Please help identify cables for graphics card power

[ugcheleuce]

Hello everyone

I'm bought an old second-hand graphics card and I'm trying to figure out what kind of cable I need to provide power to it. The power box in the computer has the following two types of connectors available:

On the graphics card, I only see this little connector:

Can anyone help me identify these connectors (by name) and tell me (a) can I connect this graphics card to the power box using a converter cable and (b) if so, what kind of a cable or converter do I need for it?

I might just buy a new, more powerful power box anyway. I know that some of them are modular, but for the ones that aren't, it would be nice to know what kind of a cable or connector it should have for that graphics card.

Thanks
Samuel

 

[rcald2000]

Hello ugcheleuce,

*** Question A ***

picture #1: "Sata" power connector. Traditionally it's used for powering hard disk drives (HDD), solid state drives (SSD), or optical drives (e.g. cd-rom, dvd-rom, blu-ray). There are indeed an adapter to convert two Sata connectors to one 6 pin PCIe connector. Personally I'm not a fan of using adapters on power supplies, even though it's a valid option for many people. But first we need to identify the graphics card that you have and what it's power requirements are.

picture #2: floppy drive power connector. Used to power a 3.5" floppy disk drive. No one uses these drives anymore.

picture #3: J6 jumper. The J6 jumper allows you to clear the CMOS settings on the motherboard or graphics card. It has absolutely nothing to do with powering your graphics card (or GPU).

*** Question B ***

Traditionally a power box is called a power supply. Some people use the term PSU; short for Power Supply Unit. In order to help you figure out how much power you need for your second hand graphics card, it would be helpful if you can list the precise manufacturer (mfg) and model of the graphics card. For example, I have an EVGA GTX 980 Ti FTW (For The Win) card. What is the precise name of your card? Some lower powered graphics card only require power from the motherboard slot that it plugs into and none additional. For example the GTX 750 Ti, only requires the power of the slot; 75 watts. What's interesting about that card is some of them have no additional PCIe power connectors on them and some has one PCIe connector. Connecting additional power to that card is optional because it's only needed for aggressive overclocking. But I must admit that the power requirements for that particular card are an outlier and definitely not the norm.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Picture #1 = SATA power

Picture #2 = Floppy Drive power

Picture #3 = most likely where one would attach a cooling fan on the board.

What specific video adapter is this? Most likely doesn't need anything more that what the slot provides.

 

[maxalge]

Hello everyone

I'm bought an old second-hand graphics card and I'm trying to figure out what kind of cable I need to provide power to it. The power box in the computer has the following two types of connectors available:

On the graphics card, I only see this little connector:

Can anyone help me identify these connectors (by name) and tell me (a) can I connect this graphics card to the power box using a converter cable and (b) if so, what kind of a cable or converter do I need for it?

I might just buy a new, more powerful power box anyway. I know that some of them are modular, but for the ones that aren't, it would be nice to know what kind of a cable or connector it should have for that graphics card.

Thanks
Samuel

would be easiest to just show us a picture of the graphics card

or tell us the make and model


usually you need to look at the power supply itself for the cable to power a video card if it needs such a thing

 

[Shaun o]

I can say that the white two pin block of the graphics card is normally placed on the card its self to power a fan solution that may be fitted to the graphics card cooler.

Since you don`t have a fan by the look of it, to me it looks like you have a very low end graphics card.
That has what we call a passive cooling plate, meaning it does not require a fan.

If you look on the graphics card it`s self you should have a sticker that lists what the model number of the graphics card is along with the chip set/ Gpu used on the card and thr brand or manufacturer that made the graphics card.
Once you have the model number of the card and the brand of Gpu it uses we can tell you if the card requires any extra power to it from your power supply unit.

As said low end or low model numbers in a brand or range of some graphics cards do not need to be fed by any power from your power supply unit in the tower in some cases because they require very little power to run.