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Please help.I just bought a unihub for my tl fans but i didnt see that you need a 6 pin connection to the power supply and the problem is i have only 2 6+2’s cables, both used on my gpu BUT they are double, so 1 6+2 actually has 2 6+2 connections as shown, can i use a spare one on my unihub or is it going to screw with my gpu.

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11 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

Please help.I just bought a unihub for my tl fans but i didnt see that you need a 6 pin connection to the power supply and the problem is i have only 2 6+2’s cables, both used on my gpu BUT they are double, so 1 6+2 actually has 2 6+2 connections as shown, can i use a spare one on my unihub or is it going to screw with my gpu.

 

What is your power supply and what is your GPU?

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15 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

Please help.I just bought a unihub for my tl fans but i didnt see that you need a 6 pin connection to the power supply and the problem is i have only 2 6+2’s cables, both used on my gpu BUT they are double, so 1 6+2 actually has 2 6+2 connections as shown, can i use a spare one on my unihub or is it going to screw with my gpu.

 

Should be fine, but for the sake of cable management I'd suggest 1 cable goes to GPU, and 1 goes to the unihub (what is a uniub? a fan controller? why does a fan controller use 6+2 and not sata? or molex?)

Although it would help to know the models of the PSU and GPU.

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2 minutes ago, will0hlep said:

 

Should be fine, but for the sake of cable management I'd suggest 1 cable goes to GPU, and 1 goes to the unihub (what is a uniub? a fan controller? why does a fan controller use 6+2 and not sata? or molex?)

yes its a fan controller dont ask me why it does lol, i used both cables as my gpu power because i was scared that if i used only 1 it would fry my gpu

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2 minutes ago, Snake45 said:

yes its a fan controller dont ask me why it does lol, i used both cables as my gpu power because i was scared that if i used only 1 it would fry my gpu

Using a single cable shouldn't fry the GPU because the worst case is the GPU dosn't get enough power because the PSU can't supply enough power over only 1 cable. In theory I guess you could cause a problem with your PSU, but only if it was faulty already.

 

Anyway, given the wattage of the PSU, it should have no issue powering a 6800XT over a single cable.

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3 minutes ago, Hinjima said:

According to the PSU's website it comes with 4x 6+2 so did you lose 2 cables?

I thought that too, but the website means 4 connectors, not cables

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My Computers: Primary: My main gaming rig - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/will0hlep/saved/NByp3C Second: Hosts Discord bots as well as a Minecraft and Ark server, and also serves as a reinforcement learning sand box - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/will0hlep/saved/cc9K7P NAS: TrueNAS Scale NAS hosting SMB shares, DDNS updater, pi-hole, and a Jellyfin server - https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/will0hlep/saved/m37w3C Foldatron: My folding@home and BOINC rig (partially donated to me by Folding Team Leader GOTSpectrum) - Mobile: Mini-ITX gaming rig for when I'm away from home -

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3 minutes ago, will0hlep said:

Using a single cable shouldn't fry the GPU because the worst case is the GPU dosn't get enough power because the PSU can't supply enough power over only 1 cable. In theory I guess you could cause a problem with your PSU, but only if it was faulty already.

 

Anyway, given the wattage of the PSU, it should have no issue powering a 6800XT over a single cable.

i will give this a try, if i dont reply im burning

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Just now, Snake45 said:

no, i thought so too but the ‘4’ cables came like this

 

Its not a terrible PSU so one cable for the GPU should be enough.

Its a 300w GPU and each 6+2 pin is rated for 150w, the GPU can pull 75w from the PCIE slot though.

 

Should be safe to use 1 cable with 2x6+2 for the GPU and use the other cable for the fan hub.

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