Power Issues

[Jihakuz]

Okay so I am looking to buy a 980ti for my system and I have found a card on eBay for £350 however, it has a six pin connection and an eight pin connection for its power and my PSU only has two six pin connections. I have a couple of questions about this.

 

1)If I just used my two six pin connections, would that work or not?

2)I have found an adaptor that goes from six pins to eight pins, am I safe using this or not?

3)Does anyone know you any 980ti cards that only run off two six pin connections?

 

Any and all feedback will be greatly appreciated :)

[don_svetlio]

1 - no
2 - unlikely. What PSU is it?
3 - no such thing exists

[Jihakuz]

Just now, don_svetlio said:

1 - no
2 - unlikely. What PSU is it?
3 - no such thing exists

 

I don't know what power supply it is. However I do have another one, could I do an Austin and put two power supplies in?

[don_svetlio]

Just now, Jihakuz said:

I don't know what power supply it is. However I do have another one, could I do an Austin and put two power supplies in?

If you want to start a house fire sure! Go ahead!

Using a cheap PSU in a power-hungry system is extremely dangerous. If the PSU lacks the proper connections, chances are it was never meant to power the components that require those connections.

[Dackzy]

Just now, Jihakuz said:

I don't know what power supply it is. However I do have another one, could I do an Austin and put two power supplies in?

from that comment I am willing to bet that you have a OEM system or a very old system with a bad CPU that would not be able to handle a 980ti, also why get a 980ti? you can get a 1070 that has better DX12 and a sync compute performance and needs less power, but that would not help anything if you have a bad PSU and CPU or just one of those things.