hardcore Posted January 11, 2011 Member ID: 86 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 223 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1824 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 464 Achievement Points: 13395 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 5, 2022 Birthday: 06/29/1967 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Ok folks. Let see if anyone can help here. I have a Asus M4N82 Deluxe motherboard with 3 way sli compatiable pci-e slots. I have order 3 gforce 460gtx overclocked video cards. I have a coolmax cug 950b 950 watt power supply that is 3 way sli certified. Now this power supply only has 2 pci-e power cords. I have looked on board n video and power supply specs and nothing list on how to run the power wires to these 3 video cards. Do I only wire to of them or do I need some spliter and where can i find that? Can anyone help? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
BANNPIRE Posted January 11, 2011 Member ID: 1176 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 7 Topic Count: 110 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 954 Content Per Day: 0.18 Reputation: 216 Achievement Points: 6665 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/23/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 6, 2015 Birthday: 07/27/1983 Share Posted January 11, 2011 yes you have to run power to all the cards you can find what u need on ebay futhermore my powersupply has connections for all 3 cards your prob should 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Yoda Posted January 11, 2011 Member ID: 934 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 19 Topic Count: 131 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 832 Content Per Day: 0.16 Reputation: 137 Achievement Points: 5656 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/27/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 19, 2014 Birthday: 08/16/1960 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Yes you need power to all three cards. Do not use a splitter to run two cards off one set of wires. Try to use a separate set of wires (for each card) leading back DIRECTLY to your power supply. If you use a splitter for two cards, you could get random crashes that are very hard to trace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFuerza Posted January 11, 2011 Member ID: 1607 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 181 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 3 Achievement Points: 1227 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 23, 2020 Birthday: 12/20/1991 Share Posted January 11, 2011 yes all the cards should be powered, if your power supply says that it is 3-way sli compatible then it should have 3 of the power cords, im assuming its got the 8pin pci-e and the other one not sure of what it is because i havent had to upgrade graphics since i have an asus gaming laptop, but if they come with two, then look into the manual that came with your power supply and see if they specifly certain molex cables for using an adapter that should come with the graphics cards, usually they will since the graphics cards are on their own rail in the power supply (to the best of my knowledge) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iFuerza Posted January 11, 2011 Member ID: 1607 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 181 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 3 Achievement Points: 1227 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 23, 2020 Birthday: 12/20/1991 Share Posted January 11, 2011 but like yoda said dont use the adapter, unless you absolutly need it, it can and prob will cause crashes because it can have sudden changed in the volts and amperage going to the graphics card, they are senitive peices of expensive plastic, and over volting or under volting can and will cause crashing and failure. ps i know my spelling blows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardcore Posted January 11, 2011 Member ID: 86 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 223 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1824 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 464 Achievement Points: 13395 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 5, 2022 Birthday: 06/29/1967 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 This power supply has 2 8 pin pci-e ports, 3 4pin peripharal and floppy ports, 2 2pin s-ata ports and 2 4pin s-ata ports. The 2 pci-e cords have a 8pin plug on other end and a short jumper with a 6pin plug on it. That is the spec on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
NightmareXI Posted January 11, 2011 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I think you will need 2x6pin for each card and it looks like your psu can handle dual SLI only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hardcore Posted January 11, 2011 Member ID: 86 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 223 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1824 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 464 Achievement Points: 13395 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 5, 2022 Birthday: 06/29/1967 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 Well, it that is what I got to do till tax time. I will 2 way sli it. I have both links. 3 way adn 2 way. just have to let the third card sit for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
snaFU73 Posted January 11, 2011 Member ID: 85 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 14 Topic Count: 34 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 514 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 139 Achievement Points: 3113 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 3 Birthday: 01/30/1973 Device: Macintosh Share Posted January 11, 2011 MMMMMMM 3 way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hardcore Posted January 11, 2011 Member ID: 86 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 223 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1824 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 464 Achievement Points: 13395 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 5, 2022 Birthday: 06/29/1967 Author Share Posted January 11, 2011 mmmmm, yeah baby. 3 way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
dollardogg Posted January 12, 2011 Member ID: 189 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 45 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1388 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 7432 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 10 Birthday: 02/01/1978 Device: Windows Share Posted January 12, 2011 2 8PIN PCI Express Converter molex adapter thats what you will need and a tri connect which prob came with mb http://www.xpcgear.com/dual-8-pin-6-2-pin-pci-express-power-adapter-cable-4-pin-molex-video-card.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardcore Posted January 12, 2011 Member ID: 86 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 223 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1824 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 464 Achievement Points: 13395 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 5, 2022 Birthday: 06/29/1967 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 What about something like this. Cablestobuy LP4 to 6 Pin PCI Express Video Card Power Adapter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
dollardogg Posted January 12, 2011 Member ID: 189 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 2 Topic Count: 45 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1388 Content Per Day: 0.26 Reputation: 0 Achievement Points: 7432 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/03/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 10 Birthday: 02/01/1978 Device: Windows Share Posted January 12, 2011 if you only need one 6pin for ur gpu thats will work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardcore Posted January 12, 2011 Member ID: 86 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 223 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1824 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 464 Achievement Points: 13395 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 5, 2022 Birthday: 06/29/1967 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 Wont know til friday. I am going to have to go home when i get off and look at specs on it they need Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Kash Posted January 12, 2011 Member ID: 2086 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 1 Topic Count: 41 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 137 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 2 Achievement Points: 1109 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/31/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: September 27, 2017 Birthday: 10/23/1979 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Your power supply should have came with lots of adapters, Mine has the same setup and all I had to do was use a 8->6 pin adapter that came with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardcore Posted January 12, 2011 Member ID: 86 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 223 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1824 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 464 Achievement Points: 13395 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 5, 2022 Birthday: 06/29/1967 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 nope, only have 2 plug for each one of the ports. Now looking at the specs of the cards. They have a 6 pin power cable which leads me to believe it is only one 6 pin plug for card. Going ahead and ordering the plug. Just in case. Would rather 3 way sli if i can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
iFuerza Posted January 12, 2011 Member ID: 1607 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 5 Topic Count: 31 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 181 Content Per Day: 0.04 Reputation: 3 Achievement Points: 1227 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/24/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 23, 2020 Birthday: 12/20/1991 Share Posted January 12, 2011 they usually come in the box man, i would hold on ordering Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightmareXI Posted January 12, 2011 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Share Posted January 12, 2011 hardcore nope, only have 2 plug for each one of the ports. Now looking at the specs of the cards. They have a 6 pin power cable which leads me to believe it is only one 6 pin plug for card. Going ahead and ordering the plug. Just in case. Would rather 3 way sli if i can. which card did you order? the gigabyte 460 overclocked needs 2x6pin for each card its just if the psu cant handle the power requirements for three cards these adapters wont help because you have to live with endless crashes under full load Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hardcore Posted January 12, 2011 Member ID: 86 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 223 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1824 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 464 Achievement Points: 13395 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 5, 2022 Birthday: 06/29/1967 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 I got 3 pny technologies gforce 460gtx overclocked 1 g gddr5 pcie 2.0 cards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
NightmareXI Posted January 12, 2011 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Share Posted January 12, 2011 it should be this one? PNY 460 OC look at the general specs: Power Connector 2 x 6 Pin System Requirements Minimum 450W or greater system power supply (with a minimum 12V current rating of 38A) your psu has 20A-25A on each 12V rail if you use a splitter you are going to run the card that needs 38A on a rail with a max of 25A the result will be crashes on high load this is your PSU? you can try the adapters dogg suggested but each adapter has to be connected at a several 12V connection I dont know how many of your 4pin peripherie connectors are not connected yet... I hope this helped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hardcore Posted January 12, 2011 Member ID: 86 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 223 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1824 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 464 Achievement Points: 13395 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 5, 2022 Birthday: 06/29/1967 Author Share Posted January 12, 2011 You hit it on the nose nightmare. Nice work. I ordered 2 of the adapters dog was talking about just to be on safe side. I have 3 per ports and only 1 is in use for cooling fans and other 2 with nothing as everything is s-ata. Thanks for the info. I was just getting ready to research the card to see what it said about the power hook ups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
NightmareXI Posted January 12, 2011 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Share Posted January 12, 2011 hardcore You hit it on the nose nightmare. Nice work. I ordered 2 of the adapters dog was talking about just to be on safe side. I have 3 per ports and only 1 is in use for cooling fans and other 2 with nothing as everything is s-ata. Thanks for the info. I was just getting ready to research the card to see what it said about the power hook ups. hope it works LOL learning by doing is what happens to me most of the time.... a PSU is the most overlooked part of a PC. I spent 200 bucks for my last one and it kicks ass Enermax Revolution85+ 850watts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
hardcore Posted January 13, 2011 Member ID: 86 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 27 Topic Count: 223 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1824 Content Per Day: 0.34 Reputation: 464 Achievement Points: 13395 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: October 5, 2022 Birthday: 06/29/1967 Author Share Posted January 13, 2011 Well. The bad news. I had the stuff to do the power and set it up. Put the cards in, hooked up the power and went to connect the bridge and well frack. My 3 way bridge is set up like most I have found online. 3 sets of 2 plugin for the cards. Well. The cards I got only have 1 plugin. And I can not find the single row 3 plug bridge. Only single rows is the 2 way sli birdges. Any ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
NightmareXI Posted January 13, 2011 Member ID: 68 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 44 Topic Count: 62 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2709 Content Per Day: 0.50 Reputation: 132 Achievement Points: 14854 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: November 20, 2022 Birthday: 04/13/1969 Share Posted January 13, 2011 looks like you are a bit unlucky atm.... I found this here GTX 460 test they say : The GTX-460 lineup is SLI capable but you can see from the single connector that Nvidia is only going to allow 2 of these in SLI. So, if your looking at triple SLI you'll need to move to the GTX-465 or above. didnt know that, sorry man, I am better with crossfire setups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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