- Jul 24, 2015
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I was curious, motherboards like the Asus X99 Sabertooth have both an 8 pin and a 4 pin power plug for the CPU. However, what should you do if your power supply only provides one plug for the CPU (an 8 Pin)?
For example, I was thinking of picking up the: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010HWDPKW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_2&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER , its 650W, its Platinum, it was listed as a tier 1 power supply somewhere on the forums. However, it only comes with 1 8 pin. Say you wanted to add the extra 4 pin for overclocking potential, what then? I read somewhere else that converting a molex into the 4 pin connection was a bad idea. Is there no way to convert the spare VGA power plug into a 4 plug?
The next tier up, the 750 Platinum, is 50% more in cost. It doesn't seem like something worth getting in contrast to the 650.
For example, I was thinking of picking up the: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B010HWDPKW?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_2&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER , its 650W, its Platinum, it was listed as a tier 1 power supply somewhere on the forums. However, it only comes with 1 8 pin. Say you wanted to add the extra 4 pin for overclocking potential, what then? I read somewhere else that converting a molex into the 4 pin connection was a bad idea. Is there no way to convert the spare VGA power plug into a 4 plug?
The next tier up, the 750 Platinum, is 50% more in cost. It doesn't seem like something worth getting in contrast to the 650.
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