Hi all, This is probably a stupid question. I recently bought a GTX460 graphics card and it requires two 6 pin PCI Express connectors. The picture shows that the top middle of both connectors is left blank, this is the same for the connectors that came with the card. My question is would the connectors on my PSU which don't have the blank space in the top middle still be alright? PSU: 600W Be Quiet Straight Power E7, 80+ Motherboard: MSI AMD 790FX-GD70 Thanks.
I have no clue what you're trying to convey old boy! The GTX 460 needs all 6 of the 6-pin PCI-Express connections to work.
yep, you will be fine. don't worry about the connectors. the card doesn't need the power those connectors would provide.
in each of the 6 pin connectors, one of the holes is empty, nothing for a connection to be made with from the psu connection. so basically 5 of the 6 pins are there...
No problem at all. Some cards with 6-pin PCI-E connectors don't require all the amperage that the connector can provide, so sometimes not all 6 pins are connected internally.
You don't actually need all 6-pins connected at all... the 6-pin PCI-E connector has a 6-pin form factor, but originally there were only 5 connections: two +12v pins and three ground pins; the middle pin was always empty, as it is if you use a molex to PCI-E adapter. The reason there isn't a third +12v pin on the connector in the diagram is simply because some graphics cards don't require it, the GTX460 being one. Nowadays some graphics cards require much more power, which is why there is a third +12v pin (and never more than three, even on an 8-pin connector).
