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Thursday, January 24, 2019 0:26 PM (permalink)
At work I'm dealing with a user who needs a 6gb video card to get Their video editing software to work, so we got a GTX 1060. The PC is a Lenovo M910t. There are no 6-pin cables from the PSU to hook it up. The 4 pin molex to 6-pin adapter is useless because the PSU only has one extra SATA 15-pin connection. Will a 15-pin SATA to 6-pin cable work in this situation?
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    Re: GTX 1060 and a lack of 6-pin connectors Thursday, January 24, 2019 0:51 PM (permalink)
    Should work just fine as long as the card is ran at stock clocks. A sata power cable can provide 54 watts of power while the pci-e slot can provide 75w. 75w+54w = 129w. The card only draws 120w. 
     
    With an actual 6-pin you'd have more breathing room. 75+75 = 150w.


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    Re: GTX 1060 and a lack of 6-pin connectors Thursday, January 24, 2019 1:04 AM (permalink)
    Looks like the M910t either comes with a 180w PSU or 250w PSU and only by special order a 400w and if no 6-pin than this is not one of them.
     
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    Re: GTX 1060 and a lack of 6-pin connectors Friday, January 25, 2019 11:45 PM (permalink)
    those pint size machines are a nuisance when a real workload surfaces
     
     

      


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    Re: GTX 1060 and a lack of 6-pin connectors Saturday, January 26, 2019 6:09 AM (permalink)
    It sounds like a terrible idea to me. How hard would it be for you to replace the power supply for one which is up for the task?

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    Re: GTX 1060 and a lack of 6-pin connectors Saturday, January 26, 2019 1:44 PM (permalink)
    A FSP 400-40AGPAA should do the job and comes with one 6-pin ATX connector. The big problem with my and these system is the 10-pin motherboard power connection so if going third party one would need to use a 24-Pin to 10-Pin ATX adapter but doing so also makes it hard to turn off the system because the PSU won't get the message.
     
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    Re: GTX 1060 and a lack of 6-pin connectors Friday, February 01, 2019 10:25 PM (permalink)
    that chassis looks like a standard ATX PSU will fit so you can go find a respectable 650W power supply with modular cables and not worry about it
     
    I use 850W in a microATX box as mine is 80 plus platinum and while overkill it its not likely to ever die on me.
     
     

      


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