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    or you can just grab an adapter from PPC for 8 bucks which is what i did and bam no ugliness coming from the card.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Circaflex View Post
    or you can just grab an adapter from PPC for 8 bucks which is what i did and bam no ugliness coming from the card.
    Or you can do it for free with a little piece of wire, there are'nt any stores that sell the adapter that you mention, nor are there any etailer's in my country(UK) that sell them, I only saw one store in the US that stock them. Anyway this is what I did to unlock the overdrive function in CCC.



    First I made 3 loops with the wire.



    Then placed the wire on the 3 pin things like in the photo







    I confirm that this mod is 100% working and as you can see it's not ugly, I think it's cute looking
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    y is there so many plug holes in the first place
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    Because the extra ground wires increase the possible current flow. Added stability. Me personally I wouldn't do the mod as described here, but as long as it works for you, be happy about it.
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    Sometime ago I was planning on getting a 2900XT (it didn't come to be though) so I modded the 6pin PCIe powerplug of my Seasonic M12:
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    Quote Originally Posted by DFI pit bull View Post

    I confirm that this mod is 100% working and as you can see it's not ugly, I think it's cute looking
    cute?
    it looks like a metal turd
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    Quote Originally Posted by dinos22 View Post
    cute?
    it looks like a metal turd
    Cheeky git

    What does it matter how it looks, it works.

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    maibe solder it next time, looks like it may come lose if u ever move ur case.then fall onto ur mobo and fry it or somthing
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    No thanks.....cool idea though. I just bought an adapter from performance PCs.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ghost742 View Post
    maibe solder it next time, looks like it may come lose if u ever move ur case.then fall onto ur mobo and fry it or somthing
    If I soulder I will loose warranty on the card. And if I was so worried about it coming loose then I could have just stuck a bit of tape over it

    Quote Originally Posted by binormalkilla View Post
    No thanks.....cool idea though. I just bought an adapter from performance PCs.
    You guys still enjoy wasting your money on unnecessary things.

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