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[Solved] 4pin and 20pin on SLi i780

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Well the situation is that I came across a EVGA3 SLi i780 Motherboard on Craigslist cheap as hell with an Intel Dual Core E8400... Now the problem is the motherboard uses a 20+4 pin power and an 8Pin CPU, but I don't plan on actually using the SLi feature just going to add a Radeon HD 5450 and like 2ish GB of RAM... now I have an extra PSU that only has a 20pin and one 4pin connector. I read around that using a 4pin on an 8pin would work just fine, or burn it down...... I assume the 20pin would power the rest of the board just fine the issue i have is the lack of an actual 8pin cable.

For $50 (possibly less) i think its a cheap deal when it has the E8400... This is a gaming motherboard but i don't play PC Games all like so i would probably under clock it, but for $50ish i don't want to let this pass

Ideas, comments are all welcome :D

http://images.craigslist.org/5Nf5I45K33Fa3J93Ncc259640e1de89461d6b.jpg

http://images.craigslist.org/5G55He5Je3I13Nd3H2c25a36b456492d919a6.jpg

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