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Sep 25 2017 09:50am
Building my first pc and am wondering if i can use one vga cable for 6 + 8 pin gpu, or should i run 2 separate cables. The vga cable has 1x 6+2 pin and 1x 6 pin

Psu is 650w evga g2

GPU is 1080 rog strix

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Sep 25 2017 10:30am
The Y cable is rated to run upto 2x 8pins. So actually 300W total. A 8+2 + 6 pin is only 225w. So you totally fine using that one cable for it.
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Sep 25 2017 10:51am
Quote (ZwiX @ Sep 25 2017 11:30am)
The Y cable is rated to run upto 2x 8pins. So actually 300W total. A 8+2 + 6 pin is only 225w. So you totally fine using that one cable for it.


ok thanks!
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Sep 25 2017 11:00am
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ok thanks!


No problem, good luck with the build :)
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