I have a 750 watt psu, and recently bought a new GPU that needs both the 8 and 6 pin PCIE connectors. My psu does not have either, however reading many threads about psu they say '500 watts is enough', indeed 500 watts is the required power psu on the gpu datasheet - and that 750 watts is overkill. So I was thinking shouldnt my 750 be able to run a card that only requires a 500?
Connectors on psu are as follows:
20+4 pin atx (connected to mobo)
4 pin atx (connected to cpu)
4*sata (3 connected to drives, 4th connected to my case fans)
1*molex.
For my old GPU (required one 6-pin PCIE) I used a splitter to turn the one molex into two, then an adapter to turn the two molexes into one 6-pin PCIE, and it ran fine. So, since I have more than enough power available, could I use two more splitters to turn them two molexes into four molexes, use my existing adapter to turn two of them molexes into the 6-pin PCIE, then buy another adapter to turn the other 2 molexes into an 8-pin (or 6+2) PCIE and run the whole 14 pins of graphics card off one molex? Or would I be running into overload issues on the physical wires?
Is there any other solutions beside new psu?
Connectors on psu are as follows:
20+4 pin atx (connected to mobo)
4 pin atx (connected to cpu)
4*sata (3 connected to drives, 4th connected to my case fans)
1*molex.
For my old GPU (required one 6-pin PCIE) I used a splitter to turn the one molex into two, then an adapter to turn the two molexes into one 6-pin PCIE, and it ran fine. So, since I have more than enough power available, could I use two more splitters to turn them two molexes into four molexes, use my existing adapter to turn two of them molexes into the 6-pin PCIE, then buy another adapter to turn the other 2 molexes into an 8-pin (or 6+2) PCIE and run the whole 14 pins of graphics card off one molex? Or would I be running into overload issues on the physical wires?
Is there any other solutions beside new psu?