for a 3080 can I use a dual 8 +8 pin cable or do i need two seperate 8 pin cables?
dual 8 pin pci-e cable question
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wouldn't a dual 8 pin not draw enough power though if I used it on an aib card or plugged it into the 12 pin on a founders edition card?
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It can draw enough power the problem is the cable might not be able to handle it and melted PCI-E cables while rare is not unheard of
If you have an older PSU and/or cables and/or a power hungry card its really better to use two cables rather than one
Ask yourself if the risk of killing your brand new $700+ GPU is worth the risk of using a single cable rather than two
If you have an older PSU and/or cables and/or a power hungry card its really better to use two cables rather than one
Ask yourself if the risk of killing your brand new $700+ GPU is worth the risk of using a single cable rather than two
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okay i will use two. And I only have one pci-e cable from a 750w seasonic focus plus but I have another cable from a 650w seasonic focus plus will that pcie cable work same psu different wattage
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Depends on the models but if they are both from the new one Seasonic lineup you can use any cable from any one Seasonic PSU on any other one Seasonic PSU
I have a Focus GX and a Prime Ultra TX myself and i bought the GX so i could use the same cables if the need came up
Since both are Focus Plus they shuld work if both are the new GX models
Not sure if one or both is the older non GX model(s)
I have a Focus GX and a Prime Ultra TX myself and i bought the GX so i could use the same cables if the need came up
Since both are Focus Plus they shuld work if both are the new GX models
Not sure if one or both is the older non GX model(s)
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its this psu
a 750w and 650w
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a 750w and 650w
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yes they are the same fx model just the other is a 750w so i guess I can use it thank you.
I cant wait to get a rtx 3080 to replace my 1080ti.
off topic a bit what rtx 3080 should a go with a founders or an aib I dont know what to get when they come out
I cant wait to get a rtx 3080 to replace my 1080ti.
off topic a bit what rtx 3080 should a go with a founders or an aib I dont know what to get when they come out
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I am looking to get an RTX 3080 myself and i am looking to either get the Asus TUF if they can do a better job with the cooler this time around since the last TUF cooler was a toal trainwreck
Or i might get a Zotac card like the Trinity or the AMP Extreme
The founders card from Nvidia is not something i am interested in personally
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Also I found this psu the first one is this one
and the second one is this one
will the second pcie cable from the 650w still work
thanks for the reply about the 3080
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and the second one is this one
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will the second pcie cable from the 650w still work
thanks for the reply about the 3080
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The only card i have seen so far with 3 is the Asus ROG Strix and i already dropped that since its overpriced and the 3 connectors is a PITA
My case already has problems with space for two PCI-E cables so adding another one will make the problem even worse and i am too lazy to do all that work anyway
My case already has problems with space for two PCI-E cables so adding another one will make the problem even worse and i am too lazy to do all that work anyway
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okay out of all these I dont know
www.newegg.com
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This is my own personal opinion on the cards so you can take it or leave it but EVGA is ugly as sin and may others also agree but you may or may not like all the RGB and bling
MSI requires you to log into an account before you can download their software and there is no hole in the backplate for the front fan so its just blowing air into the inside of the backplate so MSI are out for me for those reasons
Asus ROG Strix is way overpriced and as said needs 3 PCI-E connectors and the TUF might be another trainwreck which leaves the Dual which is the cheapest but also the worst so Asus is not really something i like
Gigabyte Eagle and Gaming OC is a bit plain or in other words boring but thats the least offense the Master and Extreme on the other hand are ridiculous 4 slot cards and the cooler is so thick and heavy that i am worried that it could damage the PCI-E slot without some sort of support to keep the front end up
That leaves Zotac as the last option and my opinion is the Trinity and the AMP Extreme are the ones i like the most but i have never owned Zotac before so their software could be god awful
MSI requires you to log into an account before you can download their software and there is no hole in the backplate for the front fan so its just blowing air into the inside of the backplate so MSI are out for me for those reasons
Asus ROG Strix is way overpriced and as said needs 3 PCI-E connectors and the TUF might be another trainwreck which leaves the Dual which is the cheapest but also the worst so Asus is not really something i like
Gigabyte Eagle and Gaming OC is a bit plain or in other words boring but thats the least offense the Master and Extreme on the other hand are ridiculous 4 slot cards and the cooler is so thick and heavy that i am worried that it could damage the PCI-E slot without some sort of support to keep the front end up
That leaves Zotac as the last option and my opinion is the Trinity and the AMP Extreme are the ones i like the most but i have never owned Zotac before so their software could be god awful
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okay thank you for all your help I appreciate it
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If you dont already know about you can compared all the known cards and known facts here
www.techpowerup.com
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Specs
NVIDIA GA102, 1710 MHz, 8704 Cores, 272 TMUs, 96 ROPs, 10240 MB GDDR6X, 1188 MHz, 320 bit
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Just make sure you have enough room in your case i made the mistake of not checking when i bought my MSI RTX 2070 Super Gaming X Trio and when i had the card in my old Phanteks Luxe 1 case there was less than 1 cm of room left and the only way to get the card in or out of the case was fliping the card upwards in the front end otherwise the damm card was too long to come out of the case
That was one of the reasons why i bought the Phanteks Luxe 2 aka 719
I already checked and the Zotac Trinity is about 1 cm shorter so if that card ends up in my second PC i wont have that problem again
This is how it was in the Luxe 1
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