No Molex coming from PSU

GarethBah

Hi guys, just wondering, basically the 6850 v2 requires 2 6 spin adapters, and ive just looked inside my PC, ive got 1 6 pin, but no molex, just 3 adapters not sure what they are(on them is printed P followed by a number), i think you plug them into a hard drive?, is it possible to get an adapter for 1 of those to 6 pin

GarethBah

Well i found this,

http://www.amazon.co.uk/SATA-to-Molex-Power-Adapter/dp/B000ZMCYQG


Has anybody used these before?, id have to sata-molex-6pin

thenightrider

I used to use them the other way around all the time molex to sata there is no reason it would not work as long as you have enough power in your psu

GarethBah

Heres an update guys,

I just ordered http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=310256045650

Should this work, the sata power cable is coming out of my PSU so its female i think, also will this molex work with the molex-> 6 pin which comes with graphics cards

GarethBah

bump

pickarooney

Are you making a triple connection, SATA to Molex to 6-pin?

There's a thread on the nvidia forums about this. It doesn't seem to come highly recommended.

GarethBah

Hi, thanks for the reply, basically; the 6850 v1 runs on 1 6 pin, the v2 is exactly the same but it has 2 6 pin's, according to the manual it can run on 1 6 pin, so the sata>molex>6 pin would be just to give it some extra juice!

Monotype

What kind of PSU is this? I don't think I've ever seen one without molex. The adapters for molex->PCI-E usually use two molex connectors for each PCI-E connector. So you may need two SATA adapters.
You might want to look into your PSU specs to be sure that the hard drive rail isn't going to be overloaded.

GarethBah

Hi thanks for the reply, i asked solitare and gave him the model etc, and he said it will run the 6850, it came in a hp pavillion elite, its a 460 watt