So I recently got a new motherboard, and when I opened it I found that the connectors for power were 8 pin rather than the 4 my old one had. My Power Supply was plugged into the old one with a single 4 pin connector, but has another 4 pin attached to the first (2 4 pin connectors attached together), which I had simply tied to the side before. I know I can just use a single 4 Pin in the 8 pin, but am I meant to use two 4 pins? It might seem kinda common sense, but I wanted to make sure I wont fry my brand new MB. Thanks for any help, can provide pictures if needed.
Motherboard Has 8 Pin Power Connector, But Power Supply Has 2 4 Pins
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jazzy663
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It'll be fine. That's a 4+4-pin CPU power connector. They're designed to work with both 4-pin and 8-pin boards. Some power supplies come like this, others have 8-pin connectors that can be broken in half to make two four-pins, if your board only needs four pins.
http://www.playtool.com/pages/psucompat/compat.html
http://www.playtool.com/pages/psucompat/compat.html
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