Powering 3070Ti with two 1x8pin pcie cable or one 2x8pin pcie cable

[tornadoC]

Hi,

I recently bought a 3070Ti and I don’t have a 2x8pin power cable for that card. I bought a brandless cable but this doesn’t turn on the GPU. I test the card with the original cable and works so I figured out that the cable is bad.

I have two pci-e 1x8pin cables.

Could I power the GPU with these two cables instead of one 2x8pin? This would overheat my card? This setup would put at risk my card?

Thanks in advance.

[keaton_hiveon]

Separate cables are better than a single cable

[tornadoC]

Thanks @keaton_hiveon !
Are you sure that this won’t overpower my GPU?
Do you know why are better?

[keaton_hiveon]

The gpu will draw x amount of power no matter what cables are connected. The more cables the less draw per cable.

[tornadoC]

Nice thanks a lot!

I hope this will help others in the future.