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Topic: How much did you guys get your PCI-E extenders for? (Read 2187 times)

legendary
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A lot of HongKong ebay sellers has them for $5, but you have to wait a month for shipping
sr. member
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He ships from Virginia, huh?

Oh darn. I live in Texas. Guess I'll be waiting a few days...
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I recommend cablesaurus.com for extenders.  he is part of our community, he is reasonably priced, ships fast and i have been happy with my cables.
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Tutorials, guidelines, optimizations for all!
LOL, I set my fan speeds to 100% and it lowered by 20C to ~74C! Guess I don't need these anymore.

100% is not always good my friend. The fan only has so many cycles to go through before it dies out.
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LOL, I set my fan speeds to 100% and it lowered by 20C to ~74C! Guess I don't need these anymore.
sr. member
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You can pick up the really cheap ones on eBay for under $4 with two caveats.

1) You need to wait for them to ship from China.  I got my first batch in under a week, but it could take longer.
2) You have cut the end off yourself.  Honestly, if you're careful with a small knife or pliers or something you can easily cut off the end in about 5 minutes, just gotta watch the pins.

If you can't wait or are afraid of breaking them if you try cutting yourself, just pay the extra and go with cablesaurus.
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Yeah, they can be had for cheaper than cablesaurus.com (who also has an eBay store), but most (all) of those $4 cables come from China (which in itself isn't bad)... but the problem is the shipping. Most of them say they take 4+ weeks to arrive in the States.

Cablesaurus had me my cables in 3 business days.
hero member
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I have a 4 card rig and the 2nd and 3rd card are running at 90c+. I'm stopping them now until I can get my hands on these extenders. I saw some for 15 bucks, is that the cheapest you can get them for?
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