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Originally Posted by Red_Baron
Hi,
I recently got myself a XFX Geforce 8800 GTS 640 MB XXX Edition from US.
Now it says that it requires a 6-pin power connection. However, my VIP power suppy unit does not have a 8-pin connector. It however has an eight pin connector. Now how can I get my graphics card to get a 6-pin power supply?
If I connect the 8-pin connector to the GPU's power supply while leaving the top two pins as free, will the graphics card work? IS there any possible way that I dont need to replace the SMPS as such? Please advice
Thanks in advance
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hey there! If its a retail card u got from US, it wud have come with a PCIe-to-Molex connector with it (as mentioned by
darklord (OMG its really
Amey?? :O ).
It looks like this:
the second and third connector wires from the left are wat darky is talking about.
If ur card didnt come with the connector, tough luck. finding them in the market is very very tough though. Other option left is for u to get a PSU that has a native PCIe 6-pin connector. Like
darky already suggested, u r better off with a Corsair HX620 or atleast a Antec Neo HE 500. Either PSU is WAAAAAAAY better than VIP and have 2 PCIe connectors coming with it. Both come with 5 year warranty making them a really good investment.
Also, the Zebronics 500W PSU hitting the market off late seem to be Delta OEMs. which means they are good too (coz they are Delta OEMs) and cheap (coz they are sold as Zebby)
but am not sure if they have teh PCIe 6-pin connector in them.