First Choice Video Card

[cbale2000]

I'm not sure what kind of packaging that card came with, but virtually every graphics card I've ever bought that has an additional power connector on it has come with a big sticker on it saying something to the effect of "Do not under any circumstances use this card without the additional power connector attached and powered by an adequately rated power supply".

Those connections are NOT meant to be optional.

Plus the adapters to connect them are super cheap if one wasn't included. Wouldn't you rather spend $5, instead of $500 replacing a graphics card?

[bduddy]

Any modern power supply should include the necessary cables. Trying to find and buy them yourselves is probably a bad idea. If your power supply doesn't already have what you need, you probably need a new power supply.

[cadandcookies]

Originally Posted by bduddy

Any modern power supply should include the necessary cables. Trying to find and buy them yourselves is probably a bad idea. If your power supply doesn't already have what you need, you probably need a new power supply.

Yup. Unless you have a modular power supply, getting a cable off the internet and hacking it on is going to void your PSU warranty and probably cause you problems.

Side thing: A lot of people skimp on the PSU when building a PC but that's a really terrible idea-- a bad PSU will cause you nothing but issues down the road-- and possibly the rest of the components in your build. Get a nice, quality PSU and you'll never have to worry about it.