Help Needed To connect Asus Strix 970 to RM850

[everypaper]

I have somehow confused myself on how to connect the two together. I'm a novice builder and yeah just need help installing it. I don't think I have the right cable either, but I'm not sure, Any help is appreciated.

 

this is the cable i have

http://imgur.com/l4PKHHz

 

this is the psu side

http://imgur.com/CKb2haT

 

this is the asus 970 side

http://imgur.com/V5m5gyo

 

can i and how do i connect them? which part goes where =/. ty

[Sauron]

You need to connect it to one of the 6+2 pcie power sockets on the power supply using a 6+2pin cable (or an 8-pin directly if you have one)

[UltraNeonGaming]

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Welcome to the forum!

 

An 8 pin or a 6+2 pin PCIe cable will plug into the 970.

This is a 6+2:

This is a 8:

Both will work the same.

Plug the end of the cable where it says "Type 3" into the power supply's "6+2 PCIe & 4+4 CPU" area.

Plug any one of the two other ends that aren't labeled and look like the first image into the GPU, done!

Hope this helps.

[Megahurt]

The solid 8 pin side goes into the psu where labelled pcie, and the ends that have 6+2 pins go into the video card.

[typographie]

this is the cable i have

http://imgur.com/l4PKHHz

 

This looks like two 6+2 connectors on one cable. Your GTX 970 needs one 8-pin. So you just need to connect one 6+2 pin male end to it. Your PSU may have come with a cable that has a single 6+2 end on it—if so, use that one so you don't have the other 6+2 connector dangling around in your case. It plugs into the "6+2 PCI-E" section on the back of your PSU.

 

Video cards sometimes need 6-pin plugs, and sometimes they need 8-pin ones. Additionally, some need more than one plug. The 6+2 connector allows a PSU maker to provide compatibility with both types with a single cable type, so that's what most PSUs have today.

[everypaper]

This looks like two 6+2 connectors on one cable. Your GTX 970 needs one 8-pin. So you just need to connect one 6+2 pin male end to it. Your PSU may have come with a cable that has a single 6+2 end on it—if so, use that one so you don't have the other 6+2 connector dangling around in your case. It plugs into the "6+2 PCI-E" section on the back of your PSU.

 

Video cards sometimes need 6-pin plugs, and sometimes they need 8-pin ones. Additionally, some need more than one plug. The 6+2 connector allows a PSU maker to provide compatibility with both types with a single cable type, so that's what most PSUs have today.

 

So for Everyone that has replied, i can leave the extra 6+2 pin connector dangling, because there is no where to connect that? is that correct?

[jc980]

So for Everyone that has replied, i can leave the extra 6+2 pin connector dangling, because there is no where to connect that? is that correct?

Yup, might want to cable manage that tho.

[UltraNeonGaming]

So for Everyone that has replied, i can leave the extra 6+2 pin connector dangling, because there is no where to connect that? is that correct?

Yes, don't need to worry about that one

[typographie]

So for Everyone that has replied, i can leave the extra 6+2 pin connector dangling, because there is no where to connect that? is that correct?

 

That is correct. The amount of power a certain video card model needs is a variable, and yours happens to need only a single 8-pin plug + the power it gets from the PCIe slot.

 

Kind of inelegant to have it dangling in your case, though. Often power supplies with a two-headed cable like that often have one with a single plug as well. If yours doesn't, you'll just have to do whatever you can to tuck it back or whatever.