My psu have only 6 pin connector but gtx 1060 requires 8

[S4M1]

Hello, so i am buying msi gtx 1060 and it has 8 pin power connector
But my psu thermaltake has only one single 6 pin connector. What should i do ? Is there a way to convert this 6 pin to 8 pin? Sorry i am new into this stuff.
Thanks

edit:
my specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte h170 gaming 3
CPU: i7 6700 (non k)
ram: g.skill iv 16gb ddr4
SSD: zotac 128gb will buy 1tb hdd in future

planning to buy msi gtx 1060 gaming X "power consumption 120w"
iam not planning to Overclock.

 

[rcald2000]

Do they make PCIe 6 pin to 8 pin adapters? Yes, absolutely. Should you use one? Probably not but depends on your PSU model and specs.

What is the manufacturer and model # of your power supply? What are the rest of your specs, especially your CPU?

 

[hang-the-9]

The safest way would be to replace the power supply. I ran across this model from Seasonic recently and like it in the price range http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817151095

The second option, that we would not really recommend, is to use an adapter http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812400034&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Cables+-+Internal+Power+Cables-_-N82E16812400034&gclid=Cj0KEQjwxqS-BRDRgPLp0q2t0IUBEiQAgfMXRAG4VlKJh9JXf02Guka1PvZn5WnfcoGzIXnqBvV7gVwaAj4H8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds Normally I would not even suggest that, but I'm sure someone will. This should work, but it has a chance of crashing the system and the video card, and the cables can fail, melting the connection and possibly damaging the PSU or video card.

I'd sell your current PSU on craigslist or somewhere, and get a better one with the 8 pin cable on it already rather than use adapters.

 

[S4M1]

Do they make PCIe 6 pin to 8 pin adapters? Yes, absolutely. Should you use one? Probably not but depends on your PSU model and specs.

What is the manufacturer and model # of your power supply? What are the rest of your specs, especially your CPU?

here is my psu it came with the case thermaltake it is a 500w psu

my specs:
Motherboard: Gigabyte h170 gaming 3
CPU: i7 6700 (non k)
ram: g.skill iv 16gb ddr4
SSD: zotac 128gb will buy 1tb hdd in future

planning to buy msi gtx 1060 gaming X "power consumption 120w"
iam not planning to Overclock.

 

[S4M1]

The safest way would be to replace the power supply. I ran across this model from Seasonic recently and like it in the price range http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?item=N82E16817151095

The second option, that we would not really recommend, is to use an adapter http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812400034&nm_mc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC&cm_mmc=KNC-GoogleAdwords-PC-_-pla-_-Cables+-+Internal+Power+Cables-_-N82E16812400034&gclid=Cj0KEQjwxqS-BRDRgPLp0q2t0IUBEiQAgfMXRAG4VlKJh9JXf02Guka1PvZn5WnfcoGzIXnqBvV7gVwaAj4H8P8HAQ&gclsrc=aw.ds Normally I would not even suggest that, but I'm sure someone will. This should work, but it has a chance of crashing the system and the video card, and the cables can fail, melting the connection and possibly damaging the PSU or video card.

I'd sell your current PSU on craigslist or somewhere, and get a better one with the 8 pin cable on it already rather than use adapters.

here are all the free cables in my psu

i think those are 4 pin?? idk there is also another one like it coming out from psu beside this in the pic

and then there is this single 6pin

if i use that 6 pin to 8 pin adapter with the msi gtx 1060 gaming x "power consumption on website is 120 w "
also i am not willing to do any kind of overclocking. from your experience , what are the chances of something going wrong?

thanks very much

 

[rcald2000]

+S4M1 Thank you for the detailed photos. I wish everyone seeking advice would do the same.

My recommendation: Upgrade the power supply. Your model of thermaltake is actually only 450 watts; the 500 watt peak power figure can be ignored. Personally I stay far away from any power supply that even lists "peak" wattage figures, as that signifies very cheap quality to me. Add to that, the fact that you have two twelve volt rails, instead of simply one. You have a really nice system, and I'd hate for you to put it at risk by adding more demand on it. I suggest selling your current graphics card, and using the proceeds to upgrade to a quality power supply.

Since it's obviously your computer to do with as you please, if you choose to ignore my counsel and buy the adapter anyway, then please equally distribute all the component loads as evenly as possible between the two twelve volt rails (14A and 16A). Again, I strongly discourage you from proceeding with this power supply for your upgrade.

Thanks for sharing.

- Rob

 

[Toby_Warren]

I'd like to point out that my GTX 1060 (with 8 pin plug) works with a 6 pin ALSO. if you get the 1060 you can still use the regular 6 pin connector, mine is oc'ed to 2Ghz

 

[hang-the-9]

I'd like to point out that my GTX 1060 (with 8 pin plug) works with a 6 pin ALSO. if you get the 1060 you can still use the regular 6 pin connector, mine is oc'ed to 2Ghz

Not a good thing to do, even if it worked for you, you are messing around with long-term stability of the card. If a card has an 8 pin connector, using anything aside from that is not good. It may work fine, it may work for a week then blow up the card, it may not work and kill the card and PCIe slot along with it.

 

[superninja12]

thats one low quality psu, ,replace it.

 

[photonboy]

I'd like to point out that my GTX 1060 (with 8 pin plug) works with a 6 pin ALSO. if you get the 1060 you can still use the regular 6 pin connector, mine is oc'ed to 2Ghz

Not a good thing to do, even if it worked for you, you are messing around with long-term stability of the card. If a card has an 8 pin connector, using anything aside from that is not good. It may work fine, it may work for a week then blow up the card, it may not work and kill the card and PCIe slot along with it.

What engineering degree did you base that on?

You can rely on roughly 80W via the motherboard. The 8-pin connector is rated for 150W, but it's going to see no more than about 40W or so. (120W - 80W). Or the firmware could decide to split to about 60W + 60W max or whatever.

The only issue would be if you needed a LOT more power thus overloading one of the wires.

The fact is that the 8-pin is not required, so the 12Volts whether delivered through 2x6-pin, or 1x6-pin makes no difference. (Frankly I'm unclear WHY they bother with an 8-pin connection, but perhaps earlier in the design stage it was uncertain how well some people might be able to overclock.)

You are getting sufficient power and nowhere are you exceeding a rating which will cause issues.

I can understand if you thought the graphics card might somehow try to use too much power through the 8-pin connection but that's not going to happen. It would probably have to be well over 100W for that to be an issue (melting the 12V wire on the adapter is the only issue) such as 100W 8-pin + 20W through MAINS but the power distribution firmware would never allocate that way.

 

[comandoed]

Replace your power supply. Seasonic M12II 620 or EVGA are options.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438014&cm_re=evga_power_supply-_-17-438-014-_-Product
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438028&cm_re=evga_power_supply-_-17-438-028-_-Product

 

[hang-the-9]

I'd like to point out that my GTX 1060 (with 8 pin plug) works with a 6 pin ALSO. if you get the 1060 you can still use the regular 6 pin connector, mine is oc'ed to 2Ghz

Not a good thing to do, even if it worked for you, you are messing around with long-term stability of the card. If a card has an 8 pin connector, using anything aside from that is not good. It may work fine, it may work for a week then blow up the card, it may not work and kill the card and PCIe slot along with it.

What engineering degree did you base that on?

You can rely on roughly 80W via the motherboard. The 8-pin connector is rated for 150W, but it's going to see no more than about 40W or so. (120W - 80W). Or the firmware could decide to split to about 60W + 60W max or whatever.

The only issue would be if you needed a LOT more power thus overloading one of the wires.

The fact is that the 8-pin is not required, so the 12Volts whether delivered through 2x6-pin, or 1x6-pin makes no difference. (Frankly I'm unclear WHY they bother with an 8-pin connection, but perhaps earlier in the design stage it was uncertain how well some people might be able to overclock.)

You are getting sufficient power and nowhere are you exceeding a rating which will cause issues.

I can understand if you thought the graphics card might somehow try to use too much power through the 8-pin connection but that's not going to happen. It would probably have to be well over 100W for that to be an issue (melting the 12V wire on the adapter is the only issue) such as 100W 8-pin + 20W through MAINS but the power distribution firmware would never allocate that way.

I'm basing it on the fact that the card vendor used an 8 pin instead of a 6 pin connector on the card, not what I think should work or not. I don't like taking any risks with other people's system, what works and what is recommended to do are not always the same.