Pcie pin help

[andremembrido]

Hey guys, I am planning on buying a GTX 1070TI Duke. That graphics card has a 6+8pin pcie "port" (idk what the real name is) and the power supply I am paring it up with is the EVGA SuperNOVA G3 550W which comes with a 6+2 pin pcie cable. It is fully modular so can I swap it out with a different cable? If so, can anyone help me by sending a link. Or should I get a different power supply? What do i do? Thanks!

 

[Darkbreeze]

There is no 6+8 pin cable. What that card requires is a 6 pin AND an 8 pin connector from the power supply.

So, 6 pin times 1 and 8 pin times 1, which is covered by that PSU since it has 3 6+2 pin connectors. A 6+2 can be either a six pin OR an eight pin, depending if you use the extra two pins or not. If not, they just fold off to the side.

That power supply will be fine with that, or any, graphics card currently sold not counting the 2000 series RTX cards as I haven't looked at the power consumption on those yet. Even a 1080 ti would be ok-ish on that card, although we'd really RATHER see a 650w or higher unit, a good unit like yours, not some cheap 800-1000w unit, with anything from a 1070 ti on up to 1080 ti. Still, that unit is plenty good enough to run it but if you haven't purchased it yet I'd consider going with a 750w model for the purpose of thermal overhead and not having to listen to the fans run full bore anytime you're really pouring it on.

Plus, the PSU will last a lot longer with about a 40% higher capacity than what the recommended requirements of the entire system will be. But that unit WILL work if you already have it or it is the best you can budget in. A very good unit.