EVGA adapter provides more power to your PCIe bus

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What are your thoughts on this little thingamahjig?



Before officially launching its Intel 6 Series chipset-based motherboards, EVGA has decided to introduce the Power Boost, a little internal adapter that will provide more watts to your PCI-Express bus and thus improve overall system stability.
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I'm not sure. I had thought that was what the power connectors on the PCI-E devices (ex: graphics card) were for.

I can also see someone possibly frying their motherboard if this adapter was connected incorrectly in the PCI-E slot.
 

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Brink said:
I'm not sure. I had thought that was what the power connectors on the PCI-E devices (ex: graphics card) were for.

I can also see someone possibly frying their motherboard if this adapter was connected incorrectly in the PCI-E slot.
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I think its supposed to boost the PCI express bus speed to give a little performance gain.

It looks relatively save.
 

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Ok. It may be worth a try to see how much gain one might get.
 

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Please leave your poll option if possible. Thanks.
 

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Suppose if you overclock your graphic card it could help, otherwise it'll most likely just lead to placebo results.
 

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