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10/14/12 at 7:43pm
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It's not worth it. The 2 extra pins will not increase your overclock.

As I said above, my goal isn't to increase performance.
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Do it Derick! we should make that a chant...

I like that idea.
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10/14/12 at 8:02pm
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well if that's all you want take an 8 pin connector and shave it down to a 6 pin, plug your wires in and viola - a "24" pin connector on your GPU.
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10/14/12 at 8:17pm
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well if that's all you want take an 8 pin connector and shave it down to a 6 pin, plug your wires in and viola - a "24" pin connector on your GPU.

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10/14/12 at 8:39pm
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Not really -- OP wants something to look pretty - if it's not functional what's it matter how?
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