PCI-E power

[dalto]

I want to install 2 GTX 260's but my HX620 only has 2 PCI-E connectors. Am I better off splitting the PCI-E connectors with something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16812198016

or is it better to use 2x 4-pin to PCI-E adapters like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16812200106

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

[theAnimal]

The GTX should come with a couple of #2.

 

[hondaf17]

Bump.

I'm curious about the same thing.

I have this FSP Group 500W power supply that only has one PCI-E 6-pin connector. I see that the newer video cards these days require 2 6-pin PCI-E connectors, and they often come with the adapters linked in #2 of the Original Post.

Are the adapters that come with the video cards good enough? If so, why don't most people just use them rather than worrying about how man PCI-E connectors their power supply has??

TYIA,

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: dalto
I want to install 2 GTX 260's but my HX620 only has 2 PCI-E connectors. Am I better off splitting the PCI-E connectors with something like this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16812198016

I'd go this route. In fact, I did. I have a machine with an EarthWatts 650W PSU, with 300W worth of power on the PCI-E connector rail, and it only has a 6-pin and 6+2-pin PCI-E connectors. I needed four 6-pin PCI-E connectors for four 9600GSO cards. So I used two splitters, and it runs fine.

 

[dalto]

Thanks all.

I ordered a pair of what virtuallarry suggested because the others are available locally if I need them.

I don't think any come with my cards but I may be pleasantly surprised.