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A warning for anyone considering buying one of the new NVidia 4000 series GPU's.
You MUST upgrade your PSU to ATX3. Such as the Seasonic Vertex series.
ATX3 has 4 additional pins (a data link) between the PSU and GPU. The PSU must transfer data to the GPU which describes the PSU capability. Then the GPU only use power that the PSU can safely supply.
You can get conversion cables to use an ATX2 PSU. But this not safe. At best you kill the PSU, at worst it could catch fire.
https://www.cclonline.com/article/2...es/ATX-3-0-PSUs-Explained-Will-You-Need-One-/
You MUST upgrade your PSU to ATX3. Such as the Seasonic Vertex series.
ATX3 has 4 additional pins (a data link) between the PSU and GPU. The PSU must transfer data to the GPU which describes the PSU capability. Then the GPU only use power that the PSU can safely supply.
You can get conversion cables to use an ATX2 PSU. But this not safe. At best you kill the PSU, at worst it could catch fire.
https://www.cclonline.com/article/2...es/ATX-3-0-PSUs-Explained-Will-You-Need-One-/