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1 paź 2020 · So i recently bought a new pc case which is the Fantech cg72 and decided to keep using my old generic psu which has 1x24 pin atx cable, 1x8 pin EPS cable for cpu, 2* sata and molex cable.
14 sty 2024 · I recently upgraded to a new CPU and motherboard, a i7-12700k and the MSI MAG B760 tomahawk and was planning to use my old power supply (750W) however it only has 1 CPU 8 pin, on amazon there are dual molex to 8 pin adaptors i was wondering if these are safe to use as I have 2 sets of unused mole...
From experience, it suffices to install the 8 pin connector on the left. The right 4-pin-connector is basically a redundancy that the CPU may draw upon under extreme load most likely only relevant when you do extreme overclocking.
To clarify, the 8 pin on the motherboard is an EPS header for your CPU. You keep talking about GPU power, which is a DIFFERENT 8 pin connector that would be attached directly to the GPU if required. Lower end GPUs get enough power through the PCI slot via the 24 pin connector.
24 lis 2018 · Are you saying a 4 pin connector can actually power the CPU if I were to connect it to the 8 pin socket? Correct. Some motherboards might be picky and only boot if an 8-pin were connected but that usually applies to the higher-end boards which yours isn't.
2 sty 2019 · i was looking if dual molex to 8 pin is safe, turns out it is, i have tried it while building friend's PC.
22 lut 2021 · Note: there are many 8pin molex convert cables out there, but they convert from 2 molexes that plug into the PSU into a single 8 pin that plugs into a device, not the other way around. Some poor dude bought one thinking he could plug the 8 pin into the PSU and use the molexes to power some fans.
