Molex adapter

Redmist2k2 · 7 Feb 2011 at 07:48

Hello, I need to have 2 pci cables to power my graphics card, however my psu only has 1. The graphics card came with two adapters which turn two molex connectors into a pci. However my psu only has 3 molex, ive heard that I can buy a spliter that turns 1 molex into 2? Which I could then plug into the adapter for the graphics card. The pci cable that came with the psu is slightly different to the ones provides by the graphics card, altho it has 6 pins only 5 are wired up with two wires going into one pin. So I would like to use both cables that came with the graphics card just to keep it all generic. Thanks for any help guys!

pcAnywhere · 7 Feb 2011 at 07:52

Which GPU and PSU are you using. With only 1 PCI-E and just 3 Molex cables, your PSU doesn't sound too great.

Redmist2k2 · 7 Feb 2011 at 12:19

I thought this myself after reading other people psu comments...it's the 500w elite power unit that was on offer with the coolmaster case. Sorry I dont know what gpu is? Enlighten me! Ha, excuse my newb

s innes · 7 Feb 2011 at 12:26

yea use the pci-e and get a spliter for the molex

pcAnywhere · 7 Feb 2011 at 13:10

GPU = Graphics Processing Unit (or Graphics card)

What other hardware do you have?

Redmist2k2 · 8 Feb 2011 at 15:01

Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 555 3.20GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU)
Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-US2H 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

TheGedi · 9 Feb 2011 at 14:53

Redmist2k2 said:
Gigabyte GeForce GTX 460 OC 768MB GDDR5 PCI-Express Graphics Card
AMD Phenom II X2 Dual Core 555 3.20GHz Black Edition (Socket AM3)
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU)
Gigabyte GA-MA78LMT-US2H 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
G.Skill RipJawsX 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-12800C9 1600MHz Dual Channel Kit
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM

Also might want to mention that it does have 40A over the 12v rails. (20a on each) I would think that the 6 Pin PCI and one molex to a 6 pin PCI would be fine? Im sure there is more than 3 Molex though, sure i seen at least 4 or 5. :S