X1950 Pro XGE - Standard PCI-E connection or adapter?

djogoku · 10-09-2009, 03:59 PM

Just out of curiousity. Because my old psu didn't have pci-e connections I used the supplied molex to 6 pin adapter and have had no problem whatsoever. But resently I picked an Antec Neo HE 550 which has the cables I need. The question is should I disconnect my adapter and connect straight to the pci-e 6 pin cable or should I not? I know it may seem like a no brainer but what I noticed about the supplied adapter that came with my gpu is though it has 6 slots for 6 pins, there's actually only 3 PINS!
So with that being said, if I connect a standard pci-e cable to my x1950 pro XGE I'll be connecting 3 more pins that weren't connected before.
I just don't want to burn out any other psu or anything else.

So, what should I do?

StrangleHold · 10-09-2009, 04:03 PM

Use the one from the power supply, not the adaptor.

djogoku · 10-09-2009, 04:25 PM

So, the extra 3pins won't hurt anything. Cool! Now I'm wondering why they made the adapter that way. Oh well. Thanks for the quick response!

10-09-2009, 03:59 PM	#1 (permalink)
djogoku Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 48	X1950 Pro XGE - Standard PCI-E connection or adapter? Just out of curiousity. Because my old psu didn't have pci-e connections I used the supplied molex to 6 pin adapter and have had no problem whatsoever. But resently I picked an Antec Neo HE 550 which has the cables I need. The question is should I disconnect my adapter and connect straight to the pci-e 6 pin cable or should I not? I know it may seem like a no brainer but what I noticed about the supplied adapter that came with my gpu is though it has 6 slots for 6 pins, there's actually only 3 PINS! So with that being said, if I connect a standard pci-e cable to my x1950 pro XGE I'll be connecting 3 more pins that weren't connected before. I just don't want to burn out any other psu or anything else. So, what should I do? __________________ • Thermaltake Tsunami Dream • AMD Athlon 64 x2 6000+ 3.1GHz • MSI K9A2 CF-F v2 • G.SKILL PI 2x2GB (F2-8500CL5D-4GBPI) • HIS HD 4850 ICEQ4 1GB • HITACHI DESKSTAR 82.3GB 7200 (OS) • Seagate Barracuda 200GB (games,movies,music,etc) • Antec Neo HE 550W PSU

10-09-2009, 04:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
StrangleHold VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 11,197	Use the one from the power supply, not the adaptor. __________________ NZXT Apollo S75QB 750W ZEROtherm FZ120 Phenom II 720BE (X4) 3.5GHZ. Gigabyte GA MA790X UD4P G Skill DDR2 1066 4GB. MSI GTS 250 Seagate 7200.12 500GB. Welcome to the show

10-09-2009, 04:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
djogoku Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 48	So, the extra 3pins won't hurt anything. Cool! Now I'm wondering why they made the adapter that way. Oh well. Thanks for the quick response! __________________ • Thermaltake Tsunami Dream • AMD Athlon 64 x2 6000+ 3.1GHz • MSI K9A2 CF-F v2 • G.SKILL PI 2x2GB (F2-8500CL5D-4GBPI) • HIS HD 4850 ICEQ4 1GB • HITACHI DESKSTAR 82.3GB 7200 (OS) • Seagate Barracuda 200GB (games,movies,music,etc) • Antec Neo HE 550W PSU

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