Sapphire R9 270X with 475W PSU and 4-pin connection

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I am endeavoring to build my own gaming PC. Knowing that thin sometimes arrive DOA i only have some pieces right now and am saving up for now until i get everything else at one time. For now i have a case that came with a 475W PSU and a GPU.

I am confused slightly about the placement of components. Well i know one socket from another, but the PSU that came with it doesn't necessarily meet the 500W minimum and only has one 4-pin power connector. I am wondering if it will affect my performance and/or be dangerous to my computer. Thanks for any response guys. Peace out.

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A 4 pin connector probably wont even fit in the gpu power connector, and the GPU will need to have the 6/8 pin PCI-E power connector plugged in, if its not the GPU wont even turn on or at worst you could burn out both the power supply and the motherboard

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thanks. just for more information it has two 6-pin ports

 

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Idk... if you don't have adapters then you need a new psu. 475w is enough to run the gpu but your psu just doesn't have the connectors.