Power Supply vs Red Devil

[Oddney]

hi all i updated my GFX card about a week ago and give my son my PowerColor Radeon RX VEGA 64 Red Devil 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card for his computer the trouble is his power supply only has a 8 pin and a 6pin and the PowerColor Radeon RX VEGA 64 Red Devil 8GB HBM2 PCI-Express Graphics Card needs adouble 8pin, would that be a power supply upgrade or of there a wire i can buy to fix adaptor of sorts

thank you.

 

[pastymuncher]

You can get adaptors but what make and model psu is it? That is a very power hungry card and ideally should be running off two seperate 8 pin pci-e leads from a decent psu. If that one only has a 8 pin and a 6 pin it's either fairly old or a low end unit and I would be replacing it.

 

[EsaT]

Using Power Save profile in Radeon settings would keep power draw easily inside 8+6 pins with barely any performance decrease.

 

[Oddney]

tbh i think i will just updrage mine and he can have my PSU.. can you spec me a decent one please.

specs are

MD Ryzen 7 2700X with stock cooler as my Alphacool Eisbaer LT360 CPU AIO Water Cooling Unit died
Gigabyte X370-Gaming K7,
Team Group RAM 16GB DDR4
NVIDIA RTX 3070 Ti Founders 8G
Samsung 500GB 860 EVO SSD 2.5" SATA 6Gbps 64 Layer 3D V-NAND Solid State Drive
Samsung C32HG70 32" 2560x1440 VA FREESYNC 144Hz Gaming Quantum DOT HDR Widescreen Curved Monitor
Lian-Li PC-O11 Dynamic Midi-Tower - Black Window


thank you.

 

[pastymuncher]

The new version of the Corsair RM850x is a steal at the moment for just under £110 and I ordered one for myself on Thursday.