Not all of those Molex to PCIe converters are made of the same caliber parts - some use crappy/cheap 22AWG wires and other use thicker 18AWG wires. If you're trying to power 5970/6990/7970s with those cheaper 22AWG wired ones you'll have a fire. If you're running a "lowly" 7770 that pulls most of the power off the board you should be OK even with the thinner 22AWG.
The ones that came with the Sapphire 6870s and 6950s I bought have all been decent and not one has given me problems. Of course I don't pack my rigs past 4 cards per board so they probably pull less through the PCIe power (I'm not sure how the power is distributed).
NEVER use a SATA to PCIe connector - don't know who the hell thought of that idea but that is just asking for a problem since the SATA connectors were never designed to deliver that much power.
The ones that came with the Sapphire 6870s and 6950s I bought have all been decent and not one has given me problems. Of course I don't pack my rigs past 4 cards per board so they probably pull less through the PCIe power (I'm not sure how the power is distributed).
NEVER use a SATA to PCIe connector - don't know who the hell thought of that idea but that is just asking for a problem since the SATA connectors were never designed to deliver that much power.
I found a 2x4 Pin Molex to 6-pin connector with 18 AWG wire. I guess that's from my old 3850, is it enough to support a 7850? given all my 6-pins connectors are used up by 3 7950.
Just learned, the smaller the AWG, the better for "heavier" duty ?
