psu 12pin

[hollyh88]

so im not really well informed when it comes to psu's being able to work with the new nvidia 12pins. Mine of course only has regular 6+2 pins. But i do see those adapters and of course you can put 2 8 pins or 6+2 pins on them but as far as i know that doesnt make your psu automatically compatible right? So my question is.. is my psu compatible with such gpu pins?

my psu is a 850fx or Seasonic Focus Plus 850 Gold. 

[Poinkachu]

10 minutes ago, hollyh88 said:

so im not really well informed when it comes to psu's being able to work with the new nvidia 12pins. Mine of course only has regular 6+2 pins. But i do see those adapters and of course you can put 2 8 pins or 6+2 pins on them but as far as i know that doesnt make your psu automatically compatible right? So my question is.. is my psu compatible with such gpu pins?

my psu is a 850fx or Seasonic Focus Plus 850 Gold. 

Basically they're simply 12v & GND wires, just in different layout / pinout.

Seasonic sells their version of 8pin to 12vhpwr custom PSU cable, which looks better & easier to route and stuffs. https://seasonic.com/12vhpwr-cable

Or you can buy one from cablemod, either it's adapter or custom PSU cable.

[Alex Atkin UK]

Basically put, all PSUs are compatible with the adapters the GPUs come with, but some PSUs you can buy new cables which replace that adapter entirely.

Native ATX 3.0 PSUs only do a little more, in that they detect how many cables are plugged in and alter the detection pins to reduce the GPUs maximum power draw, if the combined number of cables plugged in would exceed the PSUs rating.  This is largely redundant given hardly anyone uses multiple GPUs and hardly any GPUs are going to need 600W of power anyway.

Its basically a feature that might be useful for workstations where people upgrade multiple GPUs and its better if they make a mistake that those GPUs reduce their maximum power, than the PC suddenly shut off due to overload in the middle of a important job.

[hollyh88]

8 hours ago, Alex Atkin UK said:

Basically put, all PSUs are compatible with the adapters the GPUs come with, but some PSUs you can buy new cables which replace that adapter entirely.

Native ATX 3.0 PSUs only do a little more, in that they detect how many cables are plugged in and alter the detection pins to reduce the GPUs maximum power draw, if the combined number of cables plugged in would exceed the PSUs rating.  This is largely redundant given hardly anyone uses multiple GPUs and hardly any GPUs are going to need 600W of power anyway.

Its basically a feature that might be useful for workstations where people upgrade multiple GPUs and its better if they make a mistake that those GPUs reduce their maximum power, than the PC suddenly shut off due to overload in the middle of a important job.

 

9 hours ago, Poinkachu said:

Basically they're simply 12v & GND wires, just in different layout / pinout.

Seasonic sells their version of 8pin to 12vhpwr custom PSU cable, which looks better & easier to route and stuffs. https://seasonic.com/12vhpwr-cable

Or you can buy one from cablemod, either it's adapter or custom PSU cable.

alright thank you for both of your answers, so in case i may use a gpu in the future that requires a 12 pin im good to go with mine already.