I have a Dell Precision T5610 workstation which currently has a single GeForce GTX 1070 in it. I noticed in the user manual that there were two PCIe x16 slots to support two video cards under 300W. However, the power distribution board only has one 8-pin GPU power connector. Is there another power distribution board which supports two video cards? Also, would this require an 825W power supply?
Is there another power distribution board which supports two video cards?
Only one POWER_VGA1 socket available on power distribution board for T5610 no matter if it's M6NP2 or CVHT6, and no other options.
If you're planning to use 2 units of GTX 1070 originally from Nvidia which require one 8-pin power socket on each card, you may use a 8-pin male to dual 8-pin male cable, like this:
But if your GPU cards are retail version like MSI that require 8+6pin socket on each card, you may refer to this article which shows how to deal with dual 1080ti on a Dell T5600.
Also, would this require an 825W power supply?
Definitely yes, but also good enough. Take the article quoted above as example again, a 825w PSU can drive two 1080ti. It should be fine with dual 1070.
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Hi @BMillikan73 ,
Only one POWER_VGA1 socket available on power distribution board for T5610 no matter if it's M6NP2 or CVHT6, and no other options.
If you're planning to use 2 units of GTX 1070 originally from Nvidia which require one 8-pin power socket on each card, you may use a 8-pin male to dual 8-pin male cable, like this:
But if your GPU cards are retail version like MSI that require 8+6pin socket on each card, you may refer to this article which shows how to deal with dual 1080ti on a Dell T5600.
Definitely yes, but also good enough. Take the article quoted above as example again, a 825w PSU can drive two 1080ti. It should be fine with dual 1070.