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HP ProLiant DL30 G7 server, need a bit of advice in turning it into unRaid gaming machine.

Okay so the server itself right now has only 1 CPU, a Xeon L5630 (which I will be replacing with a Xeon X5680, and later down the road add another CPU), 16GB of ECC DDR3, bunch of storage and so on and so forth. 

So, the server has 2 430 gold rated power supplies, problem is that they have this special flat connection that goes right into the motherboard, so my question would be, how do I power a GPU inside this same server? As in how do I get 6pin/8pin power to the GPU.

Thanks in advance

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If the PSU connection goes directly into the motherboard and not a breakout board you'll have to use a 3rd external PSU. One with enough 6 & 6+2 pins to power the GPU's.

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4 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

If the PSU connection goes directly into the motherboard and not a breakout board you'll have to use a 3rd external PSU. One with enough 6 & 6+2 pins to power the GPU's.

Which would mean jumper cable, any other way to do it perhaps? And no getting a GPU without external power is not an option.

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