I recently purchased a GA-Z77X-UP7 mobo and Corsair Professional Series Gold AX850 psu. The motherboard requires (2) 8 pin connectors. I seem to have 2 x 4+4-Pin ATX/EPS 12V that come with the psu. These are my questions:
1- The 4+4 connectors have different pin connectors to the PSU. One is 8 pin and the other 12 pin. The 12 pin however has 4 empty pin sockets so in reality I guess it could be considered 8. It connects fine into the PSU. The other however is a 4+4 so there are two clips to attach to the psu. The psu only has room for one clip per connector so I would only be able to connect one 4+4 to the psu unless I shaved off the clips. Any ideas?
2- The pin socket shapes in the connectors don't appear to match up with the mobo connector.The mobo connectors are square shaped at the ends while the psu cable has one square at one end and the other end is pentagonal (5 sided). It still fits but I wanted to make sure if this would be a problem.
Any advice would be deeply appreciated.
1- The 4+4 connectors have different pin connectors to the PSU. One is 8 pin and the other 12 pin. The 12 pin however has 4 empty pin sockets so in reality I guess it could be considered 8. It connects fine into the PSU. The other however is a 4+4 so there are two clips to attach to the psu. The psu only has room for one clip per connector so I would only be able to connect one 4+4 to the psu unless I shaved off the clips. Any ideas?
2- The pin socket shapes in the connectors don't appear to match up with the mobo connector.The mobo connectors are square shaped at the ends while the psu cable has one square at one end and the other end is pentagonal (5 sided). It still fits but I wanted to make sure if this would be a problem.
Any advice would be deeply appreciated.