ModXStream PSU (700w)

[CappinCanuck]

Hey folks,

Need some guidance on something I am unfamiliar with. I have the OCZ ModXStream 700w PSU in my system. I just bought that 275GTX off of Grimm and went about taking out my old, and sold, GPU. While I was in the case anyway, I thought I would prepare it for the new card when I get it in a couple of weeks: put in some a new fan for one noisy SOB and find the second PCI-E connection.

Well, I couldn't find the second connection. So, I went back to the box since it's modular, I figured there might be a cable to replace with 2 connections. I can't remove anything that's already there since they're all in use: 4 HD's, 2 Disc Drives, both in different parts of the case.

Now, the cable I found has a PCI-E, and connects from an 8-pin to a 6+2 connection. I found a loose 8-pin in the case, am I right to assume that I just hook up the cable to that 8-pin and then to the 6-pin? I just wanted to double-check before I fry anything :D. It seems pretty intuitive that this is the way to go though, but no mention of it in reviews or the manual. I can't imagine the ModXStream 700w not having a dual pci-e and supporting 6 drives.

Here's the specs I found:

500W - 700W Connectors:
1 x 20/24-pin ATX
1 x 8-pin CPU
1 x 4-pin CPU
Modular Connectors:
1 x 6-pin PCI-E
1 x 6+2-pin PCI-E
4 x Peripheral
2 x Floppy
6 x SATA

Heh, I'm really using this sucker to its limits. Every connection now with the second PCI-E.

Edit: I really hope it's as simple as it seems... I have some great cable management atm. Moving one cable will be like a half-dozen new ties.

[mesh]

There are typically 2 8 pin rectangle connectors, 1 is the 6+2 for pci-e, the other is the 12v 'motherboard booster' some motherboards need.

If I were to take a guess, yours is probably the pci-e one, and the 2 types don't have the same indents squares and all, so if it isnt you shouldn't be able to plug it into the 8 to 6 pci-e adapter.

OCZ probably arranged it like that since some gpus have 2 6pin pci-e and others like a few ati I've seen are 1x8+1x6.

[CappinCanuck]

There are typically 2 8 pin rectangle connectors, 1 is the 6+2 for pci-e, the other is the 12v 'motherboard booster' some motherboards need.

If I were to take a guess, yours is probably the pci-e one, and the 2 types don't have the same indents squares and all, so if it isnt you shouldn't be able to plug it into the 8 to 6 pci-e adapter.

OCZ probably arranged it like that since some gpus have 2 6pin pci-e and others like a few ati I've seen are 1x8+1x6.

Ah alright. Yeah, I wasn't worried about plugging the right one in, but just that there were indeed two usable pci-e's; and that the loose unused 8-pin was in fact what the second pci-e would use. Thanks, I think that's all the confirmation I need. Never had to use that adapter before and it seemed odd at first.