Solve : VGA power supply?

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Answer» Alright, so I'm doing a major upgrade for a friend, but he is on a strict budget. The problem is the POWER supply. His power supply is not in the recommended range for the VIDEO card. I have a year-old cheap Sunbeam 580W power supply to put in for him, but it has very limited connectors, and no 6-pin VGA. It is more than enough to power the rest of his hardware, but I don't believe there will be 2 4-pin connectors for a 4-pin to 6-pin adapter. Is there an adapter to keep his current PSU running as a VGA only supply? I could just USE a 4-pin to 6-pin for it, but it obviously does not run with just being plugged into the wall and the video card. Thanks for any help.Quote from: jwelch7200 on June 17, 2010, 09:13:11 PM Alright, so I'm doing a major upgrade for a friend, but he is on a strict budget. The problem is the power supply. His power supply is not in the recommended range for the video card. I have a year-old cheap Sunbeam 580W power supply to put in for him, but it has very limited connectors, and no 6-pin VGA. It is more than enough to power the rest of his hardware, but I don't believe there will be 2 4-pin connectors for a 4-pin to 6-pin adapter. Is there an adapter to keep his current PSU running as a VGA only supply? I could just use a 4-pin to 6-pin for it, but it obviously does not run with just being plugged into the wall and the video card. Thanks for any help. Well because the PSU runs in parallel, the amperage is spread where it needs to be, and voltage is kept constant. Obviously you know about the 4-pin to 6pin (actually adapts to 5 pin ) but there are also power splitters! http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812706015&cm_re=molex_splitter-_-12-706-015-_-Product or a cheaper option: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812198025&cm_re=molex_splitter-_-12-198-025-_-Product Tada! turns one molex into two! just make sure the PSU can handle the total power consumption. I run my main rig on a 500W Auriga PSU which is the minimum for my graphics card and it runs happy with a Core 2 Duo and 4 drives. if POSSIBLE, get two, and connect one to each 12V rail, then use one from each splitter to power the card. so that the load from the card is spread over both rails, not just one.

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Alright, so I'm doing a major upgrade for a friend, but he is on a strict budget. The problem is the POWER supply. His power supply is not in the recommended range for the VIDEO card. I have a year-old cheap Sunbeam 580W power supply to put in for him, but it has very limited connectors, and no 6-pin VGA. It is more than enough to power the rest of his hardware, but I don't believe there will be 2 4-pin connectors for a 4-pin to 6-pin adapter. Is there an adapter to keep his current PSU running as a VGA only supply? I could just USE a 4-pin to 6-pin for it, but it obviously does not run with just being plugged into the wall and the video card. Thanks for any help.Quote from: jwelch7200 on June 17, 2010, 09:13:11 PM

Alright, so I'm doing a major upgrade for a friend, but he is on a strict budget. The problem is the power supply. His power supply is not in the recommended range for the video card. I have a year-old cheap Sunbeam 580W power supply to put in for him, but it has very limited connectors, and no 6-pin VGA. It is more than enough to power the rest of his hardware, but I don't believe there will be 2 4-pin connectors for a 4-pin to 6-pin adapter. Is there an adapter to keep his current PSU running as a VGA only supply? I could just use a 4-pin to 6-pin for it, but it obviously does not run with just being plugged into the wall and the video card. Thanks for any help.

Well because the PSU runs in parallel, the amperage is spread where it needs to be, and voltage is kept constant. Obviously you know about the 4-pin to 6pin (actually adapts to 5 pin ) but there are also power splitters!

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812706015&cm_re=molex_splitter-_-12-706-015-_-Product

or a cheaper option:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812198025&cm_re=molex_splitter-_-12-198-025-_-Product

Tada! turns one molex into two! just make sure the PSU can handle the total power consumption.

I run my main rig on a 500W Auriga PSU which is the minimum for my graphics card and it runs happy with a Core 2 Duo and 4 drives.

if POSSIBLE, get two, and connect one to each 12V rail, then use one from each splitter to power the card. so that the load from the card is spread over both rails, not just one.

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