Is there a way to use a second external power supply to power a graphics card?

[low tier gamer]

I'm planning to get a 150 watt card but I only have a proprietary 180 watt psu so I'm wondering if there's a way to do this

[Justinnlin]

Of course, you can have one for your motherboard and one for you graphics card, even more if you have more graphics card lol although I don’t see why you would do it but you can indeed, cable management would be difficult tho and you might have your pc case open all the time as there is only one slot for the psu on most cases

[low tier gamer]

Do I need any other cables? And yea it sounds a bit silly but it's gonna be a more temporary thing until I get a new motherboard, case and stuff

[aisle9]

7 minutes ago, low tier gamer said:

Do I need any other cables? And yea it sounds a bit silly but it's gonna be a more temporary thing until I get a new motherboard, case and stuff

You'll need a jumper for the second PSU. This can be as simple as a paperclip.

[low tier gamer]

7 minutes ago, aisle9 said:

You'll need a jumper for the second PSU. This can be as simple as a paperclip.

I searched it up, do I put the paperclip in the power connector?

[TylerD321]

29 minutes ago, low tier gamer said:

I searched it up, do I put the paperclip in the power connector?

It would go in the motherboard pin to make the psu think it’s connected to at pc and turn on. Google the paper clip psu test for reference. Although, if you are planning other upgrades why wouldn’t you just go ahead and put the new psu in your computer and sell the old one?

[low tier gamer]

2 minutes ago, TylerD321 said:

It would go in the motherboard pin to make the psu think it’s connected to at pc and turn on. Google the paper clip psu test for reference. Although, if you are planning other upgrades why wouldn’t you just go ahead and put the new psu in your computer and sell the old one?

Thanks. And the motherboard can apparently only take HP psus so this is a temporary thing until I get a new build altogether

[aisle9]

15 hours ago, low tier gamer said:

Thanks. And the motherboard can apparently only take HP psus so this is a temporary thing until I get a new build altogether

If it’s a standard PSU, they make adapters for the plugs. If it’s custom form factor, you’re stuck unless you run the PSU outside the case or mod things.

[Justinnlin]

Check this out

[low tier gamer]

13 hours ago, Justinnlin said:

Check this out

That's sick. How big is your case?