MSI motherboard help

[Christicles]

I just got my msi 990fxa-gd65 motherboard and while figuring out how best to route the cables in my case I have run into a bit of a snag. There is a 6 pin pcie power connector located right next to all the pci slots on the board. It says that it is for cards that require power from the slot. Does this mean I have to have it connected or can I leave it unconnected as I don't seem to have any 6 pin cables long enough to route to it without going over the all the cards.

[Helltech]

You don't need it, it just helps when you're running crazy configs/crazy overclocks.

[Christicles]

ok. Good to know. Wish that was more clear in the manual.

[Deeko]

As Helltech says, if when you do crazy like overclocking. my Z77 Mpower from MSI has the same power point

[Christicles]

When you say crazy, what we talking about here? Do you mean oc on the gpu, cpu or both.

[killerx525]

Multiple GPUs, massive overclocks with super high voltages etc

[DESPERADOtheREVIEWER]

When you say crazy, what we talking about here? Do you mean oc on the gpu, cpu or both.

That 6-pin located near the PCI-e slots has basically nothing to do with the CPU. The standard PCI-e 2.0 slot can deliver up to 74W of power I think.... If you have 2 or more cards they need more power from both PSU and the motherboard itself.

The PCI-e 3.0 slots however, can deliver up to 300w of power meaning even mid range cards could now be made without any power connectors. (My dad has a PCI-e 2.0 motherboard with a Sapphire HD5670 - 1GB DDR5 128bit and it does not have any power connectors)