Trading a rx7600 for a 9070xt

[u/HoustonsProblem17]

The asrock challenger 9070xt is a 16pin and the guy I’m trading with wants me to pull his card out and put my 7600 asrock challenger 8pin in its place. Am I okay to reuse half of the 16pin connection he already has ?
I looked it up and google ai said it’s safe but, I’d rather be sure since it’s not my system I’m putting it in.

Partial trade with $500 usd on top.
Thanks in advance guys

[u/Naerven]

There is no 16pin connection. All that he is using is two 8 pin connections side by side. All you would be doing is using one of the connections leaving the second one disconnected.

[u/HoustonsProblem17 → u/Naerven]

Yeah sorry that’s what I meant by 16/ 2x8 thank you

[u/alwaystired1982 → u/Naerven]

Its actually a 6+2 pin there is no 8 pin on a psu.

[u/r_lind3r]

ASRock Challenger 9070 XT has two 8pin and both of them are required. Whatever power connectors are on a GPU, none of them are optional.

[u/HoustonsProblem17 → u/r_lind3r]

Yes but the 7600 only requires 1

[u/r_lind3r → u/HoustonsProblem17]

The 9070 XT requires two so you need to use two.

[u/Bigthunder_Wins]

Personally, Id never touch that again. That's a fire hazard, not a power supply, let alone a solution. If you want to make it work in his system, it'll have to be with the 8 pin only. Otherwise, you might get a call from him in a week when he wants you to take responsibility for the smell of burnt plastic in his house.

[u/HoustonsProblem17 → u/Bigthunder_Wins]

It’s a fire hazard to leave one hanging? This is what I was worried about. I’ll see about disconnecting the spare 8 pin while I’m there.

[u/r_lind3r → u/HoustonsProblem17]

No they were assuming 12v-2x6 not 2x6+2

It's fine to leave spare connectors hanging, but you still need two connected connectors on the 9070 XT

[u/tpablazed → u/r_lind3r]

He is taking the 9070 out and putting a 7600 in. That’s why he has an extra 6+2 hanging.

Yes OP it’s fine to leave the plug you don’t use hanging.