What power cable for 2nd hand GPU's?

Dan_P · 30 Nov 2017 at 20:01

Hi All,

I have a Super Flower PSU and I'm really struggling to find power cables for a 2nd hand GPU I've just bought?

I'm fairly sure I'm searching for the wrong thing but cant figure out what I need.

My GPU has 2 x 6 PIN connectors and my SuperFlower PSU has 9 pin (?) outputs (3 rows of 3). I cannot find anything on OCUK or the rainforest that matches. I assume I'm looking for "9 pin to 6+2 PCIE cables" but not finding anything

Help?!?!?

Thank you
Dan

Dan_P · 30 Nov 2017 at 20:05

Image added of PSU showing "9 pin" power connectors

andicole0 · 30 Nov 2017 at 20:20

You won't get a generic cable you'll need to look for Superflower GPU/PCIE cables. Should be some that came with the PSU.

Look for "Superflower Premium Single Sleeved 9-Pin to Dual 8pin PCIE Cable (50cm)"

Andi.

Dan_P · 30 Nov 2017 at 20:35

andicole0 said:
You won't get a generic cable you'll need to look for Superflower GPU/PCIE cables. Should be some that came with the PSU.

Look for "Superflower Premium Single Sleeved 9-Pin to Dual 8pin PCIE Cable (50cm)"

Andi.

Thanks @andi

Damn got shafted with the proprietary cables! £25 each

This confirms for me I may as well run these GPU's (for mining) from a separate PC and PSU.

edGfaCTor · 30 Nov 2017 at 23:13

contact superflower

Some are better then others with this I had Corsair EU wanting to charge for cable and postage then they switched tune to postage only which was still rip off coming from Netherlands so I then tried US Corsair who sent me few free ones didn't even have to pay for shipping.

I guess you lost the cable because it should have had the correct ones for that connection.

£25 for one cable is very high price if it was a kit I could understand but when it gets into those realms it starts making you think another psu is better option

pastymuncher · 1 Dec 2017 at 10:32

Hang on a bit. I think you are getting confused as the 9 pin's are just for the psu end of the cable. That psu should have come with several 6+2 pin pci-e cables which is what you need for a gpu. One end will have the 9 pin connector that plugs into the psu and the other will have a pair of 6+2 pin pci-e cables. You should have a bunch of unused cables somwhere (I always keep my spare cables in the psu's box). Don't go plugging any random cable bought off the internet into the psu as it could have disastrous consequences.

Dan_P · 6 Dec 2017 at 11:18

pastymuncher said:
Hang on a bit. I think you are getting confused as the 9 pin's are just for the psu end of the cable. That psu should have come with several 6+2 pin pci-e cables which is what you need for a gpu. One end will have the 9 pin connector that plugs into the psu and the other will have a pair of 6+2 pin pci-e cables. You should have a bunch of unused cables somwhere (I always keep my spare cables in the psu's box). Don't go plugging any random cable bought off the internet into the psu as it could have disastrous consequences.

edGfaCTor said:
contact superflower

Some are better then others with this I had Corsair EU wanting to charge for cable and postage then they switched tune to postage only which was still rip off coming from Netherlands so I then tried US Corsair who sent me few free ones didn't even have to pay for shipping.

I guess you lost the cable because it should have had the correct ones for that connection.

£25 for one cable is very high price if it was a kit I could understand but when it gets into those realms it starts making you think another psu is better option

It appears I only have 4 6+2 pin cables which are all being used at present, I was hoping I had more in the packaging to use. I have kept all spare cables in the box and there are no more PCIE power cables.

pastymuncher · 6 Dec 2017 at 12:54

The Superflower Leadex Platinum 1000w should have a dual pci-e 6+2 pin cable plus 4x single pci-e cables giving you the option of running a total of six gpu's. If you are using all of the single 6+2 pin pci-e cables just how many gpu's are you running?

Dan_P · 6 Dec 2017 at 13:24

pastymuncher said:
The Superflower Leadex Platinum 1000w should have a dual pci-e 6+2 pin cable plus 4x single pci-e cables giving you the option of running a total of six gpu's. If you are using all of the single 6+2 pin pci-e cables just how many gpu's are you running?

Just Two GPU's at the moment as not enough cables. I only have the dual pcie cable plus 2 x single which are all in use.

pastymuncher · 6 Dec 2017 at 19:13

In which case you should have another pair of single 6+2 pin pci-e cables unused as you get four of the single cables.