Which slot does my graphics card plug into on the power supply?

[SandSii]

I have a 6+2 PCIe slot on the power supply (so 2 rows of 3 holes) and below that I have a 4+4 CPU slot (2 rows of 4 holes).

On the cable that I got with the power supply I have 2 PCIe ends with 6 holes but each one also has 2 extra holes that can be joined to them. The other end of the cable is a type 4 and has 2 rows of 4 holes. This end only fits into the CPU slot on the psu unit but I have a feeling it shouldn't go in there?
My graphics card is a EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 and my PSU is a Corsair CX450m.

 

[rgd1101]

pcie should be the 2x3

 

[SandSii]

But the cable which has the "type 4" end to it doesn't fit in the pci-e slot?

 

[Greasy Pommel]

You should use the ones that you described as having 6 holes with 2 extra ones on each end.
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What you are referring to are power supply connections. A PCIE slot is what you plug the graphics cards into on the motherboard.

It doesn't really matter which connectors you plug into the graphics card as long as all of the slots are plugged in on the graphics card so that it can receive enough power because all of the connectors serve the same function.

Your GTX 1060 uses either 6 pin or 8 pin power, with the number corresponding to how many "holes" there are on each end. You should use the ones that you described as having 6 holes with 2 extra ones on each end.

Take one of those and plug in 8 of those pins into the power supply and plug the connectors on the other end into the graphics card. If it only has 6, then you can just plug in 6 and leave the other 2 hanging off to the side (make sure they don't hit the fans). If it has 8, be sure to plug them all in so that your card gets enough power and is properly grounded.

Let me know how it goes.

 

[rgd1101]

Post a pic of the PCIE cable with both end

could be wrong cable, contact the seller

 

[SandSii]

I have plugged the "type 4 end of the cable" into the top left slot on this psu pictured, which by its description, is a CPU slot.

The other end of the cable, which is labelled pci only has 6 holes which fit into the card, so their are 2 separate holes just left dangling, as well as another pci cable which isn't needed as the card only has 1 socket.

Is this correct? I don't wanna go turn the PC on and damage anything. And thanks for the replies

 

[Greasy Pommel]

I have plugged the "type 4 end of the cable" into the top left slot on this psu pictured, which by its description, is a CPU slot.

The other end of the cable, which is labelled pci only has 6 holes which fit into the card, so their are 2 separate holes just left dangling, as well as another pci cable which isn't needed as the card only has 1 socket.

Is this correct? I don't wanna go turn the PC on and damage anything. And thanks for the replies

If your GPU uses 6 pin power, then you can leave the other 2 connectors dangling. That won't damage your computer or anything. Make sure you have the other end of the connector plugged into the power supply, preferably all 8.

Have you already provided your CPU with power? That is found in the top left corner of the motherboard, usually one or two 4 pin power connectors. If you already did, then plugging the card's power connectors into the slot described as "CPU" doesn't change anything either, the card will function just fine.

 

[SandSii]

When you say the "other end of the connector" do you mean the end which says "type 4"? If yes, then that is the one which is plugged into an 8 pin slot on the psu.
I have plugged in a CPU cable into the motherboard but haven't turned anything on at all yet.

 

[Greasy Pommel]

When you say the "other end of the connector" do you mean the end which says "type 4"? If yes, then that is the one which is plugged into an 8 pin slot on the psu.
I have plugged in a CPU cable into the motherboard but haven't turned anything on at all yet.

I'm not sure what you mean by type 4. I can't really tell from that picture, but on end with the graphics card you should have 6 pins plugged in, on the PSU end you can plug in the 6 or 8 wherever they fit. 6 pins will be fine unless if you upgrade to a graphics card that needs 8, so you can plug in the 6 pins into the PSU into the top left slot, the peripheral slot, it won't make any difference because they're the same. Hope that clears things up.

 

[rgd1101]

I wonder if the label on the PSU is wrong, look like it a semi modular psu, the cpu power is one of the fixed cable.

 

[SandSii]

http://www.kenable.co.uk/images/pciex68adap.jpg

My cable is very similar to this except I have two of the one on the right of the image and both of these have the 2 pin expansions. The plug on the left of the picture is the one which says type 4 on and that is what I have plugged into the the cpu socket of the psu.

 

[Greasy Pommel]

http://www.kenable.co.uk/images/pciex68adap.jpg

My cable is very similar to this except I have two of the one on the right of the image and both of these have the 2 pin expansions. The plug on the left of the picture is the one which says type 4 on and that is what I have plugged into the the cpu socket of the psu.

You can keep that one plugged into the CPU. How many and what type of free connectors remain available on your PSU when everything except for the graphics card is plugged in?