2012 Mac Pro GPU power supply question regarding 6-pin to 8-pin cable

I have a 2012 Mac Pro 5,1 that I intend to upgrade the GPU to a Sapphire PULSE Radeon RX 570 8Gb GDDR5. The card that is currently installed is the stock ATI Radeon 5870 1GB GDDR5.


I know that the PCI slot supplies 75W and that each of the 6-pin connectors that are hooked up to the 5870 are suppose to carry 75W each. The RX 570 has one 8-pin connector and looks to be rated at 150W.


I don't want to use a single mini 6-pin to 8-pin cable, because even though 150W is the max level for the RX 570 in theory, I'd rather have some wiggle room. I see that they make a two mini 6-pin to single 8-pin cable and am wondering if that would be ok to use. I would assume that it would put less load on each of the mini 6-pin connectors on the logic board.

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Posted on Nov 5, 2022 1:14 PM

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Posted on Nov 6, 2022 6:56 AM

Sure, DeathStalker13, that’d be the way to go and what I’d recommend. The absolute max wattage the Mac Pro’s backplane can deliver is around 225 watts, anything less than that should be fine


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