separate 8pin & 6pin cables, or single 8pin + 6pin cable better? EVGA 1300 PSU

[volatilecycle]

Hi,

I have a EVGA 1300 G2 power supply and two EVGA GTX 980 ti SC+ cards (these have 6pin and 8pin power input per card).

With the power supply it comes with four 8(6+2)-Pin PCI-E VGA Cables, and also two 6-Pin + 8(6+2)-Pin PCI-E VGA Cables.

So I could either hook up each graphics card with one single 6-Pin + 8(6+2)-Pin PCI-E VGA Cable, or two 8(6+2)-Pin PCI-E VGA Cables, but which is the better setup?

My guess would be that more cables are better than less, but am I right?

photo of 8(6+2)-Pin PCI-E VGA Cable...
https://images.evga.com/products/gallery/100-CK-1300-B9_XL_3.jpg

photo of 6-Pin + 8(6+2)-Pin PCI-E VGA Cable...
https://images.evga.com/products/gallery/100-CK-1300-B9_XL_4.jpg

I've tried to find an answer to this online and can't find an answer so hoping you can help.

Thanks!
Richie

 

[jay32267]

Hook each graphics card up with one 8 pin and one 6 pin.

That's all you need to do for it to run just fine.

 

[volatilecycle]

Hook each graphics card up with one 8 pin and one 6 pin.

That's all you need to do for it to run just fine.

thanks for your reply. I'll use the more cables option then, so for each card I'll use two 8(6+2)-Pin PCI-E VGA Cables, and so totalling 4 cables for installing the two graphics card.

but if it doesn't matter to use one single 6-Pin + 8(6+2)-Pin PCI-E VGA Cable per card please let me know as this would be better for case airflow I guess.

Thanks!

 

[jay32267]

As long as you have 14 conductors going to the card it doesn't matter.

I wouldn't be worried too much about airflow. It's only two cables.