Yes it is visible now. Just so I understand, I can purchase a 450W PSU, and have it run JUST the video card externally,? Yes you need to put in the 6-pin also. In stock on February 12, 2021. But why ? Hey Akshat, on that note, I am wondering if you are familiar with pinouts? Another system running at heavy load gets less than 400w, just making sure. And I do have spare molex that I don’t use. Is that very slow download that starts by exec’ing the .run file normal? And about the smell, considering that i’m powering up the graphic card for the first time, should I worry about? In the link which you gave me it refers that one molex has 1pin 12v., 1pin 5v & 2pins grounds but the 1pin of 12v is 13amps which means 156wattage. You can easily get it on aliexpress and here is the link https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32848383734.html, i have a rx570 saphire puls it has a 6 pin and i have a 320w power supply and the power supply doesnt have a 6 pin connector so what can i do. So you think the 2 molex is safe to pull 150w through? 6 x MSI GTX 1070ti Gaming 8Gb I run a Mac which uses a 6 pin connection to the mother board. I want to connect a MSI 1080TI 11G. Can I connect it directly to the card as I noticed it fits very nicely into the six slots to the right. Also, this card supports Legacy BIOS which is mentioned on its official website page. An 8-pin connector has two extra ground wires for providing better stability during overclocking where current draw is higher. Check out your video card max power draw and see whether you need one 6 pin-to-8 pin adapter, or an aggregator for 2 6-pin-to-1-8-pin adapter. what can i do? Many thanks for the prompt reply, heres what I know: 1) i know the how much voltage my power adapter is passing, it is 12 volts.There is a sticker on it which tells me more info, actually it is powering a normal dvd drive, so its equivalent to the sata power connector, I am assuming that both these are passing the same current, if i take my dvd drive and put directly in the cabinet and use on of the sata connectors, my dvd drive will work. I suggest you to get a dual 6-pin to 8-pin adapter which will be enough to power RTX 2060 having 160W power consumption on average. It seems to work normally, but sometimes the user is experiencing poor performance when working with heavy load/rendering. NEM 651/ Six Pin Plug. To check, try running the card in another PC. Dell says that I can’t purchase a more powerful PSU, with the proper connectors for my computer. Since I’m gettin new adaptor anyway. Upload on https://imgbb.com/ and share the link here. The unit you have is designed to "adapt" a (or 2) 4pin molex connect to create a plug (6 pin) that will give the extra power the video cards needs. Thank you for your post. Really appreciate your response. There are only two 8-pin PCIe connectors which can be modified as 6-pin PCIe connectors. I would suggest not to use SATA for 8-pin PCI-E power unless the power draw of the graphics card is not that much. Is it doable with the PSU I have? I still get a huge # of beeps, nvidia-smi says it’s failed, coudn’t communicate with NVIDIA driver. Update: Finally used pigtailed cables by corsair for one power input of each card (basically daisy chained the second and third power inputs of both cards). The Final question would be: Can the Single Pcie 6 Pin to 8 Pin Adapter power a 160-190 Watts RTX 2060? With other card (connecting the 6 pin connector) runs fine. I’m running Ubuntu on an amd 64 bit system. Was unsure and wanted a second opinion. There is nothing wrong in using them if your power supply is powerful enough to provide required current to the card using these adapters. Anyways, I will get the 6-pin to 8-pin adapter – will it supply the same amount of power as regular 8-pin. (in my lab, boxes full of GPU) I was told 19.04 has drivers for this but maybe not. The mainboard is a P9X79. I have the original PSU 475W No tests from the technician to the PSU or the memory though…. BTW, what PSU do you have? do you mean this one? However, I would advise you to use only 6-pin PCI-E connectors for that 8-pin to (6+2)pin connectors at the same time. Cos if you needed 225W or 300W from the PSU then you’d need 1x 8pin(150W) and another 8pin to 6(+2)pin (75W) = 225W OR 2x 8 pin = 300W Is this right? and 4 pin Don’t ever use SATA power connectors for PCI-E power as they don’t provide enough power. Are you using SATA or 4-pin molex connector because both are different? I would like to use the Sata adapter to eight pin. If a have a 2 4pin molex to 6pin pcie converter, will the 6 pin pcie end give the same 75w power, even though its coming from two different voltage 4 pins? or should i buy a PSU disigned to work with that load? The 6pin on GPU tays with 6pin rom adapter with the 2out. Max total Board Power draw: 193W. I recently tried to play NBA 2020 on my PC. I put the 6 pin in the 8 pin and put the other two in the rest. A) To put the 6pin of psu direct to 8pin of gpu B) to use adapter from 6pin to 8pin C) to use dual molex to 8pin but these two molex will be from the same cable or D) to use dual molex to 8 pin but the one molex will be connected to one cable with three molexes & the other molex will be connected to one cable with three satas via sata to molex adapter. Well, for molex only the 12V pin and ground pins are used for 8-pin PCIe connector. Well, the TDP is the maximum amount of heat generated by the chip/component and is not equal to power consumption but we can get a rough idea from it. Thanks for any advice. 4 x 4-pin Molex Maybe the card is corrupted. The card iam looking is a Evga 1080 that uses 2 8 pin which is insane. Hi Akshat Verma. I managed to get the card working with just the 6-pin plugged in, but to be safe I’ve ordered a 6-pin to 8-pin adapter. just to add I have seen some ppl online on youtube who have managed to run gtx 750ti successfully with 240 watts PSU, in fact i have come accross 4-5 guys who have managed to get this going. Thanks for your help. Thanks so much, mate! I would like to inquire if I can purchase and use LC-Power Power supply LC Power, Platinum Series 1200W (PSU) for the following existing PC, please. I have done M.Tech in IT and B.E. I have recently acquired a MSI GTX 980 4 gb I have now have an old radeon 7800 which is just one 6 pin connector The new 980 gtx has / needs two 8 pin connectors I have a rosewill capstone 650m power supply. i noticed after that that the core x has two 8pins connector, while the vega 56 has three 8 pins connector. Your power supply is not able to provide enough current & power to the card. OS is Windows 10 64 Bit. I have checked all connections & all are OK. You can safely use a single 8-pin to 6-pin adapter too, and it is not dangerous because the power draw of this card is not much (under 150W) and also if you do not plan to overclock it. I made sure everything else fully works. Hello, I am going to answer your questions one by one as there are many. As it will have 3x8pin from the psu I guess? Best of luck to you with your Blog. Hi, Thank you for your excellent article The card’s TDP is rated at 120W. i can’t find the right cable. Tried the card in another computer and tried with the Y-cable and that worked. While we need to have 12v stable so that the dual molex to feed enough the gpu at max 375 watts. My question then, is if I select your two SATA to 8 pin Molex connector, will I indeed have the same 150 watt (minimum) provided by a normal 8 pin feed? So my question is: If I want both cards in my system, and both require all power inputs populated, how do I go about it? Bonjour, Je suis en train de monter mon PC Et ma GTX 1070 gaming X demande deux branchement 6 ET 8 pins. I appreciate your responses. I hope you understand now =) if this is possible just let me know regarding to math, watts and safety. (460w) You explained power connections-thanks. I’ve just bought a Dell T5810 workstation with an E1650 v3 six-core processor (3.5 Ghz), 256Gb SSD, plus 2 x 2Tb HDD’s for storage. My rx 5700 had and 8 + 6 and my cord has and 8pin at the very end of the cord and another 8 pin further down. It will draw 75 watts from the pcie slot and 75 watts from the power connection. My zoostorm 7200 gaming PC has only one 6 pin connector but the GTX 1080 graphics card I have just purchased has a 6 pin and an 8 pin connector. The 6 pin connector was running my old Geforce GTX 906. Yes if it is 8-pin (6+2 split) cable then you won’t need the adapter. I am waiting on POINT OF VIEW to get back to me but meanwhile I am wondering if you have a solution. Is a 6 to 8 pin adapter enough? Ohh ok, can you explain why do you think two power supplies are better then one please? I stumbled upon your site and I think it is fantastic! Hi there are up to 3 sense pins, 1 on 6p and 2 on 8P jacks My questions are: 1. Hi there, I don’t think it will hurt the GPU or other components. I don’t think it would make any difference in performance. Since i have two 8-pin PCIe connectors i will get enough connections to my two gpu’s. i have a 500watt psu atm and i installed a msi gtx 1060 6gb graphics card a couple of days ago since then i have had multiple “blue screen of death”. If possible try running graphics card in another PC and also using a different PSU to cross check everything. In genetal people are not recommendig this solution. I have a zebronics 500 watts platinum series which has 6 pin connector, so far ive used it with my hd5770, now i want to upgrade to 1660 super, how do i connect ? I have 2 SATA hard drives and USB ports it runs nothing else thoughts? You mean for the dual molex to 8pin not to connect ONLY to separately two molex ports but these two molex should be in different ide cable ? Molex connector can provide maximum of 132W at 12V. SAM. Hoping you’ll be able to help! The motherboard (psu) is 425w and has an 8 pin connector for dedicated vga power. For VR, GTX 1660 Ti is a very good choice if you are on budget. Yes, it will provide the same power as 8-pin. In this case an 8-pin to dual 8-pin (6+2) adapter is a worth a try and may work. It’s a Power Man IP-S350CQ2-0 350W 20 + 4Pin 4Pin 12V 6Pin PCIe Continuous Power Supply. Just disable it in BIOS settings. https://www.techpowerup.com/gpu-specs/evga-gtx-980-ti-classified-ref-acx-2-0.b4241, I don’t know what that TDP means and I’m trying to figure out the best way to power the GTX 980ti. $8.49 $ 8. Yes EVGA SuperNOVA 650 G3 is enough for your RTX 3030 Vision graphics card. Now about 8pin of pci-e, how is justified the more wattage (if it isn’t exactly the double) from the 6pin of pci-e, while it has two more pins which are grounds (0amps –> 0watt) & NOT 12v so to be logically ? Upload the pic on https://imgbb.com/upload and share it here. The left 6 pin on the GPU I am making custom cabling for. And same with the bottom row as they all are just ground ? Question: which cable arrangement should I be connecting to GPU? some BIOS by many oEM there is no setting in BIOS , its auto mode for ever. but my psu only has a 6pin. Now idk at what power will the gpu burn out, but if I do the maths 75+75+75(and even more) equals more than the 225w the gpu is supposed to take. You can check the pin-out of 6-pin and 8-pin pcie connectors at https://i.imgur.com/LPjRWBN.png. Yes avoid overclocking when using 6-pin connector with this card. Many thanks. The Card got 2×8 Pins. Not like there’d be 300W available at the dual end, right? It displays a message “HDMI NO SIGNAL” and no image appears. I have not found a prefabricated 3-1 however Regarding RTX 3070, I think airflow is going to be a problem even it fits. Ground +12. Since I am not overclocking eny thing becourse there is no reson for it. Is it because of lack of 6 pin, or could the card be defective? If you have any queries or doubts regarding graphics cards or their power consumption then feel free to ask me by leaving a comment below. PCB Pin Pitches/Styles for Chinese Produced ATX/PCI-E Sockets . My current PSU is an OEM brand at 500 watts. Thank you very very much for the answer I meant where to plug it in the PSU to get 132V. If true i’m strugling with the 6pin, because if 8pin cable can get “just” 150W and i get the adaptarer, the cable from power supply will be recieving more Watts than it can.?? board with an appropriate adapter as the 2nd PCIe 8P $6.85 $ 6. Here you will find all the information about Graphics Cards, PC Gaming, PC Components and Computer Hardware. Hello, my PSU Thermaltake Toughpower 750W only has 8 pin connectors and I’m trying to install my GTX 2080 super which requires 6 and 8 pin connectors. Which PSU and graphics card (brand and model)? So I am running the PC with the onboard GPU. The cable that you have shared is 6-pin to dual 8-pin connector, which should never be used as it can cause wires to melt and can cause serious damage to your PSU and graphics card. It is respond to your below reply “Yes and do not overclock it.” but it doesn’t exist the respond choice in this comment & for this reason I post my respond in here. What graphics card did you buy and PSU (model) do you have? Generally, the power or current drawn will be balanced or equal from each 6-pin PCI-e connector. It has 2 PCI cables that both end in dual plugs (both 8 pin, that you could split 2 to get a 6 pin). Hey Aishah, I wouldn’t do that because you don’t know the current that this adapter is capable of providing. Hi Akshat, thanks heaps for this article as it helped me understand much more about this topic. Looking at this PSU, I think 8 pin male to 8 pin male pcie cable should work. I see from other answers I can get a 6-pin to 8-pin adaptor, which I will do, but please comment on my post. Why my Sapphire R9 280x require 2 8pins + pcie x16 of mb = 375 watts ? Yes, you can buy the LC Power, Platinum Series 1200W PSU. I guess the other question would be if I can do that, would it still be better to feed another 6+2 (8pin) cable through plug into the 6pin on the GPU? Okay thank you, I guess the YouTube videos are lying >:-(, Hey Akshat, nice job you are doing man! Yet my psu is cooler master 500w which only has one 6pin connector. Due to my CPU lanes, my motherboard will operate at x16,x8. Related Searches: pci express power m101nwt2 r0 2 8 pin 8 pin pcie express pci pin 8pin video card 8 pin to 8pin 2 pin splitter 2 power supply 8 pin pci 6pin power 6 8 pin pci 6 2 pin pci 8 pin pci express power cable 8 pin splitter 8 pin to 6pin power supply 6 pin pci e pci express power pci e splitter Thank you for the appreciation and you are most welcome. Can you now reply in my questions of you are not busy ? If you are interested in any of our products, please feel free to contact us for more details. Even some mid-range graphics cards can also work on the power from the PCI Express x16 slot alone but higher mid-range graphics cards and high-end graphics card requires external power from the PSU through 6-pin and 8-pin power connectors. If I can get a custom pci-e cable from 8p (psu) to 6p (graphic card), I wonder how’s the wiring of the cable? Should I just go thru this painfully long procedure to load gfx drivers? will it still work it looks like this https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1CAZGSZ_enUS878&biw=1100&bih=565&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=ecjnXfDXO4ra5gL0nYHQCw&q=two+6+pin+connectors&oq=two+6+pin+connectors&gs_l=img.3…3614.3943..4057…0.0..0.74.292.5……0….1..gws-wiz-img…….0j0i5i30j0i8i30.MAHmJHJRKgs&ved=0ahUKEwiw-JzWn5zmAhUKrVkKHfROALoQ4dUDCAc&uact=5&safe=active&ssui=on. A dual 4-pin molex to 6-pin PCIe connector can provide more than 75W power. Can’t say. I don’t think there is any performance gain in the AMD’s FreeSync vs Nvidia’s. It misses the one cable in one hole, is this problem or not because the cable which misses is 5v ? The smi utility says it can’t communicate with the gfx card. I suggest EVGA 500 W1, 80+ WHITE 500W PSU. Hi there! Should I put power connectors on both port? I think that the confidence you gave me that the parts where right and would work did it:-). If you are looking for an 8-pin adapter then it is better to avoid SATA to 6-pin/8-pin connector because SATA power is limited to 54W only for 12V. Have a nice day and stay safe! how to connect 6+2 pin to 8 pin Manufacturers, Factory, Suppliers From China, Welcome to set up long-term relationship with us. so the would be better than the single right? Hi there The GPU has a spot for an 8 pin and a 6 pin. Hi Akshat! Did you connect the right connector to the graphics card? NVIDIA released the information 2 days ago, however I still think that the other board partners will have Dual 8 Pin or 8 Pin + 6 pin on their cards. Please can you help. This PSU has two (6+2)pin PCI-E Connectors which you can safely connect to two 8-pin connectors of GTX 1070 Ti. Hope this helps. Hope this helps! Super useful page, thank you. MSI RTX 2070 GAMING Z is a pretty power hungry card and requires one 8-pin and one 6-pin PCIe power connectors, and has rated power consumption of 225W. More importantly, I got a dual 6 pin to 8 pin connector. https://www.amd.com/en/products/graphics/radeon-rx-570. 2) well if the card is under powered(card wont get any harm), the card will get harm only if its overpowered. Would that mean they will only carry 75W as per your chart? What is the point of a PCI-E 8 Pin to a dual 8 pin (6+2) anyway as isn’t only 150W being supplied from the 8 pin PCI-E on the PSU. Recently upgraded to 19.04. The two extra wires are ground wires that allow the connector to pull the full 150w. No, a game cannot destroy a GPU or motherboard. Some that fit for my config, 6 x MSI GTX 1070ti 8Gb The old one has a pair of 6 pin connectors. I’m just on the first place again. Finally, how would I add an extra case fan (or even two), given the restriction of only having 2 x 6 pin connectors? Gold 1000w. p,s. Thanks!!! https://www.nox-xtreme.com/fuentes/hummer-gd750-80-plus-gold i recently bought a radeon rx570 graphics card.MY previous graphic card did not require any external power connector.is it compulsory to plug in the 8-pin in my new graphic card? Is it okay to power that extra slot with the peripheral connector space? My answer would be easy if any documentation existed.. How would you approach a spare 10 pin connector on an aging server/Workstation Power supply with a proprietary connector – no online documentation of any kind and no one talking about it…, Its a 1050 watt supply Delta Electronics DPS-1050CB; I’m eyeballing a unique 10 pin power adapter and wondering what I could re-purpose it for… My machine has two 6 pin power adapters for old school SLI (xw9400 with two hex core processors/64gb ram ), Still sold here: You can get a 6-pin to 8-pin PCIe connector or a dual Molex to 8-pin PCIe connector. A dual 8-pin cable coming out of the PSU may supply more than 150W depending on the PSU configuration or model. I have a Dell T5500 with a 875w PSU. I just purchased a geforce rtx 2060 msi ventus xs oc 6g GPU and installed it into my PC and connected the pci cable to it but my pc will not power on.