Cables to GPU

[throwaway19]

Hello, I am building my first pc and had a question regarding my power supply and gpu. I am running a gigabyte aorus 3060ti which requires an 8 pin and 6 pin connection while my Super flower 750w psu comes with 2 vga cables. Now each of these cables is 8 pins into the psu but split at the other end into a 8pin and a 6+2pin meaning I can use just one vga cable to connect into everything on my gpu. Should I just use one of these vga cables? and if so why does my psu come with 2 of them. I'm not very experienced so clarification would be nice.

[Guest]

It's better to have 2 cables from the PSU to the GPU, just use one of each split for the 6 and 8.

[GuiltySpark_]

This is probably one of the most commonly asked questions new builders have and is asked and answered many times a day in here and across all the discord servers I frequent for tech support.

 

On a 3060Ti, you will be fine just running a single cable from your PSU then using the one 8-pin then the 6-pin that's daisy chained off of it.  If this was a 3080, I would suggest you run two full cables from your PSU.

[throwaway19]

1 minute ago, rickeo said:

This is probably one of the most commonly asked questions new builders have and is asked and answered many times a day in here and across all the discord servers I frequent for tech support.

 

On a 3060Ti, you will be fine just running a single cable from your PSU then using the one 8-pin then the 6-pin that's daisy chained off of it.  If this was a 3080, I would suggest you run two full cables form your PSU.

Would there be any benefit in using 2 cables instead of 1?

[GuiltySpark_]

Just now, throwaway19 said:

Would there be any benefit in using 2 cables instead of 1?

No. 

 

On a high power card, it would be safer as you're pulling less current though one single cable, however on your 3060Ti, one is sufficient. 

[throwaway19]

1 minute ago, rickeo said:

No. 

 

On a high power card, it would be safer as you're pulling less current though one single cable, however on your 3060Ti, one is sufficient. 

Thanks for the info!