I have one 6 pin pci-e and my graphics needs 6 and 8 pin

CoolCurt912

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Hello, I have one 6 pin pci-e and my power color 7970 wont support just one pci-e 6 pin it needs an 8 pin as well... Anyone tell me what I need please???
 


If u don't mind can you send me a link to what power supply to get on ncix or Canada Computers... im In canada

 

Sounds like your PSU is unpowered for that GPU. You will need to buy a new, more powerful, PSU (recommend 500+ W)
 

That would depend on the rest of the parts you have in the PC are you sure that video card will even fit inside your case?

 


yup it fits..

 


Will it work with my graphics card (power color 7970)?

 

This is simply not necessarily true. I had an older 500W PSU (Coolermaster I think it was), and it only had a single 6 pin for a GPU (they weren't nearly as power hungry as they are now) and a single 4-pin for the CPU. But it had loads of 4-pin molex connectors coming off a separate 25A 12V rail, and I ran very powerful GPUs and CPUs off it for many years without any issues. Why do you think they make those adapters if no one can use them!!???