I was surprised to find the mobo has an 8pin 12volt socket. My power supply only has one 4pin connector.
the mobo manual says "Use of a power supply providing a 2x4 12volt power connector is recommended by the CPU manufacturer when using an Intel Extremem Edition CPU (130W)"
Now the CPU I got only needs 65W, so I don't believe I have an extreme edition.
I've seen various opinions on this from other websites and reviews. I have just the one 4pin plugged in and the computer runs fine with two exceptions.
1) Windows 32 bit XP mce only recognizes 2.5 of the 4gb of ram. I know that b/c its 32bit it won't recognized the full 4gb, but another system I build recognized 3.5 of the 4.
2) when I use cpuid it shows the cpu running at 1999mHz.
So after this long post, my questions are;
Is it a bad idea to only use the 4pin 12volt connector? Should I buy a new psu?
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