amd fx 8350 4 pin power supply

berserkker · Jun 18, 2013

days ago my 6 year old computer died on me. its the processor or the mobo. either way i have to buy both so im thinking on buying an amd 8350. im really short on money right now so i'll only be buying the mobo cpu and ram at the moment.

the problem is, my power supply is powerful enough but it only has a 4 pin connector and the new board will have 8 pin. do you think the 4 pin will be enough to the cpu?
im thinking on buying an adapter like this:
8 Pin Male to 4 Pin
my question is, the power delivered trough the adapter will be the same as the 4 pin or will be more like it was a real 8 pin connector?

my psu is a nox urano 600w sli. nothing fancy but should handle well untill I buy a new graphics card, then ill buy a new power supply.

sorry, lot of text, I usually find all my answers online but this one seems to be difficult. thanks for the help

Swordkd · Jun 18, 2013

Yes, you can use a 4 pin connector for an 8 pin. Just plug it into the top portion of the 8 slot. It's not ideal, but it will work.

berserkker · Jun 18, 2013

thanks for the quick reply. i know it will work but do you think it will work well? should i pick up the adepter to 8 pin too? i will not overclock it or nothing like that.
thanks again

chugot9218 · Jun 18, 2013

That sounds like kind of a sketchy PSU, could have been part of your initial problem, I would replace it.

MJSBLUES · Jun 18, 2013

You can get a molex + 4 pin to 8 pin adaptor, that will give it that extra juice if you're worried about it.

berserkker · Jun 18, 2013

well yeah i will replace it but not just now. the psu is fine my board boots up but and the fans start all the way up to 100% and dont go down nor the system start. I think its the chipset or the cpu so my psu will have to hold on a few more months.

and I've seen those adapters but I wanted to know if the 4 pin to 8 adapter do the same as the 4 pin+ 4 pin molex adapter.

thanks guys

Swordkd · Jun 18, 2013

I wouldn't bother with an adapter. If anything, I'd just replace the power supply. Spend 50 dollars and not have to worry about it or so.

jnkweaver · Jun 18, 2013

The Nox Urano is a decent power supply. It is either a Channel Well make (think Corsair CX series) or a Super Flower make. If it is the Super Flower make than it is an outstanding psu.

As long as you are not overclocking and the system boots then the 4-pin is enough. They added the extra power for overclocking the CPU.

berserkker · Jun 18, 2013

well then I guess I stick with this one for a little while

thank you all

boosted1g · Feb 22, 2015

I was looking at your motherboard, it lists supporting the fx-8320 and the fx-8350 but it only has a single 4 pin power connector and not an 8 pin. At best I would only do an fx-8320.

bmacsys · Feb 22, 2015

boosted1g :

Where does he even list the board he is using?

boosted1g · Feb 22, 2015

bmacsys :

My mistake I think I posted on the wrong thead, in that thread they had an m5a785 or something like that from asus that had only the 4pin but somehow listed it supporting 8320 and 8350

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