1080 ti cable questions

[dudemanbro84e]

Bought a 1080 ti and need a few questions answered in regards to the power cables that came with it. I have an 8 pin connector with 2 6 pin female ends and a 6 pin connector with 2 4 pin ends. my psu has 2 pci-e slots for the 6 pin connectors but they are female. I'm assuming I will have to buy 2 male to male adapters for the 8 pin by 2X6 pin and that should work. Am I on the right track? Thanks in advance

 

[Gahl1k]

Your PSU is..?

 

[dudemanbro84e]

I have a 850 watt viotek pro

 

[RobCrezz]

Are you sure the 8 -> 2x 6pin are female? They should be male to connect to the graphics card?

ALL graphics cards have female connectors, so all pci-e cables should be male connectors.

 

[dudemanbro84e]

yes I'm pretty sure, I'm quite new to this so I may be incorrect but it looks as if the 2 6 connectors that split off are female. here are a few pics of both of the cables that came with the video card

http://imgur.com/gallery/PzBJu

and this is the card

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814487336

 

[raisonjohn]

Your PSU should have 2 PCIE cables that plug on the 2 blue-colored 8-pin female PCIE sockets of your PSU. These PCIE cables should have a 6+2 pin male connector on its ends that would be plugged into your GPU. Use one PCIE cable and plug the 6+2 pin on the 8-pin female socket of the EVGA GPU. Use the other PCIE cable and plug only the 6-pin (leaving the 2-pin unattached) on the 6-pin female socket of the EVGA GPU.

You won't need those adapter cables that came with the GPU.

Personally, though, I'd get a much better quality PSU for such high-end GPU (such as the EVGA SuperNova G2 650W, EVGA SuperNova G3 650W or Corsair RM650x).

 

[RobCrezz]

yes I'm pretty sure, I'm quite new to this so I may be incorrect but it looks as if the 2 6 connectors that split off are female. here are a few pics of both of the cables that came with the video card

http://imgur.com/gallery/PzBJu

and this is the card

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16814487336

Thats an adapter to convert 2 6pin cables into 1 8 pin.

Your psu should have suitable cables on it, unless you have a crap psu.

 

[dudemanbro84e]

Problem solved guys. Thanks for your input. I ended up buying a corsair CX750, installed it and the card in like 10 minutes and everything has been golden. Thanks again