NEED MUCHO HELP ASAP

[mattycakes]

Hey all, So I'm putting together my new build and realized I made a booboo. My mobo requires an 8 pin 12V power connector but my PSU has only a 4 pin is there anything I can do?!

Thanks!

 

[Newf]

It depends on how much demand your cpu is putting on the system.
If you don't have a really high power cpu, just using a 4 pin power plug may work. Read your motherboard owners manual for more info.

 

[mattycakes]

So I got it working with the 4 pin connector. But the processor is running at 69 degrees Celsius upon booting and getting hotter. The processor is an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5800, nothing fancy I know. There's a thermaltake cooler sitting on top, and the mobo is an XFX 750a nforce SLI. The PSU is a 430W thermaltake. Any ideas on whats up now?

 

[Proximon]

Did you apply thermal paste to the CPU cooler? If so, did you use the correct amount? It's usually about the amount of a single grain of cooked rice, or perhaps a very small dry pea.