I have a 400W PSU with a 4 pin CPU power cable. My new motherboard has an 8 pin CPU power socket. Can I use the 4 pin cable in the 8 pin socket? Will it cause any damage to my system to do this?
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4 pin in 8 pin Socket?
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. It's been difficult to find information about this subject that didn't turn into a flame war. I plan to add a couple video cards and overclock the CPU-RAM-GPU in the future, at which time I would upgrade my PSU. However, at the moment there seems to be a pretty good deal on the Corsair HX850 on Newegg. After the 10% off and $20 rebate it comes out to $128.49. What are your opinions on upgrading my PSU now? I would be running the following hardware:
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