Jump to content

Is the Y splitter GPU cable necessary?

Morgoth97
By Morgoth97
in Power Supplies
 Share
Go to solution Solved by Lurick,

So long as it has the ports on the power supply to support 3 8-pin cables, it will work just fine without the splitter.

Posted

Hi

I'm running an Msi Lightning 1080 Ti which has 3 x 8-pin ports. I've plugged a Y splitter VGA cable which is a 8+6 (with adapter) into the first two ports and another VGA cable which is an 8-pin to 8-pin which occocupies the third port.

 

My question is as the title suggests; is the Y splitter necessary ?

 I'm getting sleeved cables as the ones connected to the GPU right now are ruining aesthetics of my build and I figured 3 x 8-pin to 8-pin VGA cables would look a lot neater.

 

P.S my PSU is the EVGA supernova P2 1000z

 

Thanks in advanced

Laptop: MacBook Pro 13" (Early 2015) || Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus x299 Gaming 9 || CPU: Intel i7-7820x (38% OC- 5.00 GHz) || RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB 8GB @ 3466 MHz (x4)- DDR4  || GPU: MSI  Geforce GTX 1080 Ti Lightning X || Storage: Samsung 960 EVO NVME SSD 500GB || OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro || Chassis: Thermaltake The Tower 900 || Cooling Solution: Custom open loop water cooling system with a 560mm radiator and a CPU water water-block || Display: ROG Swift PG279Q || Pointing Device: Razer Mamba (2016) || Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Chroma V2 || Headset: Astro A50 Wireless ||

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Solution

So long as it has the ports on the power supply to support 3 8-pin cables, it will work just fine without the splitter.

Current Network Layout:

Current Build Log/PC:

Prior Build Log/PC:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
2 minutes ago, Lurick said:

So long as it has the ports on the power supply to support 3 8-pin cables, it will work just fine without the splitter.

Yea, it's fully modular.

Thanks for the quick reply. :)

Laptop: MacBook Pro 13" (Early 2015) || Motherboard: Gigabyte Aorus x299 Gaming 9 || CPU: Intel i7-7820x (38% OC- 5.00 GHz) || RAM: Corsair Vengeance RGB 8GB @ 3466 MHz (x4)- DDR4  || GPU: MSI  Geforce GTX 1080 Ti Lightning X || Storage: Samsung 960 EVO NVME SSD 500GB || OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro || Chassis: Thermaltake The Tower 900 || Cooling Solution: Custom open loop water cooling system with a 560mm radiator and a CPU water water-block || Display: ROG Swift PG279Q || Pointing Device: Razer Mamba (2016) || Keyboard: Razer Blackwidow Chroma V2 || Headset: Astro A50 Wireless ||

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Power Supplies

×