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My PSU has an 8 pic cpu connector. My motherbored has a 4 pin one. Will it work?
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- Thread starter gargant
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What PSU do you have?
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And you can also plug a 4-pin PSU plug into an 8-pin mobo socket and it will work. And you can plug a 20-pin PSU plug into a 24-pin mobo socket and that will also work.
*Not ideal setups if you plan to OC.
*Not ideal setups if you plan to OC.
What if mobo has 24-pin connector and 4-pin cpu power connector like this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Image...+ AM3 AMD 880G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Motherboard and psu has 20-pin and 4-pin connector should i plug in 20-pin in 24-pin and 4-pin into 4-pin or 20-pin and 4-pin into 24-pin ?
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If your board is 24 pin, then you must plug in 20+4 connector to the 24 pin slot. If your power supply is anything like mine, the 8 pin connector comes apart. As I asked above
, what power supply do you have?My supply is old MAXTOP LC-B350ATX 350W ATX with 20-pin and 4-pin mobo connectors http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817101001 , look at the picture i linked above, the mobo has 24-pin and 4-pin connectors, so how do i connect my psu to this mobo?
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I believe you're going to need a new power supply for that board. Depending on what you're hooking up, I'd be worried if it's even got enough power.
ill be running phoenom II 555 and single 5770 with 3hdds and three 120mm fans ill need about 300W so 350W supply should work fine even with slight overclock, from what ive beed reading connecting 20-pin to 24-pin and 4-pin to 4 pin should work, im just checking with you guys as well
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In my server I'm using an older 550W PSU. It's 20-pin and 4-pin. The mobo is P43 and has 24-pin and 4-pin. I connected the 20-pin to the 24-pin socket, and the 4-pin to 4-pin. It works great (been running fine since Nov '08), but I do have the CPU underclocked and undervolted. However, I'm also running 12 HDDs and 5 fans.
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At worst your house will be in ashes specially if the protection on the psu isn't too great
Another thing is it could shut off randomly or it's going to be horribly inefficient and use alot of power and create more heat than needed you grab up a decent psu online newegg has the corsair 430w for 45 bucks I'd say that was worth spending to save my pc from frying... Or bringing the whole house with it
Sorry for any bad grammar or typos and runon sentences as this one I'm on my phone and am lazy on it lol
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Why didn't you say so in the first place instead of leading us on a goose chase?
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