So i've just bought a second hand GPU (Powercolor Radeon RX 470 4GB) to stick in my slightly ageing machine (spec below). My current graphics card has 2x 6-pin PCI-e power connectors, and the new card has a single 8-pin PCIe connector. A few questions: 1. The PSU appears to have an 8-pin connector, but i think it's an ATX12V connector for the motherboard. I don't suppose this will work? 2. Would a 6-pin to 8-pin adaptor work? 3. Is 520w sufficient for what I've got? CPU Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690K CPU @ 3.50GHz (Haswell socket 1150 LGA) M/B MSI Z97i AC RAM 2x2GB GSkill Ripjaw PC3-12800 DDR3 GPU Powercolor Radeon HD 6850 1GB PSU Corsair HX520
I was running a HX520 for a LONGGGGGGGGGG time before I retired it. It's running in a build somewhere with a 970? I think.
I'm looking at my Corsair HX520W as I type. Its running a Sapphire 390 with 2 x (6+2) pin connectors and a Ryzen 3600. Its been fine and stable and the PSU I've used for as long as I can remember (think I even bought it second hand). My PSU is semi modular, if yours is to I would expect you can pick up a single 8 pin connector for your graphics card.
got a HX620 here, about to shove it in a new case and hope its up to running a ryzen 5 3600 and whatever GPU i can throw at it
520w would be fine, I ran a 980 from a 450W without issues. Depending on the card you can run an 8 pin off a 6 pin, or you could buy an adapter I run a 970 from a 6 pin at the moment as I couldn't be bothered to buy an adapter
Awesome, cheers for the responses. I realise now that the RX 470 is actually a slightly lower power draw than my old card, so hopefully i'll be okay. I've ordered a 6 to 8 pin adapter, as it was only £3 on ebay.
