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[ASH2755]

Wow, this is something I have suspected for a long time - different prices! 

I put the exact same text into my account on Google Chrome and got the same price again. 

I put the same text in Opera with the VPN and got a completely different price!!

[ASH2755]

So the cheaper price showed up with the Opera VPN, but as soon as I signed in there, the price went up to the same £338!!

[ASH2755]

I think I found the same card at Currys?

https://www.currys.co.uk/products/asus-geforce-rtx-4060-8-gb-dual-evo-oc-graphics-card-black-1026841...

[NonSequitur777]

@ASH2755,

Well, that is the non-Ti version: ASUS GeForce RTX 4060 8 GB Dual Evo OC.

I would seriously consider the "Ti" version.

However, Currys is letting us down:

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[ASH2755]

Bizarre that there's a massive price difference again, £30 instead of £50, but...

[Alicesusan]

Hi

Still struggling with this and honestly can't believe how difficult they have made it for the non-tech savvy or the generally foggy-minded. There are so many variations and no easy way to differentiate between them, It's impossible to match the SKU EAN EPID and all the other types of number as they all use  different ones. So ended up being totally confused and bought the attached but it has an 8-pin connector whereas the PC connector is only 6-pins. Please would you confirm  I bought the wrong one?

[Alicesusan]

So many that look the same and no easy way to tell them part.

Is this the one I should have bought?

Please can you point out where it says how many pins it has on the plug as i couldn't even find it.

Thank you very much for your help.

[NonSequitur777]

@Alicesusan/@ASH2755,

That is the correct graphics card, to be powered by a single 8-pin PCIe power cable.

The power supply you referenced earlier on in this discussion threads, has part number: 901759-013:

According to the specs, your power supply is equipped with two 6+2-pin PCIe power cables, each capable to deliver 12V x 16A = 192-watt of power:

In other words, your power supply should be very capable to power your RTX 4060 Ti!

Btw, here is a YouTube instructional video how to combine the 6+2-pin to an 8-pin PCIe power cable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3grIksdgrYI&ab_channel=ARESGAME.

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777

[Alicesusan]

Oh that's brilliant, thank you.

Convinced it was the wrong one, just packed it up ready to send back.

Please can I check the following with you so I don't blow up the GPU or else the whole PC. 

I found a connector which is separate from the 6-pin that was in the old GPU and that is 8-pins split into 6-pins and 2-pins.

The wiring on the 6-pin connector that was in the old GPU is coloured yellow and black.

The wiring on the 6+2-pin connector is yellow and black and then blue and brown - please would you confirm that is the connector I should use?

Thank you very much.

The instructions that came with the GPU were so sparse they might as well not have bothered putting any.

[NonSequitur777 · Accepted solution]

@Alicesusan,

Use the 6+2-pin cable, there is only one way they will fit together:

Kind Regards,

NonSequitur777