My recommendation is to get a better power supply that has the 8 pin 12V EPS power connector which is standard on most well-known power supplies. Never ever go cheap on the power supply--it's one of the most important components in the system. Get a CORSAIR Professional Series HX850 or better.

 

Are you sure that there aren't 2 4pins? At least for mine I had to connect 2 of them together in order for it to work.

 

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Originally Posted by Ripple

My recommendation is to get a better power supply that has the 8 pin 12V EPS power connector which is standard on most well-known power supplies. Never ever go cheap on the power supply--it's one of the most important components in the system. Get a CORSAIR Professional Series HX850 or better.

I was with you until you recommended an 850W power supply, and a dated and overpriced one at that.

The computer in question will pull less than 400W. A quality ~500W would be ideal.

 

You will be fine with that power supply. The 4 pin CPU connector on your PSU will fit into the 8 pin socket on your motherboard and power it fine. You could buy that adapter if you want, but it really isn't necessary. The 4 pin will fit into the 8 pin socket, and only in one direction, so you can't really mess it up. But you might want to consider a higher capacity PSU in the future for sure.

 

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You will be fine with that power supply. The 4 pin CPU connector on your PSU will fit into the 8 pin socket on your motherboard and power it fine. You could buy that adapter if you want, but it really isn't necessary. The 4 pin will fit into the 8 pin socket, and only in one direction, so you can't really mess it up. But you might want to consider a higher capacity PSU in the future for sure.

But that would leave 4 pins without anything connected to it? You can hook a 4-pin straight up to a 8-pin?

On a side note, I was looking at a spare computer in another room and it has a 400W Corsair with 2 4-pin CPU connectors on it that I can use. Will a 400W power supply be enough for this machine?

CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply is the one in the other computer I am about to swap out if yall think 400 watts is enough. Since the other computers mobo only requires a 4-pin CPU connector.

 

Extra 24 and 4 pin, pins are for stability reasons.

 

The Corsair CX400 is an excellent PSU and is sufficient. It can probably provide more usable power than your Apevia can.

 

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The Corsair CX400 is an excellent PSU and is sufficient. It can probably provide more usable power than your Apevia can.

Awesome that's what I was thinking but I wanted to make sure

I'm in the middle of swapping them out atm.