Power Connectors For GTX 1070

[1591tower]

Hey everyone. I'm considering buying a GTX 1070 soon. I've looked inside my case and see that there is enough space for the gpu. My question is related to my PSU and the power connectors. I have no 8 pin power connectors on my PSU. I have a GTX 960 atm and it is using one 6 pin to power it. I also saw another spare 6 pin connector. I was wondering could I use a Dual 6 Pin splitter to 8 Pin pcie connector to plug into the video card? Is this safe and doable?

Thanks,

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[dudio]

Many PSU's have a 6+2 pin to do that. They parralel that into the supply, so the adapter would do the exact same thing. Make sure it's of decent quality tho

 

[maxalge]

Hey everyone. I'm considering buying a GTX 1070 soon. I've looked inside my case and see that there is enough space for the gpu. My question is related to my PSU and the power connectors. I have no 8 pin power connectors on my PSU. I have a GTX 960 atm and it is using one 6 pin to power it. I also saw another spare 6 pin connector. I was wondering could I use a Dual 6 Pin splitter to 8 Pin pcie connector to plug into the video card? Is this safe and doable?

Thanks,

that is the only kind of adapter that is actually ok to use


dual 6-pin to single 8-pin

 

[1591tower]

on my power supply i have a spare 2 pin connector, it doesn't look like it attached to a 6 pin as a 6+2 connector....can i use it anyways with any 6 pin to make a 8 pin to plug into 8 pin spot on the gpu? ty for your response dudio

 

[dudio]

The pins are shaped to mostly go only one way to prevent weird hookups. The 24 pin motherboard connection is a good example. As long as the +2 you have is yellow and black (12 volt and ground), then you should be fine.

 

[dudio]

Out of curiousity tho, what PSU do you have?

 

[1591tower]

it's a 500w power supply

 

[1591tower]

Thanks dudio and others for the great advice. The info on the 2 pin connector was very helpful dudio! I'll admit I know little about power connectors and the colors on wires etc. I think that 2 pin connector did have a black and yellow wire. Now I just have to buy a gpu...been looking at the GTX 1070 Gigabyte mini for my computer to replace my gtx 960 mini so I can be certain it will fit without trouble