Creativie Posted March 10, 2016 Share Posted March 10, 2016 Hi, I have a eGPU setup with GTX 960 and I decided to upgrade the graphics card to GTX 970. I noticed that it isn't a 6-pin, but rather a 8-pin female on GTX 970. I found this cable on ebay and wondering if this would work in powering GTX 970 with 2 6-pin cables from the modified DA-2 Power supply? http://www.ebay.ca/itm/141904025866?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dschijn Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 So currently you have a Dell DA-2 and an adapter cable that results in 1xbarrel plug and 2x6-Pin PCIe plugs? If that is the case, than yes, you can use an adapter to go from 2x6-Pin to 1x8-Pin. Is it the short GTX970 ASUS card? Keep in mind that this card will not allow you to close the AKiTiO case anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creativie Posted March 12, 2016 Author Share Posted March 12, 2016 (edited) 19 hours ago, Dschijn said: So currently you have a Dell DA-2 and an adapter cable that results in 1xbarrel plug and 2x6-Pin PCIe plugs? If that is the case, than yes, you can use an adapter to go from 2x6-Pin to 1x8-Pin. Is it the short GTX970 ASUS card? Keep in mind that this card will not allow you to close the AKiTiO case anymore! Yeah, the card is GTX 970 Asus. I am not planning on closing the case due to ventilation issue (and I certainly don't have the tools to mod the case). Do you think GTX 970 is worth the price considering my Macbook's CPU (13" 2015 i5) will probably bottleneck? Or should I just grab GTX 960 because of this? Edited March 12, 2016 by Creativie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dschijn Posted March 12, 2016 Share Posted March 12, 2016 The GTX 970 is fine! But you will see some CPU bottleneck in the latest games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bertoldo Fonseca Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) Hi guys, I have some noob questions. Would the Dell DA-2 connect directly to Gigabyte GTX 970 Mini, which has an 8-pin? NO, now I know that I need a modification. Would Dell DA-2 be able to provide enough power to Gigabyte GTX 970 Mini and Akitio? I found this cable on ebay, do you know if it would work to build my eGPU setup? Edited January 7, 2017 by Bertoldo Fonseca 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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