Well first of all never use cables from different power supplies unless you are comfortable enough to check which wire goes where with a multimeter...

Don't mix cables from different power supplies. Use the cables that your power supply came with. What power supply do you have? The PCIe 8 pin conn...

Ah, not mixing cabels from different power supply is a good thing to know. Never though there would be differences. I have a Antec 850 w - High Cur...

That's interesting to know that there are ground pins even if they are filled or empty. How do you measure the cables to be 16 AWG? I've seen this...

Yeah, this image was posted by Seasonic, because their older units shipped with inadequate cables which couldn't handle daisy chained 8 pins. Wire...

Ohh that's specifically for Seasonic products. I'm not sure which brand the PCIe cable is, but it's written 18AWG. Do I really need a 16 AWG? If so...

Your unit is pretty old so it doesn't have proper 300W daisy chained cables. Did you buy it as a prebuilt or did you lose the cables? Since it shou...

I was given the case with power supply from my oncle. It's indeed old. I only found 1 cable with it. I got the RTX 3080ti from someone and was give...

The card will work, however pulling over 8 amps through 18 awg cable is not advisable. The cable/connectors will heat up during longer game sessions.

Thanks for letting me know about thr AWG cable and requiring 1 cable each port. I went ahead and got a 1000W power supply with 5th gen pcie cable a...