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April 06, 2013, 07:24:40 PM |
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I want to add another gpu in with my 7850, but unfortunately I only have one PCI x16 slot. I want to stick it on one of my many open PCI 1x slots, but after a lot of surfing around I'm still not 100% on how to do it. I understand that I may have to short pins but actually fitting it in the PCI 1x slot is confusing me. Can I just stick it in there if the card will fit? Do I need a powered riser? Unpowered? Can someone with some more experience explain what I NEED and what is just extra stuff.
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April 06, 2013, 07:47:45 PM |
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I use these risers from eBay, very cheap and they do the job. They fit in 16x and 1x slots. ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi146.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr254%2FMaGNeT76%2Frisercablepcie_zps3627c6f8.jpg&t=665&c=Y0ppqNzfomizuQ)
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April 06, 2013, 08:19:12 PM |
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Ok thanks man.
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April 06, 2013, 10:37:32 PM |
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The one thing you want to be careful of is the power you are using with your cards. If you are undervolting or using a card that draws little power you will be right as rain. If you have a factory overclocked and over volted card, you will want to be VERY VERY careful. You may end up needing powered risers at that point! ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif)
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April 06, 2013, 10:44:06 PM |
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The one thing you want to be careful of is the power you are using with your cards. If you are undervolting or using a card that draws little power you will be right as rain. If you have a factory overclocked and over volted card, you will want to be VERY VERY careful. You may end up needing powered risers at that point! ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) I was gonna suggest this but was not for sure. Now I know myself. Some guy just burnt up his asrock board, for not using powered risers. Probably to stay safe, use powered risers anyhow for the sake of it?
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April 07, 2013, 06:16:01 AM |
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Its really a matter of how much power are your cards eating. I have my 7970s all undervolted except one and I'm really kinda getting nervous about it except for the fact it has dual 8 pin pci-e connections instead of the 8+6. That one I'd actualy like to get on a powered riser.
If your doubting yourself, you should probably explore a powered riser.
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April 07, 2013, 08:24:43 AM |
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Its really a matter of how much power are your cards eating. I have my 7970s all undervolted except one and I'm really kinda getting nervous about it except for the fact it has dual 8 pin pci-e connections instead of the 8+6. That one I'd actualy like to get on a powered riser.
If your doubting yourself, you should probably explore a powered riser.
Powered riser DIY: http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=44
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April 07, 2013, 02:31:40 PM |
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The one thing you want to be careful of is the power you are using with your cards. If you are undervolting or using a card that draws little power you will be right as rain. If you have a factory overclocked and over volted card, you will want to be VERY VERY careful. You may end up needing powered risers at that point! ![Cheesy](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/cheesy.gif) wait.. so what happens if one uses overclocked cards on a standard non-powered riser? I just built a new machine with 2x gigabyte 7950s (the new edition, has a 8pin and 6pin pci-e power with a 1.25v locked in)
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April 07, 2013, 06:32:46 PM |
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where do find a Powered riser?
I've searched and don't see anything except the specialized parts dells etc need / or 1U rackmounts need to get a gpu at all...
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April 07, 2013, 06:40:01 PM |
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April 07, 2013, 06:56:40 PM |
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Yup, but also PCIe 1x to PCIe 16x if you want to use the PCIe 1x connectors. Look at my picture somewhere up here, that model but then powered.
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April 07, 2013, 07:00:47 PM |
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I had one of those, the soldering was so shit that it shorted out and killed a 5770 and a 5830 of mine! Hack the redundant end off the the long end, take the blue tape off and check every connector with a magnifying glass. Thats what I do now. Also, no need to short any wires and put power in afaik, mine work fine
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April 07, 2013, 07:01:48 PM |
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I've only used unpowerered before. What are the perils of using those - could that account for some of my "uptime" issues after adding another card (and on a riser) in - what I hoped was an easier to cool rig ![Sad](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/sad.gif) What about over powering your PSU - i know you can use 2 psu. But do you join the grounds of at least one of molex pins from each psu - or doesn't the variance in "true ground" bother things?
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April 07, 2013, 07:29:39 PM |
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I use these risers from eBay, very cheap and they do the job. They fit in 16x and 1x slots. ![](https://ip.bitcointalk.org/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fi146.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fr254%2FMaGNeT76%2Frisercablepcie_zps3627c6f8.jpg&t=665&c=Y0ppqNzfomizuQ) I had one of those, the soldering was so shit that it shorted out and killed a 5770 and a 5830 of mine! Hack the redundant end off the the long end, take the blue tape off and check every connector with a magnifying glass. Thats what I do now. Also, no need to short any wires and put power in afaik, mine work fine I tested all the risers on my old PentiumD with nVidia 6200 card before using them in a rig ![Smiley](https://bitcointalk.org/Smileys/default/smiley.gif)
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April 07, 2013, 08:10:04 PM |
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any better places in the US to buy these things?
amazon - not much to choose from, and all not powered.
Where would you recc?
(For powered full sized slot and pci-e 1x slots)? $20 ea seems high at the website above. or just a better place for some spare non powered?
Thanks
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April 07, 2013, 10:15:01 PM |
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any better places in the US to buy these things?
amazon - not much to choose from, and all not powered.
Where would you recc?
(For powered full sized slot and pci-e 1x slots)? $20 ea seems high at the website above. or just a better place for some spare non powered?
Thanks
http://www.cablesaurus.com/
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