“Why are there 2 power supplies? Do we need both to connect both? Does this improve the computer?”
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One power supply unit provides power to the system and the internal graphics. The second power supply powers solely the enormous, top of the line discrete graphics card. I ran into an issue where the system wouldn't fire up the graphics on the GTX 1070, but it would drive video out of the onboard graphics, which is a far lower quality and speed solution. I found that the second power connector wasn't fully seated. Once seated, the computer could operate that huge card and now it's just a rocket ship.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.one port is to power the computer and the other is dedicated to the graphics card. i guess asus saw fit to give the gpu its own power source independent of the rest of the computer. not sure if you can leave the gpu power supply disconnected and use the computer without it as ive never tried it
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.One of the power supply brick is exclusively for the graphics card and the other for the rest of the system. I have used both power supplies since I set my system up but it is theoretically possible to use only the power supply for the general system and use the integrated graphics card. I would recommend using both power supplies since the dedicated graphics card offers tremendously more performance than the integrated graphics card for applications such as gaming.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Both need connected. One is for the graphics cards the other is for the rest of the system
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.One power supply is for the PC itself and the second is dedicated for the graphics card. You will need to have both plugged in
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