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Hi! just wanted to ask everyone here who knows a thing or two about power supplies. I currently have a x570 asus motherboard and a 750W thermaltake powersupply. However when i looked at my parts in pcpartspicker, it mentioned that there could be compatibility issues mainly due to the x570 requiring 12 pins as compared to my power supply only having a 4+4. Should I be worried about this or not. Thank you. (I have no plans on overclocking at all)

  1. Tech_Dreamer

    Tech_Dreamer

    Hi, welcome to the forum, I believe this isn't a "problem" as you can use a regular Molex to a desired pin (whichever nos required) adapter to substitute the requirement usually there are extra molex you can easily use for it . I'm gonna summon @LukeSavenije he knows more about it .

  2. LukeSavenije

    LukeSavenije

    well... let's start with one thing... molex can't handle the amount of power EPS can, so please don't attempt to convert it

     

    second, the board should boot on only the 8 pin plugged in, which can handle 384w under the lowest specification, more than any am4 cpu can pull on ambient. some companies like to put them on higher end boards for no reason, it only starts to make sense with something like a x299/tr/10900k, not with anything am4

     

    so... you should be good with just the 8 pin plugged in

  3. Robin1465

    Robin1465

    oh I see... i was considering purchasing a seasonic focus 650 gold from which I think should be able to handle the load better. Is this a safer option? (not that i would even consider overclocking in the first place) but at least for my affirmation that it would work well with my motherboard.

     

  4. LukeSavenije

    LukeSavenije

    depends on which Seasonic gold you're planning on (Focus, core, x, g, s12g and so on all qualify) and which 750w thermaltake (don't even get me started) you currently have

  5. Robin1465

    Robin1465

    its the 650w focus gold (is this capable to house all the pins to the x570 motherboard?) and for the thermaltake which i have atm is the 700w smart series rgb

  6. LukeSavenije

    LukeSavenije

    ah, certainly worthy replacing... smart is far from the greatest

     

    Focus FX/FM doesn't at that wattage iirc, but the Focus GM/GX should have it, GX I know for sure since mine does

     

    then again, you don't need that second 4 pin technically

  7. Robin1465

    Robin1465

    Oh I see... I've read about that the 8pins are enough because one set of 8 pins can give 384W (somewhere around this value)

    Is the 384W the max handling for the whole motherboard (including the other parts?) 

    Considering my specs
    Ryzen 7 3700x

    x570 asus tuf  gaming wifi

    3600 mhz 16gb ram

    gtx 960 (or even if I do upgrade it in the future,)

    1. can the smart handle this already? (cuz if it can, I won't consider finding a different power supply since what I have should be enough)
    2. I don't plan on overclocking anything at all. if ever, i'd probably just maximize the 3600mhz ram I have (im not sure if this is considered as overclocking

  8. LukeSavenije

    LukeSavenije

    the 384w mentioned is only going to the CPU, the rest goes via the 24 pin on the motherboard.

     

    the main issue with smart is that it regulates 12v and 5v together, which I wrote a post about here: 

    wattage wise you'll be able to do it with a 550-650 totally fine, the focus would be a good example, but of course not your only option

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