Hey
So as the warm weather is here and I haven't moved to a new 9070XT yet due to pricing, I'm still rocking my 6900XT (in sig). It takes 3 separate 8pin (6+2) PCIe cables. I unfortunately have no spare cables from my PSU, but, I need one for the Corsair iCue link hub in order to power the case fans. I undervolt my GPU, running a quick stress test now from Adrenaline reports max power draw at 175w. When gaming, with the metric overlay on, I do see about 220w. Would I be safe / OK, to use 2 separate 8pin (6+2) PCIe cables with one of them, having the split pigtail for the third GPU connector? I could then use the spare third cable from the PSU, to power the hub and get my case fans back online. I know we always say to run independent cables but I'm just wondering due to the lower power draw, would I get away with it? It only has to be until I get a 9070XT hopefully in the next few months. So a short term implementation.
I didn't want to go ahead without checking first.
Cheers!
So as the warm weather is here and I haven't moved to a new 9070XT yet due to pricing, I'm still rocking my 6900XT (in sig). It takes 3 separate 8pin (6+2) PCIe cables. I unfortunately have no spare cables from my PSU, but, I need one for the Corsair iCue link hub in order to power the case fans. I undervolt my GPU, running a quick stress test now from Adrenaline reports max power draw at 175w. When gaming, with the metric overlay on, I do see about 220w. Would I be safe / OK, to use 2 separate 8pin (6+2) PCIe cables with one of them, having the split pigtail for the third GPU connector? I could then use the spare third cable from the PSU, to power the hub and get my case fans back online. I know we always say to run independent cables but I'm just wondering due to the lower power draw, would I get away with it? It only has to be until I get a 9070XT hopefully in the next few months. So a short term implementation.
I didn't want to go ahead without checking first.
Cheers!