Noob question. Please help! :)

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ImEagles

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So i'm going to buy an EVGA 680 FTW edition which requires a 6 + 8 pin connector. I've located my PSU cables and i'm a little confused about something. On the end of the cable that goes to the PSU is only a single 12 pin connector, but on the side that goes to the video card has two 6 + 2 pin connectors, totaling 16 pins. Since the 680 i'm getting requires a total of 14 pins (6 + 8), can i use 14 pins even though the connector to the PSU only has 12?

P.S. My power supply is the Corsair AX 850
Thanks in advance
 
If one side has 6 + 2 and the other has 12, I believe that ok. What you don't want is the one that has 8 pins altogether on one side which the Corsair AX 850 has 2 of those. Those are 12 volt and are for you cpu connection only.

So if its 6 + 2 on one end, you are fine and you can use that, its a standard pci cable.
 
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