Hi all. The guy at the shop said the 4070 was compatible with my power supply and motherboard. But I’m hesitant to plug both 8-pin PCIE connectors that are daisy chained into the 4070. I watched a YT vid where they said it was a really really bad idea and could fry everything. There isn’t another spare pcie connector on the power supply. The power supply is 650W which is just enough I’m told.
Could I please get some opinions. Pretty please.
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650W is barely enough to keep it stable under load. And running your PSU at max capacity may cause it to fail early. Looks like you got a cheap PSU as well. Never cheap out on the PSU as it can potentially damage your whole PC.
I recommend at least 750W (or 1000W for future proofing). Check the PSU tier list and get one that’s rated B tier or A tier.
Please get an 850W ATX 3.0 PSu
Look up the specs for PCIe 6+2 PIN it’s 300w max if I’m not mistaken.
What’s with these comments? It’s a 4070 SUPER lol. Thing barely outputs 200W on average and spikes to 250W. 650W PSU is more than enough for this.
[https://tpucdn.com/review/galax-geforce-rtx-4070-super-ex/images/power-spikes.png](https://tpucdn.com/review/galax-geforce-rtx-4070-super-ex/images/power-spikes.png)