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It needs 4 seperate PCI-E cables, luckilynI had some spare as it says not to use splitters.
The stand that came with it is massively too short, have bodged something together for now until I can make something at work.

Makes my old 3080ti look tiny.

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Decent clock speed when playing Oblivion Remaster

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It needs 4 seperate PCI-E cables, luckilynI had some spare as it says not to use splitters.
The stand that came with it is massively too short, have bodged something together for now until I can make something at work.

Makes my old 3080ti look tiny.

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Decent clock speed when playing Oblivion Remaster

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Does your power supply not support 12HPVR cables? Most newer Corsair PSUs should have them, I would think.
 
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That's the cable I mean. It somehow supports two of them at the same time, if I read this. (kinda overkill)

This way you don't need those 4 red cables and the adapter, just this one that goes directly to the PSU.
 
That's the cable I mean. It somehow supports two of them at the same time, if I read this. (kinda overkill)

This way you don't need those 4 red cables and the adapter, just this one that goes directly to the PSU.

Just checked, I dont have those cables with my PSU- it's from 2022, so maybe it's too old.
 
Just checked, I dont have those cables with my PSU- it's from 2022, so maybe it's too old.
I think this is still fairly recent, that's why there was all that panic about these kinds of cables melting. I think the problem is technically still there, and can happen if you seat them incorrectly (as in, having the cable almost half way loose). Of course, still horrible as the PSU should never allow so much energy to be send through any pin as to cause a legit fire hazard.
 
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Yeah, I have been on the Corsair website and ordered this just to be safe.

As these cables are a few years old.

Shame they dont do them in red to match the rest of my cables.
 
Yeah, I have been on the Corsair website and ordered this just to be safe.

As these cables are a few years old.

Shame they dont do them in red to match the rest of my cables.
Spray them :D

Got now the MOBO yesterday, and GPU last week. Where are the rest of the parts :P
 
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