8-pin molex to pci-e connector conversion

[dizzyEight]

guys,

im new here so please bear with me if some of my questions are trivial.
anyway, im planning to setup an sli rig and for this reason i will be buying
a psu soon. problem is, im torn between getting one of them sli-certified PSUs (with two pci-e connectors such as pc power and cooling 510, enermax noisetaker 650w, etc) and a more conventional PSU with only one PCI-e connector (antec truepower, neopower, etc). the sli-certified PSUs are more expensive but I wouldn't have to worry about converting a molex connector to two pci-e connectors. initially i was going to buy the neopower 480 but i would then have to do the conversion myself. my question is, is this a relatively easy process? im afraid i havent got any experience in modifying PSUs and there is also the chance that i might screw it up and damage my psu and sli cards (which will cost me more).

im sure many of you have done this modification and if so, any advice/help/guides will be much appreciated.

tia!

 

[dizzyEight]

bump..

either no one here's done it or people are getting thrown off by the long post above.
simply put, is it easy to convert a single 8-pin molex connector to two pci-e connectors?
any guides/faqs out there? care to point me to the right place?

thanks!

 

[imported_jtworldwide2]

do yourself a favor and buy a SLI-certified PSU. You might (noticed i said might) be able to run it on a conventional PSU but generally people are having isues with this. Nforce 4 boards are power hungry beasts, stack on to that say two 6800GT's and your talking some major wattage. If you going to be shelling out that much for a SLI rig whats the point is saving 50 bucks on a PSU anyway?

 

[dizzyEight]

thanks for the inputs man.

it's not really the money, but i've heard good things about power supplies that aren't really sli-certified. the tagan 480 springs to mind... i was just wondering if itd be easy to convert that molex to a pci-e connector. i've googled everywhere and i can't seem to find links to a how-to for converting a molex to pci-e. you can buy molex to pci-e connectors though..

thanks again!

 

[Chode Messiah]

Originally posted by: jtworldwide2
do yourself a favor and buy a SLI-certified PSU. You might (noticed i said might) be able to run it on a conventional PSU but generally people are having isues with this. Nforce 4 boards are power hungry beasts, stack on to that say two 6800GT's and your talking some major wattage. If you going to be shelling out that much for a SLI rig whats the point is saving 50 bucks on a PSU anyway?

I agree, though top cards accept 4pin molex