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submitted 2 months ago by Fizz@lemmy.nz to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca

I saw this picture while looking at overclocking guides and I wondered if I may have my power setup incorrectly. My GPU is currently connected exactly like the don't do this diagram.

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[-] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I don't know why you are getting downvoted to hell. This is actually correct. They put the second connector on there for a reason. People including myself have done the maths on this before and it's all above board. Only fringe cases involving power transients, out-of-spec cards, and obviously overclocking should actually make this a problem. Even then the 12VHPWR uses the same current density if not more than a daisy chained 8 pin setup.

The duality of lemmy

The PC community is full of FUD/just straight up ancient information that's no longer applicable. I'm definitely not perfect, but it doesn't take a rocket surgeon to figure out a lot of these things if you sit down and double check your info.

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