Sup guys, I have a CX 750M that shorted out about a week ago. I went ahead and brought out my older PSU which is 500 Watts to hook into my computer. The problem is that I only have one 6 pin connector for the PSU and my gfx card takes two. The GPU is r9 270x. I went to a friends house to grab one of his psu's and tried to nigger rig it to plug it into the wall and plug the 6 pin from friends psu into the gfx card and the 6 pin from my psu into the card. Needless to say, it didn't work. Is there any viable way to actually rig 2 psu's into one gfx card?
>>52116762
>Is there any viable way to actually rig 2 psu's into one gfx card?
I'm so sorry.
>>52116762
Find the box your gfx card came in there will probably be a double molex to 6 pin connector chucked in there.
Sell both and get a new one!
Kidding, this is an interesting question and I wanted to bump
Are you certain there are no adapters that you could use so it add an extra 6 pins?
![1229150221[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/4oBnF7n.jpg "1229150221[1].jpg")
This is what I did with friends psu
Are these what you guys are talking about?
The thing is, the gpu with one 6 pin spins the fans but doesn't display and won't spool. With both the 6 pins, it spools and everything but won't display. I feel like I'm so close but it doesn't work, so I'm not close enough.
>>52116762
If you weren't a fucking idiot you would know that you needed the jump start the other PSU, its not going to do it just cos you plugged it in.
>>52116845
Wtf are you retarded, you just needlessly destroyed a good psu. Just use a molex to 6pin adapter.
>>52116857
Bingo!
>>52116871
Sunny D. It's jumped.
>>52116872
And I didn't needlessly destroy it. Friend frankensteined it to a car amp so he could have a good system in his room. If you know anything about currents, you know you can just tape some wire onto pre-existing wire and it will still work. Just takes a bit of know how and work. Nothing hard.
ITT: Anon tries to jump start and fucks a friends PSU. Has zero clue about a run of the mill connector everyone has handled.
>>52116885
Should I just unplug the case fan that I have and just plug that connector into the card? I mean, I have liquid cooling and a fan in front of the pc so I think the cooling should be okay, but what about air travel. Think it'd be enough to just have the psu fan, front fan, and water cooling?
>>52116910
Or you could use proper fucking solder and shrink wrap, and not run the risk of burning down your house, retard.
How do you people with hostility even function in real life. I'm just asking a simple question: Is it possible to use 2 PSU's into one GPU with 2 6 pins (1 6 pin each). No need to get a dick on your face. I have simple understanding of what electrical tape can do. Not like I'm going into the olympics with this PSU in my hand with the risk that it -may- come undone. It's going to sit on my sub and do absolutely nothing.
>>52116928
This should be for you to decide, rather than asking for the approval of a random on the Internet who hasn't seen anything to do with your rig. Tie your own shoelaces...
>>52116982
Not like I'm asking to be spoonfed. Just asking for advice, that's all.
>>52116972
Here, take a look at the image I posted. Its shit quality, I know. But you can see what you need to know. You make your own molex adapter, just cut of two molex connectors on your current psu, then cut of the pci connector on your friends psu. Then simply tape the wires together like the diagram shows. Granted, I don't see anything wrong with your current way, so your psu dying may have fucked your graphics card.
>>52117057
Thank you for being a helpful one. I mean, even if people aren't helpful that's fine, just don't be mean. But yeah, the 6 pin connector on his PSU is mine, I used it from my dead PSU cause it's modular and came with more wires than I needed. So I can use another one of those connectors. I hope my GPU isn't dead from the PSU dying or else that'd be pretty lame. But on that note, wouldn't that mean it wouldn't be able to spool up and turn the fans on?
Can you have two PSUs and use one to power the video card exclusively, while the other powers everything else?
>>52117080
Nah, both PSU's only have one 6 pin, and my GPU has 2, so I have to either create a Molex like >>52117057
said or find some way to have both PSU's connect into my GPU at the same time, which I think isn't possible at this point.
>>52117113
I'm not asking about your problem you faggot :^)
I'm just asking if that is possible to do, in general
>>52117080
Yes assuming you jump the proper connectors on the 24 pin connector. It can sometimes be a pain in the ass though, and don't think that two 250w psu are equal to 500w.
>>52117129
Oh yeah, lol my bad. My friend's dad set him up with a pc that uses 2 psu's, one of them is used for the mobo, cpu, hdd etc... And the other one is dedicated to the gpu. Which is why I'm baffled as to why my setup isn't working
No op it will not work. I've tried something similar in the past. It's either one of the psu powers the card exclusively using 2 6 pins or... A molex to 6pin adapter. I know how you must feel, I have 2 shitty PSUs just laying around. I regret the cx750m so much
>>52117144
>>52117146
Okay here's my deal
I got a new video card and I read online you should try to keep power consumption to under 80% of the total wattage your PSU can output. Mine is 650W and with the new card my system will likely pull ~550W and I'm not sure if I should be worried or something is going to blow up or die.
>>52117191
Damn, I guess I'll work on making a Molex to 6 pin real quick
>>52117204
It won't pull that much... It would also help knowing your cpu and gpu
>>52117204
Also you read wrong
>>52117204
Depends on how much the rest of your system pulls. If your considering dual psu, the entire card needs to be powered from one psu, not a mix. If your worried the current connectors cant handle the power, you should be fine, as long as all the nessecary connectors are there, the circut should handle the load. If i remember correctly, it something like a single 6 pin pcie connector can supply 75w, the actual slot supplies, 75w, an 8 pin 150w and so on.
Alright I'll snip this one and fuse it to one of the 6 pins from my dead psu
>>52117227
>>52117252
The new card is a r9 390 and my PSU is 650W
I redid the calculation and actually is like 467W max draw so I'm just worrying over nothing
>>52117321
Yea, don't rely too much on those calculators. Actual draw is usually much lower than you think. A 650w can handle most every possible card. Whenever you're unsure just Google your card and benchmarks. Good benchmarks will show power consumption and temps along with the fps performance of said card.
Also, you don't need to use less than 80 percent of your cards wattage. You're referring to efficiency. The more load you have on it, the more efficient it operates. Read up on that or watch a YT video.
>>52116762
>Buys a shitty CX PSU
>uses the word 'nigger'
>is retarded
Just buy a new PSU. Get a decent one, like a Seasonic.
I need to start a tally of all these shit Corsair PSUs that fail within 2 years. They must have the highest failure rate of any PSU out there, but because all the tech YouTubers shill it, people are still buying them.
>>52117400
Oh OP here, I've had mine for a year, put that on your list.
>>52117400
This guy here
>>52117321
I've had mine for over 4 years so I don't know the fuck you talking about
>>52117386
>Is retarded
?
>>52117386
>tfw seasonic is fucked too
Not op though, the cx was my spare psu and the fan spins at max whenever load is put onto it. The seasonic on the other hand fried my mobo and one of my gpus. Such is life
You can also add the GS800 to the list. I get random shutdowns when using crossfire now. Works OK with one card. Less than 2 years old.
>>52117419
Everything OP asked and everything OP did is literally retarded.
>>52117435
>The seasonic on the other hand fried my mobo and one of my gpus.
Bullshit.
corsair makes shit psu for some reason
get evga
>>52117458
? Why don't you believe me anon?
>>52117450
But how?
>>52117321
I remember reading somewhere that some 390s like to kill themselves if you aren't using a 750W card which may have been your issue in the first place.
>>52117530
750W PSU sorry. BTW, I hope just got a 390 and a CX 750 for the Holidays. Took me a while to get it set up due to some shitty cable management and building in a mini-ITX case, but it works like a charm. Don't really know why people are so negative toward Corsair PSUs.
>>52117530
>>52117549
I haven't even put the card in yet, I haven't had a chance to have any issues. I doubt that the card will just die, at worst the PSU will shutdown
>>52117204
As another Anon stated previously, you must have read that wrong. PSU lose efficiency when used at less that 80% load, meaning you're just wasting energy when you get a PSU that can power a ridiculous machine for a machine that will only use 50% of its advertised Wattage.
Alright I rigged it
>>52117549
Because their cx PSUs which most consumers buy don't have good build quality. Although I use the cx430 watt in like every work computer build, I wouldn't recommend any of them for gaming. The other corsair psu are great I hear but at the same time you're paying good money for them.
>>52117600
I don't have a CX series I have a 650W TX series
>>52117606
Well than you don't have much to worry about. I hear their rmi series is good. I still wouldn't choose a corsair either way.
>>52117599
Welp didn't work, sad days. Computer didn't turn on with the rigged plug in. But it turns on without it. Oh well I tried. Guess I'll just bite the bullet and buy a psu. What do you guys recommend?
>>>52117645
Tbh senpai we're all shills here. Just go to newegg or something site and check out reviews. Don't cheap out tho. It's pretty much the only part of the build that can fuck up literally everything.
Corsair 1200 rx reporting in
HD7950's crossfire, both cards need 2 x 6pin adapters. At least the modular connectors make cable management easier
>>52117659
Yeah I'll just have to run to micro center sometime soon. There's one about 50 minutes from me. Thanks though to everyone who tried. I guess this thread has been turned into a psu hate thread.
MOTD: keep psu receipts. Especially I if they're corsair psus
>>52117659
>tfw I got a gr8 deal on a 520w 80+ silver for $40 and had to get a 970 since 390 would probably kill it
Family, why don't you get a molex to 6 pin converter and just use that? That's how I nigger rigged a 370x a week ago or so.
On a 450w
>>52117705
I heard that Molex to 6 pins weren't good for your setup, not sure WHY exactly, probably should have probed a bit more. But I guess I can pick one of those up in the meantime if I can. Or just use my old 7850.
>>52117693
My dad's 66 and is in the music business. Back in the day he used to code recording software and work on computers, so he saw that I had taken an interest in computers and decided to get me a Power Color. I'm grateful and shit, but damn does that card scream and produce a fuckton of heat.
>>52117722
Power Color 390 that is.
>>52117731
PCS+ is supposed to be one of the better coolers for AMD
>>52117736
It keeps it cool, but you better have some good speakers or headphones to drown out the noise once they hit about 60% usage. 80-100% literally is almost like an industrial fan blowing in your house.
>>52117751
Does it have a really aggressive fan curve?
>>52117751
this one?
>>52117757
By default I had some strange issues of it kicking on at 100% fan usage and it would also jump to 100% when launching certain games. I set up a custom fan profile in MSI Afterburner which solved it pretty easily.
>>52117768
Yep
The Power Color 390 performs like a champ, and after having one, I don't think I can justify going any other brand of GPU just because of heat and a loud cooler, which would likely be a problem no matter which brand my dad had chosen to buy for me. It's been kinda eye opening that some of the overlooked "chink" brands may have gotten a bad rap over a few pissed off customers and a small blunder. I'll likely go Power Color in the future if they're priced competetively.
>>52117850
I had chink brands Jaton and Visiontek gpu's in the past growing up, they did fine since they barely had to do anything important.
i just bought this baby EVGA makes solid AF psu's
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817438048
90 bucks with 20 refund
>>52118144
enjoy, b0ss
