Glen.
Incompatible Power Supply?
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G-bo
, Feb 22 2013 10:42 AM
#1
Posted 22 February 2013 - 10:42 AM
Glen.
#2
Posted 23 February 2013 - 08:12 PM
I think just connecting the one side with 4 pins will be fine. There are a lot of Motherboards out there that have the 8 pin connectors on them, when they really don't have the need for them. When I was running a Phenom II in an AM3 board, it only used 4 pins for the CPU power supply. The connector should only fit in one way and that should be the same fit for both the PSU and Motherboard, since they are built to a standard.
#3
Posted 23 February 2013 - 08:37 PM
thank you for your reply...I have also heard from the store where these parts were purchased and they say the same as you so guess I am worrying over nothing...the store did suggest to hook up both 4 pin connectors tho' not just the one.I still feel that I do not know the whole story behind these mismatched plugs....no matter I am proceeding as suggested ....at least I feel confident now that I'm not going to fry anything which was my big concern.Again thanks very much for your help....much appreciated.Cheers,
Glen.
Glen.
#4
Posted 24 February 2013 - 10:58 AM
Just to pitch in with my two cents worth folks.
Both connections should be made to avoid depriving the CPU of the 125W Thermal Design Power that it needs to function correctly, anything less and the CPU will labour and you will not get the benefit of the four cores, you would get away with using only 4 pins with the Energy Efficient AMD Phenom™ II X4 Processor as it has a 65W TDP requirement.
Just a FYI, one other possible scenario with 4 and 8 pin connections is using an 8 pin connection in a 4 pin ATX socket, it is perfectly safe to have the additional 4 pins overhanging as long as they do not interfere with anything else on the MB.
Both connections should be made to avoid depriving the CPU of the 125W Thermal Design Power that it needs to function correctly, anything less and the CPU will labour and you will not get the benefit of the four cores, you would get away with using only 4 pins with the Energy Efficient AMD Phenom™ II X4 Processor as it has a 65W TDP requirement.
Just a FYI, one other possible scenario with 4 and 8 pin connections is using an 8 pin connection in a 4 pin ATX socket, it is perfectly safe to have the additional 4 pins overhanging as long as they do not interfere with anything else on the MB.
#5
Posted 24 February 2013 - 11:06 AM
Thanks very much for the update,that makes a lot of sense,I will be hooking up both 4 pin connectors as someday he may upgrade the cpu and need the extra power and stability,thanks for the help guy's....Cheers.
#6
Posted 24 February 2013 - 11:26 AM
You are most welcome
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