6 to 6+2 pin extension, is it safe?

[Pyrobot]

In my case, i need to extend my 6+2 pci cable so i can connect it to my other different vga because my current cable cannot reach it. So is it safe if i use an extension?

[NoRomanBatmansAllowed]

Yes, that's the reasons extensions exist.

 

Usually cheap ones will work perfectly fine, but just keep in mind that if the wires are too thin, bad stuff could happen too.

[Stefan Payne]

Depends on the situation.

Without knowing the PSU it's not safe to say.

 

For an R9-295X2 it's not a good idea to do btw.

For an RX480 it is OK.

[Guest]

Like Stefan said.  Depends on the PSU.

 

Adapters add an additional point of failure and more resistance.   Knowing the PSU and the brand of type of adapter being considered is the only way to properly answer your question.  

[Pyrobot]

Oh okay thanks, well my psu is seasonic s12 620 W and the vga is rx 560

so i think it's okay

[Stefan Payne]

@Pyrobot

How did you archieve that??
 

The PCIe cable should be at least half a meter, that's more than enough for most cases.

How can it be too short??

 

What are you doing?
What case are you using?

Before wasting money on an extension I'd check that first...

 

Also with an S12II-620 the fan of the PSU would probably get a bit louder than before. So you might want to think about that too...

[Guest]

16 hours ago, Pyrobot said:

Oh okay thanks, well my psu is seasonic s12 620 W and the vga is rx 560

so i think it's okay

Seriously.  How did you come to that conclusion?

 

"IT'S SEASONIC.  EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE... ALWAYS.  NO MATTER WHAT."

 

What extension cable do you plan to use?  Just a regular extension and not an adapter, right?  PCIe to PCIe?

 

 

 

[Stefan Payne]

6 hours ago, jonnyGURU said:

What extension cable do you plan to use?  Just a regular extension and not an adapter, right?  PCIe to PCIe?

Knowing people and the Interwebs, it probably is one of those 1 PCIe 8pin to two PCIe 8pin or something like that...

 

But I still don't understand what he's doing.

The Seasonic S12II-620 has 4 PCIe connectors and around 550/650mm length.

 

How the hell can those cables be too short?!

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Stefan Payne said:

Knowing people and the Interwebs, it probably is one of those 1 PCIe 8pin to two PCIe 8pin or something like that...

 

Right.  And if that's the case, that's a horrible idea.

[Pyrobot]

update, i bought it and it runs just fine. My main gpu is 1070 asus strix, and the second is rx 560 sapphire, the length between these two cards are pretty far. so i need to extend the cable for a temporary time until i build another pc

 

[comicsansms]

5 minutes ago, Pyrobot said:

update, i bought it and it runs just fine. My main gpu is 1070 asus strix, and the second is rx 560 sapphire, the length between these two cards are pretty far. so i need to extend the cable for a temporary time until i build another pc

 

I still don't understand. You have two GPUs why? And you have such a low end PSU for such an expensive GPU why?

[Pyrobot]

1 minute ago, Comic_Sans_MS said:

I still don't understand. You have two GPUs why? And you have such a low end PSU for such an expensive GPU why?

trying to mine... while waiting for the budget to build another pc for my cousin

[comicsansms]

10 minutes ago, Pyrobot said:

trying to mine... while waiting for the budget to build another pc for my cousin

Don't mine, just don't.