MSI Z68A-GD80-G3

bigjimmyauk · 5 Oct 2011 at 05:36

Just looking at boards for i5 2500K

does anyone know what the 6 pin power slot is for above the pci-e slots ,i was rather :confused:

So what's it for enlighten me.

Surveyor · 5 Oct 2011 at 06:50

All it says in the user manual is that it provides power to the graphics card.

Some motherboards have a power connector in that location for use when using multiple graphics cards, usually a molex connector.

bigjimmyauk · 5 Oct 2011 at 12:15

Surveyor said:
All it says in the user manual is that it provides power to the graphics card.

Some motherboards have a power connector in that location for use when using multiple graphics cards, usually a molex connector.

Ah so you think it just boosts the PCI-E power to the board?

Do you think that would be a good board for a first time sandy bridge user (always been on AMD but considering the change along with another 6950)

dazzerd · 5 Oct 2011 at 12:25

It's supposed to make it more stable, but it runs fine without it in my experience.

bigjimmyauk · 6 Oct 2011 at 11:59

dazzerd said:
It's supposed to make it more stable, but it runs fine without it in my experience.

Could you do me a big favour and post up a pic of the space between the cards when using sli,

from pics it looks like 1 slot space but i wanted to be sure and can't find any on google

dazzerd · 6 Oct 2011 at 12:49

Will do but it's two slots I know as my koolance sli bridge is designed for two slot spacing.

bigjimmyauk · 6 Oct 2011 at 13:25

dazzerd said:
Will do but it's two slots I know as my koolance sli bridge is designed for two slot spacing.

Thx i'd appreciate it just want to get a visual idea

dazzerd · 6 Oct 2011 at 18:32

bigjimmyauk said:
Thx i'd appreciate it just want to get a visual idea

Not sure how much help these are but there you go. As you can see there is a pci slot wth a tv card in it and an empty pci e 1 slot between the gpus.