I just got a 6800GS card yesterday. I went to put it in my PC and it kept BSOD and restarting before Windows would load. A bit baffled I discovered that I need 2 power connectors to power up my GPU. Since my PSU only had 2 power lines, I took off the power from my 2 DVD drives to power my card. The video card has a 6-pin power connector (thus needing 2 separate power inputs; each power input is a 4-pin)
Question is this. . .and I am certain there is one, but what is the term for a power cable splitter off of a power supply? If not, are there Male-Female adaptors? I found some power coming off of my MoBo powering my fans but they only have male connectors and the vid card needs female connectors
uhm… if you dont have any spare 4pin connections left on the psu… you probably have like a 200watt’r… which will slowly kill your whole machine.
get a decent power supply… atleast 350 watt… antec.
no cheap brands… you can get a 500 watt for $15… and you can get a 500 watt for $150. you get what you pay for.
I made my own machine :X The PSU came with the case (Aspire) so it is a cheapy. I am looking at Antec and Enermax brands on Newegg.com with a Modular setup and SLi connectors.
what brand is the card?? do you need a pci-e power connector it has 6 pin, 3 on top 3 on bottom, or do you needa cd rom power connector(molex) or its it the floppy disk type connection, and by the way you need a 350 watt or better psu for these cards.
Fortron/Sparkle, Enermax, Silverstone, OCZ, PC P&C, Zippy, Seasonic,antec,thermaltake.
400+ Watts is what you want,some of the brands I listed are pretty high end but If I was on a budget and wanted to go modular i’d get the OCZ modstream.
