Connecting 1060 to an 8-pin PSU

[Wjjm75]

so this is my first time doing this, i have a few questions

1. what is the required connector for this card, https://www.amazon.co.uk/EVGA-GeForce-GAMING-Support-06G-P4-6163-KR/dp/B01IOWT538?SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-ffab-uk-21&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B01IOWT538&th=1 (am confused a bit)

2. i think its 6-pin, so my 8-pin PSU is fine right?
This is my first time swiitching GPU's and am sorta unsure

PSU:https://www.corsair.com/us/en/Power/Plug-Type/vs-series-config/p/CP-9020050-NA

[gnomik]

It needs a 6pin. But you cant plug an 8pin directly, you would need an adapter or something.

[airdeano]

PCIe harnesses from the PSU usually are broken down to a 6+2:

usually an 8-pin from the PSU is the CPU EPS harness.

[minibois]

This videocard needs a 6 pin PCIE connector, which also sometimes come as a 6+2 pin PCIE on power supplies, so like a 6 pin + 2 pins on the side.

 

[Wjjm75]

4 minutes ago, Minibois said:

This videocard needs a 6 pin PCIE connector, which also sometimes come as a 6+2 pin PCIE on power supplies, so like a 6 pin + 2 pins on the side.

 

ok, can i find that out online? because im happy to open my pc up to find out

 

[airdeano]

we'll need to know what PSU you have to diagnose your connections availability.

[minibois]

Just now, Wjjm75 said:

ok, can i find that out online? because im happy to open my pc up to find out

 

Do you perhaps know your PSU's model number? If is doesn't have a 6 pin PCIE it may very likely be not strong enough to power that videocard, plus the 8 pin your might be talking about is maybe already used by your motherboard.

There is 8 pin EPS and 8 pin PCIE, which are actually 2x4 pin EPS and 6+2 pin PCIE, the first is your your CPU power (connected via the motherboard) and the latter is for videocard power.

[Wjjm75]

38 minutes ago, Minibois said:

Do you perhaps know your PSU's model number? If is doesn't have a 6 pin PCIE it may very likely be not strong enough to power that videocard, plus the 8 pin your might be talking about is maybe already used by your motherboard.

There is 8 pin EPS and 8 pin PCIE, which are actually 2x4 pin EPS and 6+2 pin PCIE, the first is your your CPU power (connected via the motherboard) and the latter is for videocard power.

ok yeah it has 2 6+2 PCIE connectors so it should be good im guessing?

 

39 minutes ago, airdeano said:

we'll need to know what PSU you have to diagnose your connections availability.

edited, soz about that

[minibois]

Just now, Wjjm75 said:

ok yeah it has 2 6+2 PCIE connectors so it should be good im guessing?

Assuming it's a good quality 400W+ PSU, you should be good.

 

[Wjjm75]

1 minute ago, Minibois said:

Assuming it's a good quality 400W+ PSU, you should be good.

 

yea its 550w 80+ white psu, hopefully the white efficiency isnt a problem?

 

[minibois]

1 minute ago, Wjjm75 said:

yea its 550w 80+ white psu, hopefully the white efficiency isnt a problem?

 

Oh, no problem at all. These newer videocards is quite good, so that will pose no problem.

I assume for installing the videocard, you know the basics of PC repair stuff? Like grounding yourself, unclipping the clip at the back of the current GPU and slotting in the new GPU after taking out the older.

[Lord Nicoll]

3 minutes ago, Wjjm75 said:

yea its 550w 80+ white psu, hopefully the white efficiency isnt a problem?

 

White? What's the PSU's rating, 80+ bronze? 80+ gold? 

[Wjjm75]

1 minute ago, Minibois said:

Oh, no problem at all. These newer videocards is quite good, so that will pose no problem.

I assume for installing the videocard, you know the basics of PC repair stuff? Like grounding yourself, unclipping the clip at the back of the current GPU and slotting in the new GPU after taking out the older.

grounding yourself only has to be done once every few mins right? other than that my mate who has been building pc's for longer than me is coming to make sure i dont fuck anything up

 

[minibois]

3 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

White? What's the PSU's rating, 80+ bronze? 80+ gold? 

I assumed 'White' as in just regular 80+, so the level below Bronze.

2 minutes ago, Wjjm75 said:

grounding yourself only has to be done once every few mins right? other than that my mate who has been building pc's for longer than me is coming to make sure i dont fuck anything up

 

Yea, plus not a lot can be done wrong nowadays as long as you don't build a PC on carpet with wool socks (inb4 people who built PC's with wool socks on carpet post here saying they never broke a PC)

[Wjjm75]

21 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

White? What's the PSU's rating, 80+ bronze? 80+ gold? 

80+ white, according to the manufacturers website

i think thats bad/mediocre

 

17 minutes ago, Minibois said:

I assumed 'White' as in just regular 80+, so the level below Bronze.

Yea, plus not a lot can be done wrong nowadays as long as you don't build a PC on carpet with wool socks (inb4 people who built PC's with wool socks on carpet post here saying they never broke a PC)

lel, yeah but im gonna do it in the kitchen with metal table legs so i should be good, thanks for all your help mate, really appreciated bro

[Lord Nicoll]

1 minute ago, Wjjm75 said:

i think thats bad/mediocre

 

Hmm, seems 80+ White is the name for just 80+, didn't know they had a colour for regular 80+. It'll be a little worse than 80+ Bronze but won't matter so much, 240v is more efficient for the PSUs anyways, why 80+ Gold gets over 90% on my voltage, which based on that Ulster flag I'm guessing is also 240v

[Wjjm75]

1 minute ago, Lord Nicoll said:

Hmm, seems 80+ White is the name for just 80+, didn't know they had a colour for regular 80+. It'll be a little worse than 80+ Bronze but won't matter so much, 240v is more efficient for the PSUs anyways, why 80+ Gold gets over 90% on my voltage, which based on that Ulster flag I'm guessing is also 240v

yea its a 240v PSU, thanks man

[Lord Nicoll]

Just now, Wjjm75 said:

yea its a 240v PSU, thanks man

I feel bad for the US guys and their 120v, their power is just so weak. That's why the 1500 watt and 1600 what units have the IEC C-19 16 amp connectors even though on 240v they'd only pull like 8 amps, on 120 they would need over 10 amps, which is the official rating of the IEC C13 connector. 

[jools]

why do people go on about 80+ , 90+ , when it only affects tree hugger. That 80+ crap is only about the effiency of the psu NOT its quality

[Wjjm75]

4 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

I feel bad for the US guys and their 120v, their power is just so weak. That's why the 1500 watt and 1600 what units have the IEC C-19 16 amp connectors even though on 240v they'd only pull like 8 amps, on 120 they would need over 10 amps, which is the official rating of the IEC C13 connector. 

ye lol

[Lord Nicoll]

Just now, jools said:

why do people go on about 80+ , 90+ , when it only affects tree hugger. That 80+ crap is only about the effiency of the psu NOT its quality

Higher quality PSUs will have higher ratings, and is more expensive to produce, while it's true they won't have higher quality outputs just because they're 80+ Platinum, they're more likely not to be junk. 
It's actually harder to make a more stable PSU voltage while maintaining efficiency actually. 

[jools]

5 minutes ago, Lord Nicoll said:

Higher quality PSUs will have higher ratings, and is more expensive to produce, while it's true they won't have higher quality outputs just because they're 80+ Platinum, they're more likely not to be junk. 
It's actually harder to make a more stable PSU voltage while maintaining efficiency actually. 

im for more stability the forests can burn