx 6800 would like an extra 6 pin. as its a 250 TGP card. 

 

 

Except they won't even boot without both 8 Pins connected. Or 3X 8 Pins for those cards.

 

We did some experiments over on the EVGA forums just to verify.

 

 

[GoldenLag]

11 hours ago, Ankerson said:

 

 

Except they won't even boot without both 8 Pins connected. Or 3X 8 Pins for those cards.

 

We did some experiments over on the EVGA forums just to verify.

 

 

welp, thats just dumb...... it makes sense, but the TGP of the card shouldnt care. 

 

the founders only comes with 1 8-pin tho

[wonderfred]

On 11/15/2020 at 3:15 PM, GoldenLag said:

3070 can do fine on a single 8-pin. as its stock a 225 TGP card. 

 

rx 6800 would like an extra 6 pin. as its a 250 TGP card. 

So the extra 6 pin that's hanging off currently (you can see it bottom center of first picture), is that all I would need?  

 

And to get an extra 8 pin, do I buy a Y splitter? Like this? --> https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16812492083?Description=8 pin y adapter&cm_re=8_pin y adapter-_-12-492-083-_-Product 

[Herman Mcpootis]

2 hours ago, wonderfred said:

So the extra 6 pin that's hanging off currently (you can see it bottom center of first picture), is that all I would need?  

 

And to get an extra 8 pin, do I buy a Y splitter? Like this? --> https://www.newegg.com/p/N82E16812492083?Description=8 pin y adapter&cm_re=8_pin y adapter-_-12-492-083-_-Product 

You can 8+8-pin pci-e cables for the T5600:

https://www.amazon.com/LODFIBER-Power-Cable-T5600-Video/dp/B07CSMKY4G

[GoldenLag]

5 hours ago, wonderfred said:

So the extra 6 pin that's hanging off currently (you can see it bottom center of first picture), is that all I would need?  

powerwise yes, but as mentione above there might be a sense pin for 2 8-pins even tho they are technically not needed. wattage wise 6+2 and 6 is enough