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loanrangie
21st December 2022, 06:48 PM
Building up a spare i5 pc for my daughter to use and got an Asus GTX 660 card to use instead of the onboard chip, card has 2 x 6 pin power connectors but i only have 1 x 6 pin cable from the PSU.
Looking online i can see double molex to 6 pin and sata to 6 pin, i only have 1 x molex spare so lloks like the sata to 6 pin might be the go.
Anyone used one of these, i'm not about to replace the PSU.
I get a message at startup to connect a power cable so one connected doesn't work.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20221221/bb949a74adb70ae928991db9dd49bcd3.jpg

incisor
22nd December 2022, 07:32 AM
The double adapter is okay if the rail they are on can handle the power draw

I try and use two separate adapters if possible

loanrangie
22nd December 2022, 09:37 AM
The double adapter is okay if the rail they are on can handle the power draw

I try and use two separate adapters if possibleI have one 6 pin plug I can use and will buy a sata to 6 pin lead which seems to be the easiest solution.
Both on separate leads so should be ok.

loanrangie
24th December 2022, 11:10 AM
Got the adapter cable today, thanks Amazon, and the daughters gaming pc is working great. i5 with 16gig ram and the 2gig video card , all up about $90 total cost.