So I'm a little late to the party but have a few newbish questions I hope someone doesn't mind me answering. I've had a search on the forum and on google but can't seem to find the answer I'm looking for.
I have an Antminer S5, overclocked and draws 660w from the wall. Can I use a two dual PCI-E cable to power both boards? Or is 330W too much to put through a cable with 18AWG wire?
I've seen alot of people using the dual cables, but not sure if they're overclocking, underclocking etc, so thought it safer to ask the question before I have an accident.
The reason I ask is that I've been using my PC's PSU while a CX750M was on order. My computers PSU is semi modular so already had two PCI-E power cables already connected which I plugged into two of the inputs on the S5. I then connected up two extra pci-e power cables for the remaining two inputs on the S5. The PCI-E cables I have are 8 pin at the PSU end, and 6 at the other albeit two pins on the 8 pin connector are empty. The CX750M I have on order only has two 8 pin PCI-E sockets and four 6 pin PCI-E sockets. All my PCI-E cables have 8 pin connectors at one end, so it appears the only option at the moment is to use two dual 6 pin PCI-E cables. Or can I buy some cables to make use of the 6 pin sockets on the PSU?
Thanks in advance (newbie, be nice
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I have an Antminer S5, overclocked and draws 660w from the wall. Can I use a two dual PCI-E cable to power both boards? Or is 330W too much to put through a cable with 18AWG wire?
I've seen alot of people using the dual cables, but not sure if they're overclocking, underclocking etc, so thought it safer to ask the question before I have an accident.
The reason I ask is that I've been using my PC's PSU while a CX750M was on order. My computers PSU is semi modular so already had two PCI-E power cables already connected which I plugged into two of the inputs on the S5. I then connected up two extra pci-e power cables for the remaining two inputs on the S5. The PCI-E cables I have are 8 pin at the PSU end, and 6 at the other albeit two pins on the 8 pin connector are empty. The CX750M I have on order only has two 8 pin PCI-E sockets and four 6 pin PCI-E sockets. All my PCI-E cables have 8 pin connectors at one end, so it appears the only option at the moment is to use two dual 6 pin PCI-E cables. Or can I buy some cables to make use of the 6 pin sockets on the PSU?
Thanks in advance (newbie, be nice
)Its really recommended not to do this with 18 AWG, good evga dual connector cables are 16AWG. The safe current for a double cable of good quality, 16AWG is 2x190w i believe, or 380watts.
But anyways, you can try it, plug it in wait a few minutes, the cables should get warm and especially the connectors, that would mean its dangerous to let that run.
And for adding cables to a modular PSU, as long as those sockets are also on the main rail, it will work fine. You can use strait 6 to 6pin custom cables for that too, they're pretty cheap and you can get good ones here on the forum.