2x6 pin enough for gtx970?

[raid.zd]

Hello,

There are 6+8 holes in my msi gtx970
I pluged 6+6, and the last 2 pins doesn't fit in the last 2 holes
Psu coolermaster 550 watt

Am i good to go with 6+6 without the last 2?

Thank you for your help

 

[MLG_No_Scope]

it really depends on the card.
if it boots and shutsdown after 2 seconds, then no.
if it boots and tells you to plugin the power to the GPU, then no aswell
if it boots and nothing weird happens, then yes

but i would recommend to connect the right power and all the require pins to the GPU and dont let it run without not having a lack of power.

i'm not an GPU expert, but this should be straight forward

 

[raid.zd]

PSU: Cooler Master RS-550-PCAR-N
GC: MSI GTX970 4GB OC

Thank you MLG_No_Scope for your advice, i will be waiting for other responces

Best wishes

 

[mortemas]

Without being the engineer who designed the card or running tests on current draw, you will be taking a risk if the card does work without any error messages on just a 6+6 power connection. The risk is that during heavy loads the wires start to heat up, melt the insulation, short to ground wires or the metal inside your case, the room fills with smoke, your psu hopefully shuts down due to overcurrent protection, and hopefully none of the other components got damaged.

I would just use 8+6 if that's what the card has on it.

 

[raid.zd]

Thank you Mortemas, i will not take the risk

Best wishes

 

[boju]

Sorry that psu model number doesn't give specific results, if you can link your psu best you can would be great.

If psu is fairly modern, it should have atleast two Pcie 8 pin outs. Some pcie cords come as whole 8 pin and others a 6+2 which the 6+2 snap together as one before inserting. The +2 addition can also be left dangling if a card only requires 6.

Cpu 12v 8pin can be mistaken for a Pcie cable, it'll have different shaped pins and wont fit.

 

[raid.zd]

My psu
https://www.lelong.com.my/cooler-master-elite-v2-550w-modular-power-supply-psu-incoretrade-195360322-2019-10-Sale-P.htm

It has 2 PciE cords as 6+2
Written on both of them Pci-E

 

[boju]

My psu
https://www.lelong.com.my/cooler-master-elite-v2-550w-modular-power-supply-psu-incoretrade-195360322-2019-10-Sale-P.htm

It has 2 PciE cords as 6+2
Written on both of them Pci-E

http://us.coolermaster.com/product/Detail/powersupply/elite-v2-psu/elite-power-v2-550w.html

Yeah it has, shouldn't be having any difficulty using the 2x 6+2 cables supplied by this psu. Im thinking you haven't snapped the +2 properly to make the 8 and plug properly.

 

[raid.zd]

I didn't try to plug them, because the shape of the 2 pins doesn't match the last 2 holes
Shape of the 2 holes are square and kind of triangle
Shape of the 2 pins both are kind of triangle

Thanks for the help

 

[boju]

Shape on the gpu can be square, that is very confusing.

Pcie cable to and from psu you will NOT make a mistake.

 

[raid.zd]

Here are some pics

https://ibb.co/cQnsBe
https://ibb.co/mKjuPz

 

[boju]

I know what you mean.

Picture of a 1070

It also has square pins. Don't know why they do it but it's confusing. The Pcie cable is it's usual shape and you wont find a Pcie cable matching this unsorted shape.

You're 100% right to ask questions, sometimes even the corporations make it more difficult then it needs to be.

 

[raid.zd]

So can i plug them without risk? Just try to force it a little bit in there?

 

[boju]

Shouldn't need that much force.

Remove this plug and snap the +2 together and it combined making 8pin should just plug in as one.

 

[raid.zd]

Thank you very much Boju for bearing with me

Best wishes

 

[boju]

Your welcome and best wishes for you too.