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Hello everyone! So, i recently decided that my GTX 960 isn't at the top of its game anymore, and thought about replacing it. I don't really have enough money to look into somehting as powerful as a 1080, so i thought i would save up, buy a GTX 1070 and maybe, in the future, get another one. At the moment however, the FSP PSU that i have is non-modular, so i only have 2 PCIE power cables. Looking at the majority of the 1070s i noticed none of them have only one power connector and I'm starting to think this may not be such a good ideea. Could you advise me on where i could find such 1070s and if this is a viable solution? Thanks in advance!

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1 minute ago, IdiotPenguin said:

I think all SC models from EVGA uses only one cable

Yes, one 8pin power

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2 minutes ago, PapaP said:

The Nvidia 1070 only requires one cable, but those are usually harder to grab.

Yeah you just have to pay attention to the description as well as the picture provided. A lot of the 1070s only require on cable, but I believe the 1070 ti does require two.

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I believe all EVGA models use only a single 8 pin

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Just now, IdiotPenguin said:

I think FTW uses 2 tho

Well if you get that you could've gotten a Strix card instead soooooo

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1 minute ago, IdiotPenguin said:

I think FTW uses 2 tho

It does (I own one)

 

21 minutes ago, GeneralKnoxx343 said:

so i thought i would save up, buy a GTX 1070 and maybe, in the future, get another one.

If you're going to buy a second one why not save up for the 1080? Depending on how long it takes you to save up for the 1070 it might be worth the little bit of wait to save for the 1080 with the possible new cards coming out.

 

1 minute ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

Well if you get that you could've gotten a Strix card instead soooooo

Not everyone likes ASUS ;)

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Just now, Egg-Roll said:

Not everyone likes ASUS ;)

Not everyone has common sense

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Just now, IdiotPenguin said:

I just realized you are a high priest of the Asus cult

Yes indeed. MSist heretic!

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Just now, IdiotPenguin said:

Unfortunately I’m not tied to any brand so I am free as the wind and I’ll go wherever it takes me!

*deploys net*

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1 minute ago, IdiotPenguin said:

Welp guess I’ll have to stick to Asus now!

 

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If this counts as derailing we should probably stop cuz it’s against community guidelines lel

 

I'm gonna hold you to that

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6 minutes ago, OrbitalBuzzsaw said:

Not everyone has common sense

I used to be all ASUS about 10 years ago... Till their CS and products started screwing up (for CS I blame being Canadian). I was using Gigabyte for a bit, both boards still work great, I chose to go with MSI and EVGA for this build. I won't ever touch ASUS again because of bad CS (long story) and products that like to fail after their warranty or 1 year whichever comes first...

 

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