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Sometimes an expansion board may have an extra PCIe power connector. This connector comes in what two different pin configurations?

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Answer:

6-pin and 8-pin

Step-by-step explanation:

The PCle power connector also known as PEG cables, makes extra power available to PCI Express cards. Mid power to high power graphic cards get their power to function from the PSU through the 6-pin and 8-pin PCI-Express PEG cables.

The 6-pin PEG cable graphics card supply capacity is 75 Watt such that a graphics card that requires 75 Watt will have a 6-pin PEG cable to supply its power needs

The 8-pin PEG cable graphics card supply capacity is 150 Watt such that a graphics card that requires 150 Watt will have an 8-pin PEG cable to supply its power needs.

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