ATX 8PIN on PSU to 4PIN on Motherboard

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So I've noticed that almost every PSU (at least the ones I am looking at/for) have an 8-pin connector for the CPU power. Well FM2 and FM2+ motherboard have 4-pin connectors, so I was wondering, would this cable work to power the CPU or are the connectors 'backwards' (male and female need to be reversed)? Thanks!
 
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a lot of those connecters are 8pin(4+4) you can pull it apart.. if your familiar with the 24pin(20+4) pin atx power connector.. they come apart similiarly and are pretty common on the psu's your probably looking at..
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annexphear

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a lot of those connecters are 8pin(4+4) you can pull it apart.. if your familiar with the 24pin(20+4) pin atx power connector.. they come apart similiarly and are pretty common on the psu's your probably looking at..
 
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Most of the modular PSUs seem to have an 8-pin connector on (built-in to) the PSU which probably wouldn't fit a 4+4 correctly? Not 100% sure on this since I've never had to mess with this before. ALl my personal builds have just had 8-pin CPU connectors :D
 
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