Can someone tell me if the computer descibed below would have a plug for a 6-pin PCI Express supplementary power connector?Intel G33 Chipset Supporting Core 2 Quad and Core 2 ExtremeFull HD 1080P video output4 DDR2 DIMM slots (Supports up to 8GB)Dual Channel Memory SupportFour SATA II SlotsSupports SATA RAID 1 (Mirroring)One PCI Express x16 - One PCI Express x1 - Two PCIIntegrated Intel HD Audio and Ethernet (LAN)Eight USB 2.0 (4 front, 4 rear)
(Be sure your power supply, has enough- Amp's for the 12 volt rail, to power your graphics card! I know, you KNOW, but be sure the power supply is unplugged before you mess with it! You can get shocked or WORSE!)
The 6 pin power cable will not come from the motherboard. It will come from the power supply unit into the card. Check your PSU has one before you buy the card. You may need to buy a new PSU but most of them do have it.
Motherboard doesn't provide that connector for the video card. the power supply does. Take the side panel off and see if it has one. Can always use a 4/6pin adaptor. Most retail cards come with one. Just make sure you have enough watts and +12V amps on the PSU to run the new card. A lot of video card upgrades require an upgrade for the power supply as well.
Supplementary Power Connectors
It depends on your PSU (power supply). My current OCz PSU has 2 PCI 6pins specifically for video cards. I would check that out. Its usually pretty common with computers nowadays, so I wouldn't really worry about it.
