Question Regarding My PSU and GPU

[BrandonPrairie]

I recently purchased an RX 580 by Gigabyte which requires an 8 pin connection. My PSU only has 2 6 pin wires. If i use a dual 6 pin to 8 pin adapter (as in it plugs both 6 pins in and it turns into an 8 pin) is this safe? I've seen many responses on other forums bot not about the dual 6 pin situation. Thanks in advance :)

[Fasauceome]

I use a dual 6 pin to 8 pin for my 1070 to increase power limit for overclock, you'll be good

[BrandonPrairie]

8 minutes ago, fasauceome said:

I use a dual 6 pin to 8 pin for my 1070 to increase power limit for overclock, you'll be good

Thank you for the quick response. The 1070 requires more energy than mine anyways so that makes me feel a lot better.

[seon123]

Just now, BrandonPrairie said:

Thank you for the quick response. The 1070 requires more energy than mine anyways so that makes me feel a lot better.

What? No? The RX 580 draws significantly more power than the 1070. The 1070 is a 150W card. 

Using any sort of adapters just adds more points of failure. What PSU do you have? If it only has 6 pin PCIe power connectors, I'm guessing it's crap. 

[BrandonPrairie]

11 minutes ago, seon123 said:

What? No? The RX 580 draws significantly more power than the 1070. The 1070 is a 150W card. 

Using any sort of adapters just adds more points of failure. What PSU do you have? If it only has 6 pin PCIe power connectors, I'm guessing it's crap. 

My bad, i'm in school atm but i'll check when i get home. The PSU came with the pc as a my pc isn't custom made. I have an Old Dell XPS with 3.1 ghz, 1TB storage. Dont remember how many Watts the PSU is though.