thelethalblow
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I am looking at buying a new gaming pc in the future and want to make sure it is ready for upgrades. I been looking at aftermarket Powersupplys for comparison and I see that most have 2 PCI Express connectors. Most likely I will not be running two video cards but at some point will be running a PCI- Express Video card and another PCI-E device. (Hence question 1) Recently I noticed the Geforce 8800gtx has requirements of one 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector (two all together?) or Two 4-pin Molex power connectors.
My questions are as follows (feel feel to comment on anyone or all):
1) Does each PCI- Express device (say a raid controller PCI-E x1) require a PCI-E power connector or just the higher powered devices, such as a video card.
2) If most PSU use two PCI connectors, how are people running this in SLI?
3) How many of these Molex connectors are generally provided with a PSU and are there regualry extra left over?
If you have any links of info related to this, I would be interested to see them.
My questions are as follows (feel feel to comment on anyone or all):
1) Does each PCI- Express device (say a raid controller PCI-E x1) require a PCI-E power connector or just the higher powered devices, such as a video card.
2) If most PSU use two PCI connectors, how are people running this in SLI?
3) How many of these Molex connectors are generally provided with a PSU and are there regualry extra left over?
If you have any links of info related to this, I would be interested to see them.