New link: www.ebay.com/itm/173610565849 or search "sata male to 8 pin" on ebay. You may notice it's a dual sata to 6 or 8 pin. I've started only recommending this because it lets your gpu draw power from two sata cables which is safer. However I wouldn't say this is the best method or the safest, so try at your own risk.

@GFDthatsMe

3 жыл бұрын

I've seen a few pc's have the sata connector and/or cable melt. Just depends on how many watts you are pulling from your gpu. The dual sata to 6 pin is safer only when you you use 2 sata connectors on different wires (not 2 right next to each other on the same wires) but with hp's and dell's, they would be on the same wires. Regardless they only melt on rare occasions but is always a possibility.

@paulruffy8389

Жыл бұрын

@@GFDthatsMe stealing 1 sata connection from each drive so 2x sata into 1 x 6pin for a gtx1650 which only uses 75W, I have 300w psu, so this shouldn't cause any issues in theory right?

@GFDthatsMe

Жыл бұрын

@@paulruffy8389 as long as the 2 sata connectors are on 2 separate lines, you will be fine

@bricefleckenstein9666

4 ай бұрын

A SATA connection is only rated for 54 watts. Using *3* of them would be safe to power a *150 watt* PCI-E 8-pin power connector, or 2 to power a *75 watt* PCI-E 6 pin connector. 2 to an 8-pin IS NOT SAFE. That's over and above the "separate power wiring" issue, as too many power supplies use too thin of wire to feed SATA connectors for higher-power usage.

Just bought a GX 750 ti to upgrade a 2nd-grade classroom's old Dell HP, only to find out they didn't have a 6 pin to power it. We were about to accept that we just wasted 60$ on a graphics card, when we found this video. Picked up a 3$ 15pin SATA to 6pin PCIe adapter on ebay, and now it works like a charm! Thanks for saving us.

@moritzscheuerle9447

4 жыл бұрын

Same :)

@deltaid1439

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much bro now i can replace my gt 620 to gtx 750 ti :)

@personperson5622

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@thequintessentialgamer7514

4 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@deltaid1439

4 жыл бұрын

@@thequintessentialgamer7514 Thanks!

Nice video! I like how you explain things and don't make a big production out of it.

Holy crap thank you!! You just saved my life, I was trying to find it in my pc and I couldn’t find it so I started to panic till I saw this vid, thanks

THANK YOU I WAS STRESSING OUT WHEN MY HP DIDNT HAVE A PCI CABLE FOR MY NEW GRAPHICS CARD BUT YOU SAVED ME

@Spynox

3 жыл бұрын

Do you have an HP Pavillon Desktop?

@dankbuster2181

3 жыл бұрын

@@Spynox ye

@fps8786

3 жыл бұрын

Is your house still alive?

@dankbuster2181

3 жыл бұрын

@@fps8786 ye

@dankbuster2181

3 жыл бұрын

@@fps8786 my power supply is about to explode tho, and I need to get a case with fans

8 pin pcie express draws 150 watts. 6 pin pcie express draws 75 watts. Sata draws 54 watts maximum. So powering an 8 pin pcie with a single sata connector means your video card is either drawing 96 watts too much or your video card isn't getting enough. Even if you use 2 sata connectors for 108 watts to an 8 pin pcie connector, it still overdraws by 42 watts or has an underdraw of 42 watts. Mainly meaning there is a good chance of the sata power wires melting and starting a fire. At best, 2 sata connectors to a 6 pin 75 watt sata connector would be acceptable but sata was never designed to power pcie video cards.

@bren896

18 күн бұрын

What if I just use the sata connectors to ground the gpu and use a different 6pin that’s from my psu + the sata grounds to make up a 8pin

you dont know how much you helped me there man🔥

In my youth I used to think HP was good, since my first pc was a HP pre built. Boy what an awakening I've had.

@DMCdantenero112

3 жыл бұрын

Same, I've had my HP prebuilt for 2 years, and I am still extremely ticked off to find out you can't upgrade it. I will try the adapter method to get a 1650 Super working. If it doesn't, I'll just buy a new PC and never look back. Lesson learned: never buy a prebuilt and ALWAYS build your own PC.

@LookingGlass69

3 жыл бұрын

@@DMCdantenero112 or at least don't buy a HP prebuilt, they are locked down out of the ass, almost apple tier.

@DMCdantenero112

3 жыл бұрын

@@LookingGlass69 True. And not almost, HP are 100% Apple tier. I can't even get the CPU out because the heatsink is soldered into the motherboard. So my only option is to sell the PC and buy a new one. I wish I knew HP used proprietary connectors before I bought one... At least it taught me to do my research before buying things.

@LookingGlass69

3 жыл бұрын

@@DMCdantenero112 holy shit, what? That's even worse that apple. Good luck with your pc building endeavors. God, I hate HP.

Thank you so much I been looking for so long and every video didn’t help beside you ❤

Well this vid was right on time. HP dead wrong for this. PC noob like myself didn’t know what I was buying. Thanks!

Thanks bro. Saved me a lot of money. Worked like a charm.

YOU SAVED MY LIFE OH MY GOD I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH

Great help! I was planning to set an sli in my pc and this will definitely help ke a lot!

@acquaintfate8579

3 жыл бұрын

Who sets up SLI in 2020?

You saved a lot today for me thanks buddy!!!

Yo, what specs are you rockin' there? Looks so retro and I love it.

This was helpful. Thanks. The HP ProDesk and EliteDesk PSUs only have two 4 pin and one 7-pin which all go into the MOBO. So this adapter (the new one you now have linked) will work fine in powering my GTX 1050 Ti Windforce OC 4G

I was in the exact same sistuation and im gona order the cable in a few days, thx alot man!

thanks your video solved my problem i was going to buy new pc

I've added some links in the description, there are a few cables to choose from now, depending on your situation. Hope they are helpful.

@thelankyone2094

4 жыл бұрын

You fucking legend

@officialdislikebutton9712

4 жыл бұрын

Will that adapter work safely with a rx 580 4gb

@TheV8nissan

3 жыл бұрын

You're my hero! Thank you

@paolocoletti3424

3 жыл бұрын

@@officialdislikebutton9712 No because the max power draw of this card is 185W and you cant pull that sot of juice out of the sata cables

@willduarte6936

3 жыл бұрын

Hello, my friend, I have this problem "Please power down and connect the pcie power cable for this graphics card" in a Zotac GTX 760, this adapter would solve the problem ??

Thanks great vid. At 5.49, I once "assumed " the black cables in my dads antique astin martin was the ground......it wasn't. Expensive custom wiring harness. AND red was the ground......theres no way that was factory.

@synimon

4 жыл бұрын

british cars have positive grounding system

Thank you so much, I just wanted to return a graphics card because i didn't have a pci cable. Thank god

i just found this now, great stuff thanks

Thank you bro, I was thinking of buying a 750ti for my old Dell pc.

@345Faydo

3 жыл бұрын

hey how has the adapter been is there any problems with it

loved the video!

i also want to tell you one thing that if you manage to use 8 pin for the bigger gpu then you must go with 2x sata to 8pin or 2x IDE to 8 pin as 1x sata to 8 pin is not so stable and eventually you will face several restart issues since the cable will be burned from inside and the connector will be melted away, however i wont recommend using full 8 pin with the standard psu

@y_zass

Жыл бұрын

I'd use a Molex to 6+2 pin adapter before I would ever use a SATA powered one. Preferably one with 2x Molex

@nashcomp

Жыл бұрын

Or if the psu have 6pin, use 6pin to 8pin adapter but make sure the psu have the 80% eficiency.

@zdravkotomasevic2763

8 ай бұрын

With theese HP's, there is one really big problem. The power goes from the PSU through the MOTHERBOARD and then from mb to sata power cable. Not only you could frie the sata connector but also the motherboard...

I have an old HP 8000 and faced the same dilemma. nearly went down this route, had upgraded the ram to it's max of 16 gig and upgraded the processor from core 2 duo to core 2 quad. The graphics card was the trickiest, because of the power thing, so tried the gtx 1050 TI but it didn't work (Found out the 10 series cards only support UEFI Bios) so i tried a gtx 750 TI, and it worked fine.. probably twice as fast now.. Not for playing latest AAA games, but then I'm not much of a gamer anyhow. I think the 'TI' was the answer as they all take their power from the PC1e slot but need less power than the same card without a 'TI' suffix..

great video , can't belive you have so few subscribers !

@andribender9434

Жыл бұрын

There house burned down

I don't think the problem is HP dude, the problem is that your pc is nearing archaic. I had the same problem trying to upgrade my friend's PC for him. I bought him a new mid level GPU for christmas, then I realized, ok he needs a new motherboard to run it. So I bought him the motherboard. Then we realized that now his CPU and his power supply were both too old to work with any new motherboards, so he had to get a new CPU and power. There is a limit to how older/newer pc parts can cooperate with each other and if you want to upgrade a really old pc, it's more like building a new one inside the shell of your old one!

@thequintessentialgamer7514

4 жыл бұрын

I love when ppl who don't know what they're talking about try to tell me what I'm doing wrong.

@GoBIGclan

4 жыл бұрын

​@@thequintessentialgamer7514 You're right compared to you I don't know shit about this stuff. Just trying to have conversation and share my experience:/

Tnx very much I have gtx550 Hope this really works. Idk what to do I thought I would even need to buy a pci-E cable and directly install it to the PSU Again thank you

My pc was striked by lightning strike, i had to replace motherboard and graphic card, i bought the same graphic card gx 1650 4g but noticed it had 6 pin port on it but my older one didn't have 6 pin port on it so i went to electronic shop and they sold me the cable ac30 for 5 euros, at first i didnt know where to connect it and i was about to put it in computer shop for 20 euros fix but i found out about this video when i was looking on youtube how to connect it and it helped thanks for making this tutorial

so the cable really work from ur hard drive cable to pci-e cable to the graphic card i was looking whole night for an solution for upgrading my graphic card and i saw i had no 6 pin pci-e cable thanks for video

@thequintessentialgamer7514

5 жыл бұрын

If your dvd drive cable has the same 15 pin connector as any hard drive, then yes it will work! Glad I could be of help!

@tevinthomas3730

5 жыл бұрын

@@thequintessentialgamer7514 thanks u very much i am playing game on an integrated card so all my game are very low fps so now i can use dedicated cards without power point/cable

@robertruland2500

4 жыл бұрын

My power supply is only 310 wats do I have to get a new power supply and mother board and prob CPU what do I do

@DMCdantenero112

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertruland2500 If your computer is an HP prebuilt, then it uses proprietary connectors, and you will have to either order a PSU from HP or build a new PC. Yeah, 310 watts is not enough for modern gaming. Your only option really is to get a 1650 since it only runs off the PCI-E slot. It's not really great but it's better than nothing.

Thank you man now I would be able to use my GTX 1650 Super when it arrives

@KuraiVll

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@playaction_7453

4 жыл бұрын

@@KuraiVll Same here I just need to know where the other end hooks up to can anyone help me

@saameyr6605

3 жыл бұрын

What psu do you have?

@DMCdantenero112

3 жыл бұрын

Same, I'll also try to upgrade my GPU to a 1650 Super. Fingers crossed it works and doesn't blow up my PC... Speaking of which, your comment is 5 months old now. Did you get it to work?

@utchihamadara1672

Жыл бұрын

which psu do you have?

Thank you! you saved me a few bucks!!

Just got a gtx 1650, everyones sayin it doesnt need external power but ut does. Just ordered the adapter man, really hope it works. Eitherway, great video, boosted me up :)

@alvin8452

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, is it working well? I just bought my 1650 yesterday and turns out I'll need a 6 pin to power it which my psu doesn't have, so I'm thinking about ordering an adapter as well!

@santiagogomez4828

3 жыл бұрын

@@alvin8452 Yea! It worked perfectly. Just remember to buy the 2 molex cable to 1 6 pin adapter. If you buy only the adapter that comes from 1 molex cable you may have trouble.

@alvin8452

3 жыл бұрын

@@santiagogomez4828 Glad to hear that! I'll order one soon, thanks for letting me know!

Thanks. Going to buy one.

@345Faydo

3 жыл бұрын

hey how has the adapter been is there any problems with it

I need help, my psu doesn't have any connectors to it like 0 and I'm using a GTX 680 GPU but that needs 2 6pin PCIe connectors so what do I do when my psu doesn't have any psie connectors?

Very helpful. Thanks!!

I really needed this video tysm

You saved my love thank you so much

Thank you for your help :)

Yea that’s a sub you saved my life

Can these adapters power a 500w 8 pin card? From what I have found, sata can carry a maximum of 54 watts. Good for web browsing, bad for gaming.

Bought me a 1660 super and needs an 8 pin and my power supply don’t have that so thanks for making this vid

@saminhiding8441

Жыл бұрын

lmaoo same things happening to me rn 😂

Great video, epically for noobs like me! Keep creating pls:)

I've been with HP since 2016, it's good that I don't need screwdrivers to access the motherboard, but because of this, I'm always hesitant to save for a graphics card that needs extra power, even when I have moved up (in size) to EliteDesk G2 full tower.

Thx man You're the best

I use a RX 6600 8GB Powercolor in my HP Elitedesk 8300 MT with a Sata to 8-pin connector. Works like a charm in 2024 (i7 3770 + 32 GB DDR3 + 2TB SSD + 2 TB HD) for 1080p gaming and everything else you can throw at it.

Need some help, I Have an hp desktop that does not have cable for the gpu, it goes directly to the mother board, from the mother board comes a 8 pin cable that connects to the hard drive, and then, from the hard drive comes another 15 pin sata cable that is not connected to nothing, can this adapter give power to a gpu from this sata plug that comes.from.the hard drive?

RIP HP over proprietary parts. I bought my parents one a couple years back and learned that the hard way too. They even used an Intel cooler pattern on an AMD GPU socket.

Ow we are twins, we have the same desktop and the same problems. How convenient

Do not use this for a high end GPU. Sata is only rated for 54W and PCI is rated for around 300W on the PSU side. Meaning a GPU could pull up to 150W from a PCI power. You could potentially burn your PSU, Cable, or GPU.

@HowtoEverythingYT

3 жыл бұрын

What about a dual molex? Two molex should be able to power a 8 pin pcie?

@TheWorstGamerr

Жыл бұрын

@@HowtoEverythingYT Same question.

@JonyRock-fg9sw

10 ай бұрын

@@HowtoEverythingYT dual molex is fine. When connectin molex double check its connected

@258E

9 ай бұрын

What about dual sata

YES OMG THANK YOU!

What about a GTX 970 14 pin? I saw an extender that has 18 pins I can connect after plugging in the Sata

@metalphantom970

4 жыл бұрын

what? you can only connect 8(or6+2)pins+6pins(14 total). I bought in Amazon two Sata-2+6pins for only 8€, and if you got two sata avaible you can use them :). With 2+6pins you can use 8 or only the 6.

thanks man helped me alot

Will Gtx 1650S or 1650 be too much for this adapter, I mean is it safe to use with 1650S or 1650?

@limwellz

3 жыл бұрын

@Kevin Kleinen its safe

I've fried yesterday a 500 watt psu using a cable from banggood...warning...Lucky for me non damage to other components and with a new semilmodular psu, all is working properly.1060 msi gpu with 410 prime motherboard and i7 10700. Hope it helps.

THANK YOU SO FRICKING MUCH

@345Faydo

3 жыл бұрын

hey how has the adapter been is there any problems with it

Yeah, I hate HP and their proprietary shenanigans. I got rid of my i7-3770 HP 8300 Elite because of the stupid power supply that can't be replaced. That was a god sent, because I have built three of my own custom PCs and had a blast!

Great video!

Bro how much watts does your power supply has and do you think the way gtx 650 worked,gtx 660 could work in a same way because it requires way more power then gtx 650

New title: How to never pay mortgage again with this one simple trick: pyrotechnics edition.

this specific adapter you are holding is the type which may catch fire because the sata end can hold a max of 54 watts while the 8 pin end needs 150 watts which will cause overheating and fire potential, there is the type which has 2 sata cables to an 8 pin which is a little bit safer but still does not meat the 150 watts required because now instead of 54 watts 2 cables combined will do 108 watts, the one which i think is the safest is the 2 sata to a 6 pin because the 6 pin requires 75 watts and with 2 sata cables it can handle it with ease without overheating because it is has headroom

@yubinator7455

3 жыл бұрын

is it ok to use it on a budget GPUs like RX 570, 1650, and 1650 Super?

@dadawg7932

3 жыл бұрын

@@yubinator7455 as along as the gpu requires less than 150 watts then no problems which is the case for all the gpu's you have listed

i tried to connect 6 pin to 8 pin adaptor but my grafic card didn't function, is there a diference with this cable? should i try this too?

@BaldBadger

4 жыл бұрын

It can be six but has extra 2 for 8 if needed

Hey. Interesting video. I just scooped an MSI 6900xt for my Thinkstation p520. Not realizing the gfx card has 3 x8pin power ports. Unfortunately The Lenovo Psu is proprietary too. It has two 6-8 pin gfx power outlets on the motherboard. But also has 2 auxiliary power terminals on the mother board labeled ODD pwr, and HDD power, which have 4 pin connectors. I cannot find any info on the output from these power ports, but they came with 4 pin to SATA power adapters plugged in to them right from the go. I’m going to try to run the GPU using a dual SATA to 8 pin connector to take up the third port on the graphics card… but I’m a little scared to plug it in. Any thoughts?

Will 2 molex to one 6pin work on a nitro r7 360 gpu? I have a generic psu 750 watts, hoping for your reply

i can't plug out my hard drives cuz it stores important files, but i do have a DVD RW DRIVE and i saw it has a SATA cable plugged in. I don't use CDs so is it ok to use the SATA connector of that CD drive instead?

@philchilds809

3 жыл бұрын

Yes

where did you get the 15 pin to 8 pin adapter, i ca not find it.

@FeiGaoBRU

4 жыл бұрын

Make sure you connect to two individual sata-power connectors from your PSU, this way the total power delivered to the 6-pin will reach 100 W

literally doing the exact same thing with an HP pre built I just got. looking for a new graphics card, realisizing there is no cable to go with it. then the power, then the proprietary what th flip... thanks for all the help so much

@blinkcatmeowmeow8484

4 жыл бұрын

Same what graphics card will you get ?

@NiceleyDone

4 жыл бұрын

@@blinkcatmeowmeow8484 no idea quite yet. I'm concerned about the limitations of the power supply itself and the cable. Only have a 180-watt built-in so I'll probably have to go for something maybe a high range of low tier game requirements to mid tier. Probably looking at something with 2-4 gig of RAM on bored like a GeForce gtx 1050/radon HD 7850

@blinkcatmeowmeow8484

4 жыл бұрын

Niceley Done you wont do anything with a 180w psu only a 1650 super will use 80% of that get AT LEAST 350 watts believe me

@sodiqlawal7309

Жыл бұрын

​@@blinkcatmeowmeow8484 I have a 450 watt Planning on getting a Rx 5700xt

Bro, i bought a psu 500W cylon aerocool. and i have a r9 280x installed on my pc, but when i bought that psu i didn't realize that it has no 2x pcie 6. Is there any problem if i use this adaptor?

30K views, 161 subscribers? *Excuse me, what the fluff*

i bought this model of addapter and for the part of 6 pin only 5 have connector one is empty, this have any problems to gpu like fans don't work or something ?

i think these plugs also have max wattage so that's something else you would want to consider. On these setups it shouldn't go anywhere near it I think it's like over 100w maybe even over 200w, but with higher end gpu's that could have messed something up.

Thank you am still gunna upgrade i ran into the same problem and never recommending hp to anyone else lmao

THANK YOU SO MUCH

Thank you

can i still use my 6pin that came with my power supply along with my new 15 pin to 8pin adapter? 6pin + 8pin to power my Gforce 3060Ti Aorus

Hi so I have one of those 8pin cables that supposedly can be detached with ease, can you please share w me how or what tools you used to do it?

@Kythe1-kjea

2 ай бұрын

He didn't you need too buy a 8 pin to 6+2 pin adapter

It will work with HP Elite 8300 SFF or hp 800 g1 SFF ?

Do they make one with dual 6 pins? because my AMD radeon 5870 needs 2 6 pin connectors.

Is it okay with ,,colourfull gtx 1650?

Hey, when you give up you second hard drive for the graphics card is your second hard drive still working??

Hi i have a dell optiplex 380 can i use this psi power supply cable? for a gtx 750 and were can I insert it?

Can I use this sata to 8pin connector for my new rx580 GPU, I have power supply but don't have 8 pin connector with it!!

They make a special connector that works from a regular power supply to the HP mother board also.

@thequintessentialgamer7514

4 жыл бұрын

Where does one find such a special connector!?

@anthonybartolone8700

4 жыл бұрын

@@thequintessentialgamer7514 search for a 24 pin to 6 pin adapter, assuming thats the size of your motherboard intake

Is it safe to do this, at all? I want to buy and old r7 amd gpu, im really curious if this will work with the 240w psu.

thank you bro.

once I used 6pin to 8pin converter for an rx 570. after couple days wires were melted and shorted. fortunately power supply turned off automatically.

Can i run an rx 480 8gb or 4gb with it I have a xilence Xp400r7 400w Pls help me my psu only has a 6pin connector and it needs 8pin i think and the rest of my pc just use about to 230-250 watts pls

I want to buy a 1060 Asus GPU (The white one) As a 1060 requires a External Power Cable, In my power supply i have 3 SATA connectors, It is gonna work?

2x 6 pin =2x 75W; 8 pin =150W; SATA and Molex are rated less. PCI-E x16 =75W.

Bro you saved me from buying a new motherboard and power supply

Thank you so much

I have 6 pins and it says to plug the pcie cables for the gpu so does an 8 pin fix the problem?

@stergiosefthymiou4367

4 жыл бұрын

I have a gtx 1660 super

@professorh166

4 жыл бұрын

Any update? How did u manage to solve the problem ? Did you plug the 6 pin directly into your gpu ?

Isn' t the bigger problem the Wattage ? A HDD comsumes maybe 10w compared to a graphics cards higher demands. Even the GTX 650 max's is 64w . Other higher end cards can suck 150w easy. There are clearly limits here

@jasonbourne00700

Жыл бұрын

It consume 54

i really need help i had integrated graphics and i just bought my 1060 and i cant find the cable to power the graphics card and im stressing out cause i don’t know how to power the graphics card i looked at my power supply and i cant find any cable

@BaldBadger

4 жыл бұрын

Get a modular psu can get a 80 plus bronze on new egg for 40 bucks

For Gtx 1050 ti which sata to pin cable is better 6 pin or 8 pin ? My power supply is 450 watts ?

Yo literally I just bought an rx 570 8gb me being the dumb idiot I am I didn’t realize for a card of that caliber needs external power YOUR A LIFE SAVER we have same computer as well :)

@nathankenna7832

4 жыл бұрын

i’m about to buy that same GPU do you need to buy an adapter

@enezra4519

4 жыл бұрын

@@nathankenna7832 yes

@amrmedhat4891

4 жыл бұрын

Did it really work for you? I am about to buy the same gpu and i want to know if this really works

@markloydcatalo

4 жыл бұрын

how is your pc and gpu?

@nathankenna7832

4 жыл бұрын

Soy trash

U are so amazing thank you

Please can someone help. My pc didn’t have the cable in 2 rows of 3 to go into my graphics card so I bought the cable and I know where to put the cable that goes into my graphics card but I don’t know where to put the other 2

I need your help so bad my hp came with no 6 pin thingy I only have 2 females but my graphics card needs 2, 6 pin power what do I do