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There's a third option: buy a premade adapter so a standard ATX power supply can plug into your motherboard.

https://www.amazon.com/24-pin-6-HP/dp/B0CYBS1WZ5?th=1

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i got a gtx 1660 super and i wanna use it with my elitedesk 800 g1 twr the problem is that the psu is 320w i do have a crosair cx750w but the motherboard doesnt have 24 pin it has 2 6 pins 1 standard and one micro mini 6 pin is there a guide to eather
option 1 : use 2 psu 1 for pc 1 for gpu and short the psu to turn on
option 2 : hot wire the 24 pin to the 2 6 pins

which one is safer (i know both can fry my board) and is there a guide to follow

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6 minutes ago, AYOUB__- said:

i got a gtx 1660 super and i wanna use it with my elitedesk 800 g1 twr the problem is that the psu is 320w i do have a crosair cx750w but the motherboard doesnt have 24 pin it has 2 6 pins 1 standard and one micro mini 6 pin is there a guide to eather
option 1 : use 2 psu 1 for pc 1 for gpu and short the psu to turn on
option 2 : hot wire the 24 pin to the 2 6 pins

which one is safer (i know both can fry my board) and is there a guide to follow

Can option 1 fry your board?

 

The PSU with the shorted "on" pin would be plugged into the GPU... no?

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There's a third option: buy a premade adapter so a standard ATX power supply can plug into your motherboard.

https://www.amazon.com/24-pin-6-HP/dp/B0CYBS1WZ5?th=1

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1 hour ago, Needfuldoer said:

There's a third option: buy a premade adapter so a standard ATX power supply can plug into your motherboard.

https://www.amazon.com/24-pin-6-HP/dp/B0CYBS1WZ5?th=1

i know that method but its taking longer to arive i cant wait no more

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2 hours ago, --SID-- said:

GTX 1660 Super.

It has to pull about 75w over a sata connector adapted to pcie. A good one is rated up to 54w but on these hp built in psu's do not expext that. It may run for a bit but usually its a quick way to melt cables.

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4 hours ago, jaslion said:

It has to pull about 75w over a sata connector adapted to pcie. A good one is rated up to 54w but on these hp built in psu's do not expext that. It may run for a bit but usually its a quick way to melt cables.

320w G1 PSU has a 6 pin PCIe connector. No need to power it with SATA.

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