Best Riser. Ver 008 or 009?

[ambroseg1]

One has sata, molex and 6 pin connectors. Other with a higher version number (which in my mind makes it better) only has a 6 pin connector.

Which is better? I am tired of having endless headaches only to discover the riser is at fault. All my current risers are ver006.

 

[SILTECH786]

Ver 009 are new to the market here but have been introduce long ago abroad doesnt hurt to try ....

 

[ambroseg1]

Ver 009 are new to the market here but have been introduce long ago abroad doesnt hurt to try ....

Which would you prefer if price wasn't an issue?

 

[SILTECH786]

Both ...

 

[SinnerG]

I run ver009s and they've been no problem. Have 2 6-pin inputs and molex. I run these on the pci-e plugs, although they come with the sata to pci-e converters.

I opted for the ver009 as they just had more power options and looked like better filtering, etc

PM me if interested as I have quite a few spare.

 

[ambroseg1]

I run ver009s and they've been no problem. Have 2 6-pin inputs and molex. I run these on the pci-e plugs, although they come with the sata to pci-e converters.

I opted for the ver009 as they just had more power options and looked like better filtering, etc

PM me if interested as I have quite a few spare.

I think you are describing ver008s? Ver008s has the different power connectors (molex, sata and 6pin) while ver009s only had a 6pin power connector.

 

[SinnerG]

I do not have SATA on mine. 2x pci-e 6-pin, 1x molex/AMP, 4 cap filtering, etc. Maybe they should've been called ver008c or ver009c as they don't have SATA. They're probably the manufacturers (mis)interpretation on a 008 or 009. It's all magical stuff. [emoji16]

 

[rinners]

I do not have SATA on mine. 2x pci-e 6-pin, 1x molex/AMP, 4 cap filtering, etc. Maybe they should've been called ver008c or ver009c as they don't have SATA. They're probably the manufacturers (mis)interpretation on a 008 or 009. It's all magical stuff. [emoji16]

That's 009s, plugs on the side (molex and 6 pin), not at the back. I prefer plugs at the back.

Still trying to figure out what causes the "sata cable burn", had it happen on a molex cable that was only powering 2 risers =/

 

[SinnerG]

That's 009s, plugs on the side (molex and 6 pin), not at the back. I prefer plugs at the back.

Still trying to figure out what causes the "sata cable burn", had it happen on a molex cable that was only powering 2 risers =/

Molex and pci-e on the side, pci-e on the back.

SATA connector has 3 pins carrying 12V, each rated at about 1A. The pci-e slot can supply power up to 75W according to spec. The numbers don't work out. I think the SATA connector is under spec'd for the job. Maybe they would be safe of the GPU was getting all or almost all power from pci-e, like cards with 2x 8-pin power on them.

Molex/AMP connector pin rating is 11A or something. Much better than SATA power pin. Pci-e even better as it has more than one 12v line.

I was using the sata to pci-e that came with the risers and you can feel the one 12v wire in the power cable getting quite warm, so my cards are taking quite a bit out of the riser power feed.

I bought some molex plugs as I'll replace the SATA connector on the adapter cable when I need to use those. Doesn't fix the cable getting hot though as it's still a single 12v wire, but at least the connector was designed to handle more than those tiny SATA pins.

 

[ambroseg1]

I do not have SATA on mine. 2x pci-e 6-pin, 1x molex/AMP, 4 cap filtering, etc. Maybe they should've been called ver008c or ver009c as they don't have SATA. They're probably the manufacturers (mis)interpretation on a 008 or 009. It's all magical stuff. [emoji16]

Wonder why it has two PCI-e 6 pin connectors? Or is it to do with the versatility of where they are placed?

Anyway, will let you know I need any and if you still have some extra.

 

[SinnerG]

Versatility, I guess. The molex is horizontal though, so I can't use that one due to space.

Cool. They're here if you're interested.