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Is it safe to plug the PSU PCI-E plug directly into the Vid card?

Originally posted by: fyleow
I got a new PSU today and it has a power connector labeled PCI-E. Now I know it's for motherboards with the extra power plug for PCI-E cards but is it safe plugging that directly into my 7900GT? It clears up a lot of cable clutter because I don't have to use the adapter on my video card that uses up 2 Molex connectors.

So far there's no smoke coming out and Nvidia drivers hasn't complained about power so I'm guessing it's ok but I just want to make sure.
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Dude... It's supposed to go into the video card. Motherboards don't have 6-pin power connectors for extra power. If a motherboard has extra power connectors on it for additional slot power, they're usually four pin Molexes.
 
You can plug any connector into any slot as long as the two fit each other properly, nothing will break. That's the idea of having different shaped connectors.

Of course you can plug LED and switch wires into the wrong places but nothing would get damaged, the switch wont turn on the PC or the wrong light will flash is all.


DISCLAMER: fools are too inventive at farking things up for me to be willing to take any blame.
 
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