MSI GTX 1080 Ti Lightning requires 3x 8pin PCIE power, my PSU only has 2

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I plan to buy this GPU in the future, but my current PSU only has 2x 6-2pin. So my questions are:
1) Does the card come with the splitter?
2) Can I buy a splitter? If yes, can you recommend me a reliable cable?
Thank you for helping
 
Solution
I would, especially if planning on any real OC. If you figure about 100w for the mobo/drives/fans and a 200w OC then add 350w worth of gpu, that's 650w with the pc absolutely crazy maxed. Generally, heavy gaming is going to be @60-70% of that or @ 450w. While that does leave a little headroom, a 700w psu being enough to cover everything without hitting 100%, there really aren't any decent 700w units, so the next best is 750w. And the crazy thing is that all 3 of the units I posted earlier, were actually cheaper than their 650w brothers. So you get a psu that's a little oversized, a psu that's almost probably better slightly than the 650w (things like warranty moves from 7yrs to 10yrs, full solid Japanese aluminium caps instead of mostly...