Graphics Card Power
 

First post......;)

Customer has an Alienware PC with 2 8800GTX graphics cards with Sli, one failed, so they bought a Geforce GTX580, to replace the dual 8800. Now the 8800's required 2 6pin PCI-E each, the 580 requires a 6pin and an 8pin connector, so what im after is dual 6pin to 8pin, only one i can find is on Amazon but OOS, any ideas......

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Have you tried ebuyer or Maplin?

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No but Google only finds one on Amazon, sure i cant be the first person to have this issue ;)

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http://www.overclock.co.uk/product/-...--2_19787.html

this any good for ya

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http://www.tekheads.co.uk/product/2-...ble_19768.html

this one takes it from 2 molex

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Cheers
Seen both of these, really want a dual 6pin to 8pin, as all the cables are already in place( 4 x 6pin), but the molex to 8pin could be an option :)

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This although I don't know if I would trust it. Especially for a fermi based card.

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I use a single 6 to 8 pin adaptor on mine which is this and it works a treat and I am running a GTX 480 which uses more power than a GTX 580.

I know it's out of stock but they do another I think so may be worth looking at them, but you do not need a dual 6 pin pci-e to a single 8 pin pci-e you only need what I have put above trust me.

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That might be an option, shame there OOS, customer has bought one of these but, it wont fit the card
http://www.pcworld.co.uk/gbuk/dynamo...itlpr&istBid=t

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Not to sound insulting but does it have 6pin to 6pin but with 2 extra on 1 end, if so are you putting the extra 2 pins on the correct side of the connector as it should fit no problem.

No offence intended by that but all 8 pin's be it 6+2 or 8 on it's own are the same size and layout etc, so all should fit except from the 8pin that connect's to the motherboard.

Also if you like that 1 that I posted you could try scan, micro direct, aria, ebuyer etc I think most companie's now sell them pre braided cable's.

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Have found the reason why....the cable bought from Pc World packaged as PCI-E 6pin to PCI-E 8pin is in fact a 6pin PIC-E to 8pin EPS, hence it wont fit :(