Whats more useful in a power supply: 6+2 or 6 pin connectors.

[luciusad2004]

I think they are for the video card, I've been looking at power supplies and see that I can get power supplies with lots of 6+2 pin connectors or Half 6 and half 6+2 pin connectors.

When I was looking at video cards some seemed to use both a single 6 Pin connector and a single 6+2 Pin Connector and others seemed to use 2 x 6+2pin connector or 2 x 6 Pin.

Is the 6+2 pin connector backwards compatible with the 6 pin video cards? Should I just get a power supply with a lot of 6+2 pin connectors or a mix of both?

I only plan on running one video card but want to be as future safe as possible. I don't know what video card I'll end up getting yet, I'm currently just looking to pick up a new power supply in preparation for a new computer.

Thanks for any input.

[Fuganater]

I have yet to get an 8 pin GPU. I normally buy a new one every like 18 months, staying mid range. Also I've only used NVIDIA. I've seen some ATI cards that use 2x 8 pin power.

[Cale_Hagan]

you can put the 6+2 and only use the 6 of them on a 6pin gpu.... i think at least 2-6+2 pin ones, and 2 regs. in otherwords, half half. 8pins are the future...

[Fuganater]

or the 2x 8pin connectors are for your CPU

[slaveofconvention]

Go for the 6+2 if everything else is equal - you can use 6+2's as 6's or 8's - they're different to the motherboard 8pin connector though - that'll either be a solid 8 pin or sometimes a 4+4 to allow for older boards

[NightrainSrt4]

The nice thing about the 6+2 is that you can do just that, add the +2 so you have an 8pin pci-e connector, or don't and you have a 6pin connector with the +2 hanging off the side.

All else equal, grab the one with the 6+2's.

[diluzio91]

Agreed, if it looks sloppy pick up a couple 6 pin extensions and hide the rest. lol... then the +2 is hidden

[TheGreatSatan]

6 + 2 = F T W!

[luciusad2004]

Thanks for the input guys. Im gonna look for something with plenty of 6+2.

[Konrad]

Go modular PSU, best of both worlds.