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Problem with Cable extension for 3070 founders edition

ImNotABot
By ImNotABot
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I just bought a 3070 founders edition but I noticed that the 12 pin to one 8 pin pcie converted given by nvidia looks bad so I decided to buy a cable extension on cable mods but I noticed that the cable extension given by cable mod comes with 12 pin to two 8 pin connector. 
my question is should I plug both the 8 pin connector or should I connect one 8 pin connector and leave the other one dangling. I don’t want to damage my gpu by giving high wattage to it. Please help me out with this problem as it’s my first build and I don’t want to damage anything and if anyone has faced anything similar please mention it.

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Both will need to be connected. 

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5 hours ago, Analog said:

Both will need to be connected. 

Even for 3070 cuz originally in the package provided by nvidia it had 12 pin to a single 8 pin pcie connector

 

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3 hours ago, ImNotABot said:

Even for 3070 cuz originally in the package provided by nvidia it had 12 pin to a single 8 pin pcie connector

 

 

Yes, because of how the connector itself is wired. the RTX 3070 that are not  founders edition cards also use dual 8-pin connectors so no issues there. PC components draw electricity, they don't get it pushed in them. Therefore, if your card doesn't need the power it simply will not draw it. 

CPU: AMD Ryzen 9 - 3900x @ 4.4GHz with a Custom Loop | MBO: ASUS Crosshair VI Extreme | RAM: 4x4GB Apacer 2666MHz overclocked to 3933MHz with OCZ Reaper HPC Heatsinks | GPU: PowerColor Red Devil 6900XT | SSDs: Intel 660P 512GB SSD and Intel 660P 1TB SSD | HDD: 2x WD Black 6TB and Seagate Backup Plus 8TB External Drive | PSU: Corsair RM1000i | Case: Cooler Master C700P Black Edition | Build Log: here

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44 minutes ago, Analog said:

 

Yes, because of how the connector itself is wired. the RTX 3070 that are not  founders edition cards also use dual 8-pin connectors so no issues there. PC components draw electricity, they don't get it pushed in them. Therefore, if your card doesn't need the power it simply will not draw it. 

Thanks for helping me out 

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You will be fine

 

I have a 2x 8pin to 12 pin on my 3070 FE

 

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | Motherboard Asus Strix B550i | RAM 32gb 3200 Crucial Ballistix | GPU Nvidia RTX 3070 Founder Edition | Cooling Barrow CPU/PUMP Block, EKWB Vector GPU Block, Corsair 280mm Radiator | Case NZXT H1 | Storage Sabrent Rocket 2tb, Samsung SM951 1tb

PSU NZXT S650 SFX Gold | Display Acer Predator XB271HU | Keyboard Corsair K70 Lux | Mouse Corsair M65 Pro  

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