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| 1480448 | 2021-09-10 00:07:00 | I am planning to upgrade my 10-year-old PC, and am looking at this MB to start with - Asus Prime Z950-A (www.asus.com) From the Motherboard Layout drawing, that, there are 2 ATX headers, 1 x 4 pin and 1 x 8 pin header as in the fig below. 11092 Further down the page, under ATX power connection (2): the diagram shows, either connect the 8-pin or the 8-pin AND the 4-pin. 11093 I am confused: Should I use only the 8-pin or the 8-pin + 4-pin header ?? Will the 2nd option give more power to the MB? My PSU , Corsair RM750i has got only 1 x (4+4) pin connector. Do I need to buy another PSU? Or, is there any adapter cable available? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1480449 | 2021-09-10 00:37:00 | The 8 pin on its own will be fine. As it says in the Picture 8 pin OR |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1480450 | 2021-09-10 02:47:00 | Am I right to say that newer PSUs will have 12-pin connector? | bk T (215) | ||
| 1480451 | 2021-09-10 03:22:00 | Am I right to say that newer PSUs will have 12-pin connector?Nope -- Most PSU's come with a 8 pin, which is nearly always able to split into 2 x4. Some will have a 2nd 8 pin plug as well. Generally there's a 8 pin and 2 x PCIe |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1480452 | 2021-09-10 04:23:00 | So, the 8 (4+4) pin configuration is here to stay for many years to come?! And, newer MBs are introducing the 4 + 8 pin headers, suggesting that we will need that in the future? |
bk T (215) | ||
| 1480453 | 2021-09-10 09:03:00 | The 8 pin is common now. There are a few new boards still only have the 4 Socket, but not many. Doing a bit of looking (never seen a Board with the extra Socket) but the general reason is when others have asked the same question From experience, it suffices to install the 8 pin connector . 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. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1480454 | 2021-09-10 09:36:00 | The 8/4 Pin layout would be for OEM power supplies that were of the LGA775 era that come with a 4 pin cable Rebuilding a standby HP that had a LGA775 Board upping to LGA1151 that has a 8 Pin board ,just going to populate 4 slots with the standard power supply cable |
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