My friend gave me a gtx 980 windforce g1 which everywhere I read recommended a min 600W PSU, my old PSU was a 700W but it only had pcie 1(8pin) and 1(6pin) connector which was never a problem because I had a gtx 960 4gb which only uses 6pin. So in order to use the 980 I went down to Frys Electronics and went to go ask and was told to use an adapter to convert the 6pin to 8pin. Bought the adapter for 6pin to 8pin and plugged in the 980, everything seemed to be okay then about 2min in while I was downloading ddu and the drivers to reinstall for the 980 the pc shut down, I was certain that the motherboard was definitely fried because it would not post or system check. The only led indicator on the board was a white PWR led that turned on when the PSU was on, not sure if the 4790k is also fried as I am waiting for a replacement board to test. After a day of testing we were certain that the mobo & psu were definitely dead my friend had spare parts and we put together this 6700 build, after days of searching I'm still trying to figure out if this 600W psu would actually be enough to power the gtx 980 windforce g1 and the system together while gaming.
TLDR; Old psu was 700W missing another 8pin pcie so I used an adapter and mobo and psu died, got a new system but now only 600W, can it power the 980?
Current build:
i7 6700 non K
Maximus IX Apex Mobo
Noctua NH-L9i chromax black, low profile
16Gb ddr4 2133 Ram
1 Samsung 850 250Gb Boot
2 Seagate 1TB HDD 7200
Corsair VS 600W PSU
Old Build:
i7 4790k
Asus Z97-A Mobo
Corsair h80i aio water cooler
16Gb ddr3 1600
1 Samsung 850 250Gb Boot
2 Seagate 1TB HDD 7200
700W Power Supply (non modular, currently don't have the model)
TLDR; Old psu was 700W missing another 8pin pcie so I used an adapter and mobo and psu died, got a new system but now only 600W, can it power the 980?
Current build:
i7 6700 non K
Maximus IX Apex Mobo
Noctua NH-L9i chromax black, low profile
16Gb ddr4 2133 Ram
1 Samsung 850 250Gb Boot
2 Seagate 1TB HDD 7200
Corsair VS 600W PSU
Old Build:
i7 4790k
Asus Z97-A Mobo
Corsair h80i aio water cooler
16Gb ddr3 1600
1 Samsung 850 250Gb Boot
2 Seagate 1TB HDD 7200
700W Power Supply (non modular, currently don't have the model)