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Can you plug a 4 pin PCIe into an 8 pin?
Typically no, it’s not considered safe to use a 4-pin (molex?) to 8-pin PCIe adapter. Adapters are not standardized and can use thin gauge wire that can melt if too much power goes through them. It’s worrisome that you say 4-pin to 8-pin, because the 4-pin connectors are for the CPU and cannot be used for a GPU.
Can you use a 4 pin CPU power connector?
Our power supply units (PSUs) use an 8-pin EPS12v CPU cable that can be split into two 4-pin connectors. If you want to connect our PSU into a 4-pin EPS motherboard port, simply pull the two halves of the connector apart and connect one half into the motherboard port.
Do I need both the 8 pin and 4 pin CPU power plug for my MSI b450 Pro Carbon?
3 Answers. From experience, it suffices to install the 8 pin connector on the left. The right 4-pin-connector is basically a redundancy that the CPU may draw upon under extreme load most likely only relevant when you do extreme overclocking.
What is the 4 pin ATX power connector for on a motherboard?
The ATX 4-pin power supply connector is a standard motherboard power connector used to provide +12 VDC to the processor voltage regulator.
Can I use a 4 pin in a 8-pin GPU?
4-Pin Molex to 8-Pin PCI-E Power Adapter Cable This cable uses two 4-pin connectors and adapts them to an 8-pin connector. 4-pin to 8-pin is something that will likely be useful with upper-mid-range and high-end graphics cards.
Can I use 4 pin ATX?
It is entirely possible to just plug the 4-pin connector in the 8-pin slot. It won’t damage anything, but the motherboard will detect the difference and either not start up at all, or run in a VERY restricted mode.
What is a 4 4 pin connector?
1. The P4 connector is a 12V power supply cable used with motherboards that have an Intel Pentium 4 or later processor. Today, the connector is a standard power connector and is used with both Intel and AMD motherboards. All of these wires attach to a four pin connection on the motherboard.
Is eatx12v_2 needed?
It’s right below the last PCIe lane. With 2 GPUs, there is no need to populate it. No worries.
Can I use EPS cable for GPU?
So in theory the card should be absolutely fine. For reference, if the card has just an 8-pin connector, then if you powered it with an EPS12V, it would have been exposed to -12V which would have almost certainly have caused it to fry – and would probably also have taken the motherboard out along with it!
Is 4 pin ATX required?
This connector is used to supply additional 12V current to the motherboard. While the system will likely still run without it, higher current demands such as extreme overclocking or large video card current draws may require it.
Can you use 4 4 on a GPU?
As long as you’re using the 8 pin EPS connector to provide auxiliary power to the CPU you should have no problems.
What does PCIe stand for?
peripheral component interconnect express
PCIe is short for “peripheral component interconnect express” and it’s primarily used as a standardized interface for motherboard components including graphics, memory, and storage.
How much power does the Ryzen 5 5600x use?
The 3070 uses around 220W at max load, while the Ryzen 5 5600X uses 142W at 100\%. So these two combined only use about 362W, leaving more than ample space for the rest of the components (which usually use less than 10W apiece).
Can I plug a 4-pin to an 8-pin power supply?
A 4-pin can be put, by itself, into an 8-pin CPU power socket and the machine boot up and run. It will give it what power it can, and if the CPU draws more than that, it will shut the system down. If it shuts down when you start doing intensive stuff, just underclock the CPU.
Can’t connect monitor to 2200G processor?
So you should have at least video when you connected the Monitor to the GPU card Video outputs and not the Motherboard’s video Outputs. Make sure you have the proper BIOS version installed that support the 2200g processor. wrong BIOS version installed the motherboard won’t boot up since the CPU is not supported.