Phoenex

I can't remember exactly which one it is and I can't find it's box... What makes the W1 so bad so I can avoid similar ones next time?

It's not so much as the power provided as it would be thermal build up causing other throttling. A good simple V = I x R will tell you that as you get the higher voltage on a fixed current, the resistance must go up thus more heat introduced to the system. Anyways, from other responses it doesn't seem like missing a cable that could provide more overall current will be hurting much anyways.

Hi all, I built a box a while back and had made a little mistake when I first built it. I ordered a PSU that had a single 8 pin P4 connector while my motherboard can take two. This hasn't seemed like too big of a deal as I can achieve the clocks I wanted without getting too high in the thermals, but I do wonder if this has been holding back my performance. When I was looking for a PSU, I don't remember seeing much information about the P4 connectors, as the advertising mostly focused on power efficiency, wattage, and PCIE 6/8 pin connectors. How can I be sure of what I am getting when I go to purchase an upgrade? How much performance am I likely losing by only having a single P4 connector plugged into my motherboard? My build: Ryzen 5 2600x @ 4.2 MHz with stock cooler Radeon R9 380x @ 1440 MHz core, 1540 MHz memory 32GB DDR4 Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro 3200 MHz Samsung 970 evo 250GB, Intel 180GB SSD, Seagate Barracuda 250GB HD, WD blue 1TB HD EVGA 600W PSU 80+ Here's a bench I did on it last week: https://www.userbenchmark.com/UserRun/16345320 PS - I'm sure some of you will have some ideas that my graphics should probably be getting the first upgrade, which I probably will if you all don't think my PSU is causing me any CPU issues. I was able to get this graphics card for a cheap $60 as it had been used as a mining GPU. **cue the "don't by mining cards" rant** It has been running perfectly for me so far and I've been happy with it for now.