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here goes nothing wish me luck :)

the old 970 used 12 pins out of them 8 and had 2 seperate cables with 6+2's so now i took the card out and theres a wire with two 6+2 and they lead to the same wire thats inserted into the psu

but can i just let the other 8 pin on the splitter hang out in the case or should i use a different wire that has one 8 pin that leads into the psu? just trying to make sure before i fry thing or something im new to builds

the old card had 2 8 pin cables (seperate) leading to a single bigger cable in the pci slot, before both of the 8 pin ends were in the 970 but only the "6" slots were in and the other "2" slots attached were not in the 970. my new card has only one 8 slot spot. so i weant to know do i need...

I'm upgrading from a zotak gtx 970 to a msi 2060 gaming Z. The 970 had two 8 slot cables leading to the power supply but the 2060 has one 8 slot spot. Do I need to use.a different cable or can i just plug one in and let the other hang?

SeaSonic Platinum-1000 1000W ATX12V / EPS12V 80 PLUS PLATINUM Certified Full Modular Power Supply New 4th Gen CPU Certified Haswell Ready

my card just went up ina puff of smoke it was a 4-year-old gtx970. I want to get a new card but im unsure what would be compatible with my motherboard. if someone could help with a suggestion that would rock. gaming rig. system specs: ASUS Z97-A LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0...

I'm trying to help my nephew get a laptop to stream Xbox play on a budget of 300-450 if possible. No big need to have games run on this laptop as it will be more for streaming and internet type use. I've been sorting through black Friday deals but I could use some help if anyone has recently...