Using 8 pin as a 6 pin? (Power for GPU)

[KatalDT]

Just curious, friend has a Coolermaster 750 and is looking at the 6850, which is 6 pin. My Corsairs all have the 6+2 configuration so I can use as either, but his PSU only has 8 pin connectors (solid).

Any ideas?

Edit: To clarify, it does have two 6 pin, but he's looking at 2x6850 - he needs four 6 pin.

http://www.coolermaster-usa.com/product.php?product_id=2733

 

[munkle]

I'm not sure that psu would run 2 6850's, coolermaster doesn't have the best psu's. Also I thought the 6850 only had one 6 pin connector at least mine only has one.

 

[Zero82z]

Many 8-pin connectors are designed so they physically will not fit into 6-pin sockets. If his connectors fit then it's all good, but if they don't then he'll need to get some 8-pin to 6-pin adapters, or just use molex to PCI-E adapters to provide the other two 6-pin connectors.

 

[hybry]

Indeed 6850 seems to have only 1 6pin connector per card, so if you have 2 in total you should be fine!

 

[merliwolf]

6850 is pretty low power, that's exactly why I just bought one. It's only 1 6-pin each. Lucky since some coolermasters have pretty terrible ripple at high wattage. But you should be fine at 400-500w.

 

[plugwash]

If you really needed to get more 6 pin connectors you could get a pin extractor and transfer the pins to a new shell.

 

[chrcoluk]

6850 is pretty low power, that's exactly why I just bought one. It's only 1 6-pin each. Lucky since some coolermasters have pretty terrible ripple at high wattage. But you should be fine at 400-500w.

I have a CoolerMaster 600W Silent Pro Modular PSU on route to me (old psu just died), now you have me worried.

 

[merliwolf]

I have a CoolerMaster 600W Silent Pro Modular PSU on route to me (old psu just died), now you have me worried.

Depends on which coolermaster, some are way better than others. Like the Silent Pro golds are pretty decent. I think the normal silent pro isn't too bad either, but I'd have to double check.