ASUS 2060 power cable

[Argyr]

I'm getting a ROG-STRIX-RTX2060-O6G-GAMING soon, and I'm a little confused with the power cabling as I never had a GPU needing 2 power cables before.

The card has an 8-pin and a 6-pin connector and I was wondering if I even need both. Seems to be overkill. I'm not planning on any manual OC. My main problem is that I prefer less cables in my case.

I have an oldish modular Superflower Leadex Gold 650 W power supply. My cabling options for this card are as follows:

-Single 8-pin cable
-Seperate 8-pin and 6-pin cables
-Single "SLI Ready" split cable

Which one would be recommended?
Thanks in advance!

 

[mstenholm]

I'm getting a ROG-STRIX-RTX2060-O6G-GAMING soon, and I'm a little confused with the power cabling as I never had a GPU needing 2 power cables before.

The card has an 8-pin and a 6-pin connector and I was wondering if I even need both. Seems to be overkill. I'm not planning on any manual OC. My main problem is that I prefer less cables in my case.

I have an oldish modular Superflower Leadex Gold 650 W power supply. My cabling options for this card are as follows:

-Single 8-pin cable
-Seperate 8-pin and 6-pin cables
-Single "SLI Ready" split cable

Which one would be recommended?
Thanks in advance!

You will not be able to even complete boot without both cables. You could lower power limit in MSI Afterburner or similar and go for the splitter.

 

[Argyr]

You will not be able to even complete boot without both cables. You could lower power limit in MSI Afterburner or similar and go for the splitter.

Is that so? Damn. One reputable reviewer said the 8+6 pin connectors were "typical ASUS" overkill. kinda confused me. Thanks, I guess I'll have to go with 2 cables then..

 

[P4-630]

One reputable reviewer said the 8+6 pin connectors were "typical ASUS" overkill.

Any link?

 

[Argyr]

Any link?

Asus GeForce RTX 2060 ROG Strix OC Review | bit-tech.net

This feature-rich card outdoes the Founders Edition in many areas, but it doesn't come cheap.

bit-tech.net

An eight-pin/six-pin PCIe power plug combination is overkill for the RTX 2060 GPU, but we wouldn’t expect anything less from Asus here.

 

[W1zzard]

Is that so? Damn. One reputable reviewer said the 8+6 pin connectors were "typical ASUS" overkill. kinda confused me. Thanks, I guess I'll have to go with 2 cables then..

The power draw for 2060 is around 200 W. A single 8-pin is specified to provide up to 150 W of power, a single 6-pin up to 75 W, plus the PCIe slot up to 75 W.

If you do the math, 8 + 6 + slot = 300 W ... yet the card won't ever go above 200 W. This means the additional 6-pin isn't needed (from a technical perspective), because 75 W slot + 150 W 8 pin would be sufficient to provide those 200 W.

However, ASUS has decided to go with 8+6 which means you must connect power to both, to operate the card. The reason behind is marketing, if people see 408594785946 power inputs, they think " what a powerful card, it must be better than the one using just 1x 8-pin"

Using either separate cables or one "SLI-ready" cable is perfectly fine

 

[Argyr]

The power draw for 2060 is around 200 W. A single 8-pin is specified to provide up to 150 W of power, a single 6-pin up to 75 W, plus the PCIe slot up to 75 W.

If you do the math, 8 + 6 + slot = 300 W ... yet the card won't ever go above 200 W. This means the additional 6-pin isn't needed (from a technical perspective), because 75 W slot + 150 W 8 pin would be sufficient to provide those 200 W.

However, ASUS has decided to go with 8+6 which means you must connect power to both, to operate the card. The reason behind is marketing, if people see 408594785946 power inputs, they think " what a powerful card, it must be better than the one using just 1x 8-pin"

Using either separate cables or one "SLI-ready" cable is perfectly fine

I understand, thanks for explaining. So a splitter should do the trick...

 

[Russ64]

If your PSU is a Single rail 12v model then using 8+6 or single "SLI" cable makes no difference.

 

[Argyr]

If your PSU is a Single rail 12v model then using 8+6 or single "SLI" cable makes no difference.

no idea, but according to this reviewer Leadex features a single +12v rail which delivers 54.1A and 649W.

Super Flower Leadex Gold 650W Review - Closer Look (External)

Equipped with 80 Plus Gold efficiency, the Leadex Gold power supply is fully modular and also comes with LED lighting and a handy fan disable switch.

www.vortez.net

official page has no mention of rails

Super Flower Computer Inc. - Computer case, Power supply

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www.super-flower.com.tw

anyway, good to know, thanks!