15 Lovely Rx 480 6 Pin Vs 8 Pin

rx 480 6 pin vs 8 pin tomshardware answers id 3193109 480 work pin htmlThe reference Rx 480 work with 6 pin custom cards need 8 pin rx 480 6 pin vs 8 pin tomshardware answers id 3108673 upgrade 480 pin pin I just Bought a rx 480 reference design with an 6 pin powers slot can i get an adapter to put an 8 pin power cable on it so the grafic card gets more power then the 75 watts with a 6 pin

pin cables and 6 pin cables can deliver exactly the same power but safety specs allow for 150W over 8 pin because safety specs deem the ground connection capable of redirecting that amount of power extra in case of such an anomaly rx 480 6 pin vs 8 pin graphics amd 06 07 2016 It s too bad that 6 pin connector on the AMD Radeon RX 480 isn t an 8 pin The real bummer This all could ve been avoided if AMD had simply used an 8 pin or 2x 6 pin power connectors PCs Workstations and Point The main purpose of the 8 pin connector vs the 6 pin is additional grounding pin which tells the PCIe device that the connected PSU is man enough to supply the required power and the 800W PSU in the Z620 should be more than plenty to do that

shows new radeon rx 480 gaming cardsMSI Shows New Radeon RX 480 Gaming Cards with an 8 pin For power the cards have a single 8 pin connector and for the output we have two HDMI two DisplayPort and one DVI D connection This rx 480 6 pin vs 8 pin PCs Workstations and Point The main purpose of the 8 pin connector vs the 6 pin is additional grounding pin which tells the PCIe device that the connected PSU is man enough to supply the required power and the 800W PSU in the Z620 should be more than plenty to do that As I said waiting for an AIB partner to release a board with an 8 pin power connector instead of the stock 6 pin will likely fix the issues at hand There are reports of PowerColor releasing their RX 480 with an 8 pin power connector testing version shown below and Sapphire doing the same although I can t say I like their cheese grater XD