Hi Guys, Does anyone know of 8-pin to 2x6-pin converters? It seems to me that this should be possible, but I've never seen one.
On second thoughts - the extra 2 pins are earths or some such aren't they. Has anyone successfully split the 6-pin section into 2 plugs?
http://www.tiger111hk.com/product_info.php?products_id=1757 Well someone makes them. 8 pin and 6 pin only differ in pinout, 12v and earths/neutrals. Aslong as the rail that the cable is connected to is strong ehough, then no reason why it won't work.
Cheers guys. I'm heading towards the splitter rather than molex, just because of the fact that the molex aren't specifically designed for GPU work. It seems pretty easy to find cables where there's 2x6-pin going to 1x8-pin. I have however tracked down one 6-pin splitter cable here I have a Corsiar TX650W PSU and am moving from GTX 295 up to crossfire 5870's. The corsairs tend to have one massive +12V rail, so I think that the splitting will be OK ... The GTX 295 draws up to around 295W whereas the 5870s will take up to around 375w. Bit tight. I'd prefer to upgrade to a HX850W but am trying to keep the upgrade costs down.
They dont normally recommend it but if you really wanted to do it this way you couldget yourself down to Maplins or RS components and make the adapter yourself. I would check the draw of power by the graphics card and how much the PSU / rail can handle as you dont want to overload it.
Pretty sure that rail is rated 550W+ but I need to check the total power draw across everything as there's some limits there of course. I'll unplug the GTX and use a power monitor I have - that should give me a sense of the draw from the rest of the system.
