Is this safe/ok to use?
Topic: molex to pwoer the risers - page 2. (Read 279 times)
What about sata to 6 pin, which comes with many risers.
Is this safe/ok to use?
Is this safe/ok to use?
I use molex to power the risers and PCIE to power cards. Never had an issue. Of course, don't mix the power supplies to the same card/riser
The 75W are used by the card as the power is provided by the PCI-E slot to the card. Early risers were not powered and delivered power straight from the PCI-E slot on the mainboard to the graphics card, which sometimes led to problems. The 4-pin Molex connectors are not rated for 75W so it would be advisable to keep using the PCI-E cables. Actually it can deliver 132W if it's a quality connector and not some cheap china shit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molex_connector
I recommend to buy a used server power supply and a breakout board + additional PCI-E cables. See https://www.parallelminer.com/product/x11-breakout-board-with-pcie-power-cables-for-gpu-asic-mining-compatible-with-delta-oems-750w-1200w-1400w-1500w-2400watt-power-supply-more/ for example, the compatible power supplies can be bought used for very little money compared to standard ATX PSUs.
I recommend to buy a used server power supply and a breakout board + additional PCI-E cables. See https://www.parallelminer.com/product/x11-breakout-board-with-pcie-power-cables-for-gpu-asic-mining-compatible-with-delta-oems-750w-1200w-1400w-1500w-2400watt-power-supply-more/ for example, the compatible power supplies can be bought used for very little money compared to standard ATX PSUs.
hi
i bought this PSU
https://www.anandtech.com/show/10820/the-zalman-zm1200-ebt-1200w-psu-review/2
and it seems to run fine except the notorious issue of not having enough cables with many PSUs, i got 6x PCI cables and that was enough to run 2x 3060 ti and one dual pin 3070 and two risers !
i was thinking of using the molex cable since i got plenty to run the risers, my understanding risers use 75w ? is that consumed by the card or the riser itself
could it go more or less ??!??
what about using the molex cables isntead of PCI-E cables ??
i need a definitive asnwer regarding this please not just speculations !...
and of course am not gonna touch the sata cables !...
thanks,
i bought this PSU
https://www.anandtech.com/show/10820/the-zalman-zm1200-ebt-1200w-psu-review/2
and it seems to run fine except the notorious issue of not having enough cables with many PSUs, i got 6x PCI cables and that was enough to run 2x 3060 ti and one dual pin 3070 and two risers !
i was thinking of using the molex cable since i got plenty to run the risers, my understanding risers use 75w ? is that consumed by the card or the riser itself
could it go more or less ??!??what about using the molex cables isntead of PCI-E cables ??
i need a definitive asnwer regarding this please not just speculations !...
and of course am not gonna touch the sata cables !...
thanks,
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