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Hello guys I have probably the most dumb problem. I have c850 nzxt psu and it has modular cables and I attach my pcie cable to the psu. Now I bought gpu rgb extension cable and for some dumb reason female connector is not pcie it is eps(cpu), but end of it have male pcie connector. So I don't know what to do. Should i buy adapter to pcie to eps so i can connect this two, which means I would have Psu->pcie->pcie to eps adapter->eps to pcie extension cable->pcie to 12gpu.

Recently purchase the Cooler Master MWE 550 Bronze 230V V2 and I see that it comes with a 2 × 4 pin cpu cable however my lenovo motherboard only uses one 4 pin. I'm not using a high end cpu at the moment. Can I use just one? Which one should I use?

Hello,im in need for some advice.Can I jump start my PSU with EPS cables plugged in mobo? It's the only way I can test my watercooling loop and ofc to fill my loop with coolant...Will it damage my CPU?Any info would be of great help.Tnx in advance.

as much as this question seems stupid im going to buy a new PSU but it has a EPS12V instead of a ATX one.Is it the same or it isnt?

With X299 and X399, many motherboards are sporting dual EPS connectors. For the sake of futureproofing, I want a power supply that has enough juice to run either a Core i9 or Threadripper overclocked under water cooling. I know that PCIe cards draw 75w from the motherboard and an additional 75w per 6 pin connector and 150w per 8 pin connector, so ideally a GTX 1080 will never draw more than 225w by spec at when overclocked since it has one 8 pin connector. My 5820K has been able to draw about 230w under full load overclocked to 4.4 GHz at 1.35v when running Folding@home and the motherboard has one 8 pin EPS connector. The question is what is the max amount of power the CPU is allowed to draw by specification if the motherboard has one 8 pin EPS connector? What about one 4 pin and two 8 pin EPS connectors?

Just completed my spec list in pcpartpicker and realized that there's a compatibility flag that says ´1 additional EPS power connector needed’, what does that mean and what should I do? Build specs: I7-9700K EVGA CLC 280mm liquid cpu cooler MSI MEG Z390 ACE G.SKILL Ripjaws V 3600Mhz DDR4 (2x8GB) 2x 1TB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS SSD 1x 250GB Samsung 970 EVO PLUS SSD (for windows) ZOTAC GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER 8GB GAMING EVGA BQ 500W 80+ Bronze Corsair Carbide 275R case

Hi, i am in the process of upgrading my self-built rig. I am upgrading from i7 6700K to Ryzen 9 3900x. My problem is this: I built my rig in 2016 and bought a Corsair RM750x PSU for the system. At the time, this model included only one EPS 4+4 pin cable. The X570 MOBO has an 8-pin and a 4 pin socket. I want maximum stability so I would like to have the additiona 4-pin even if(?) i can run the system with 8-pin only, but i don't know where to get it. I tried CableMod, they have a minimum order of 70 EUR (I live in Europe) and the Corsair site doesn't have a compatible extra and most of them are out of stock anway. I am aware that cables from other brands or even other series within Corsair are not compatible so I am looking for help/ideas please. Thank you in advance.

So I recently purchased one of the Thermaltake Toughpower RGB 850W Gold PSU’s for my in-progress Threadripper build. The description of the 850W PSU showed support for two ATX 12 V (4+4 pin), so I bought it thinking that it would support both CPU power connections for my MB. However, the Power Supply has an extra socket labeled PCI-E rather than CPU which I find odd, especially considering that it shows support for 2 CPU power connections. Can I use that extra PCI-E socket on the PSU for CPU power? The pins line up the same; does the label really matter? The color of the PCI-E sockets are also different to the CPU socket which makes me believe that there is a difference. I have 2 days left on the return policy if I need to replace it.

Setting up a new rig, I would honestly love some feedback this is my first build, for Video and music production as well as heavy gaming. Not sure about what monitors to get that would take advantage of the hardware /software I want to use, any recommendations? Preferably two monitors, on the wider side. PCPartPicker part list / Price breakdown by merchant Type Item Price CPU Intel - Core i7-9700K 3.6 GHz 8-Core Processor $407.90 @ OutletPC CPU Cooler Cooler Master - MasterLiquid 240 66.7 CFM Liquid CPU Cooler $79.99 @ Amazon Motherboard MSI - MEG Z390 ACE ATX LGA1151 Motherboard $269.99 @ Amazon Memory Corsair - Vengeance LPX 32 GB (2 x 16 GB) DDR4-2400 Memory $259.99 @ Corsair Storage Samsung - 860 Evo 1 TB 2.5" Solid State Drive $127.98 @ Amazon Video Card MSI - GeForce RTX 2070 8 GB Video Card $549.99 @ B&H Case Rosewill - PRISM S500 ATX Mid Tower Case $116.99 @ Newegg Power Supply Rosewill - 700 W 80+ Gold Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply $79.99 @ Amazon Prices include shipping, taxes, rebates, and discounts Total (before mail-in rebates) $1912.82 Mail-in rebates -$20.00 Total $1892.82 Generated by PCPartPicker 2018-11-26 10:38 EST-0500 Now my question is right now there is a compatibility issue and it says "additional EPS power connector is needed" Now the case I was looking at comes with the PSU , and that's where i received the notice. Should I ditch this case and get a different power supply and case? or is this something I can work around? on reddit someone told me "Your motherboard has two 8 pin eps inputs but your power supply only has one output. You can buy PCIe to EPS adapters, for example https://www.amazon.com/6-Pin-Express-Detachable-Female-Sleeves/dp/B01MRIFP2D/ref=pd_lpo_vtph_tr_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=2G8GDFK6QQENKG3XH5GR Since your build only consumes 328W, you should be fine with that power supply. You may not even need that extra 8 pin cable unless you are running multiple m.2 drives plus multiple GPUs, but better safe than sorry." Is this a good solution? i've heard that, the RTX cards use more then one PCIe power cable? this would not leave space for an adapter. What should my end game be here? Get the PSU and cable and not really worry?? or get a different PSU?? the MOBO and CPU have already been purchased

So, I currently have a x99 system with a EVGA X99 Micro2 board with a E5-1650 V3 cpu. My current power supply is a Seasonic SSR-500GB3 and it recently died. I was able to power up my system with a 450 watt psu ( with a EPS 4+4) I keep lying around for testing and my system boots up and all, but with my RTX 2060 I don't believe it'd be stable. I hastily purchased a replacement ... a Cooler Master MasterWatt 750 Watt MPX-7501-AMAAB-US. It's supposed to be arriving today and I was double checking the specs and all that and I realized it doesn't list a EPS 8 or EPS 4+4 pin, but lists a CPU 12v 4+4 pin. I have been googling like mad trying to figure if they are compatible or if CM is just calling it something different or whatever. The motherboard spec does list the 8 Pin connector to be a EPS 12v. The last new(er) pc I built was for my nephew and was Gen 8 I7 and looking back at the manual I see it doesn't list EPS just a 8 Pin ATX 12V and did a few Ryzen boards list the same or a EATX 12v. I never thought to check that as every PSU I've purchased over the last few years had a EPS connector and EPS is supposed to be backwards compatible ( from what I read ). So, my question is would the CM psu I purchased be okay or did I just screw myself and have to order something else and wait longer? Thanks for all your help!

I'm investigating solutions on how to properly drive a 2*8pin GPU on a Dell Precision T3610, which only can supply 1*8pin PCIe on its power distribution board. PCIe supplies around 70W, 8pin supplies 150W, and I need to find another 75W to get along. The series have a hot-swap PSU design, and I can get a 685W PSU which should be enough to power all these; the problem just lies in wiring. In the meantime, its sibling, Dell Precision T5610, comes with a power distribution board like this: I will test its compatibility with T3610 motherboards; my bet is that the layout of the 24pin should be the same and connecting the two won't fry both, since the 3610's manual is showing 5610's power distribution board, and they came out at the same time; it will be weird if sibling models don't share designs. (as shown in the pictures the plug is exactly the same. Just have to make sure whether the voltage layout is also the same) As you can see the 5610's board has two EPS slots since by design it drives two CPUs. Definitely directly plugging your PCI 8pin cable to EPS will fry your GPU; but given that PCI sends 3*+12V and EPS sends 4*+12V, I'm thinking that, WITH AN ADAPTER LIKE THE THING BELOW, it would be definitely a safer choice to feed the GPU than using SATA converters, since it can supply at most 336W while using the SATA-to-8pin solution can only supply 60W. Also it reserves me the space for adding another card which I'd be happy to do so. Any advice or previous experience everyone?

I have an extra 4 pin EPS connector in my SFF computer. So I need a 4 pin EPS to either Molex or SATA power for my extra HDD's. Is this even possible or should I just buy splitters for my two current SATA power connectors?

Hey guys I ordered this PCIe extention cable a little while ago: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitfenix-alchemy-6-2-pin-pcie-extension-45cm-sleeved-blue-black-cb-057-bx.html It was to be used for connecting up my GPU. Unfortunately I've found It doesn't seem to work/handle power as I can start a game and it will crash within 5 - 15 mins and then if I look at AfterBurner it shows a stupid power spike (over 1,000,000) at the time of the crash. If I remove the cable and just use the standard one from the EVGA PSU there are no problems at all. Now I'm wondering if I was sent this cable instead: https://www.overclockers.co.uk/bitfenix-alchemy-8pin-eps-extension-45cm-blue-cm-010-bx.html Which looks exactly the same, but is an EPS cable - I don't know if this cable would have different power tolerances or could be responsible for the crashes?

Im looking for a power supply thats a bit more nice than most. I have an Intel S5000PSL, with two L5420 Xeon CPUs, and some 24 GB of FB RAM. I need an EPS12v Power supply with not only the 24-pin and 8-pin CPU power, but also an additional 4 pin motherboard auxiliary connector. Im looking for a budget model that can at least get me by for a year or so. I was wondering what would be the best brand or model of power supply to satisfy the board, or if I could get away with a molex to 4-pin adapter, since the CPUs use such a small amount of power (under 100 watts under typical load). If I end up having to spring for a really expensive power supply, I guess ill throw more cash at it and upgrade the CPUs too in order to make it worth it.

I am using the SilverStone SST-ST50F-P PSU in the first scratch build I have done for about 7 years, so I guess I have to revert to n00b status. The last build I did was AGP (yes, ugh). This is the first modular PSU I have laid hands on. It's a Mini-ITX build in a Fractal Design Node 304, with MSI Z97I AC, Core i7 4790K, Phantecs Cooler. No Graphics card as yet, I am not much of a gamer -- I just want blazing fast code execution. My question: The PSU has cables that are mostly obvious, but there is an 8-pin EPS cable which splits into two 4-pin cables. The MB has the usual 4-pin CPU power connector. Do I just use one of these 4-pin ends for the CPU and leave the other one empty? Or am I mssing something? Adthanksvance. Chris

I'm looking for a power supply for a server motherboard, specifically the Z8NR-D12. It needs two 8-pin CPU connectors. Can someone make me a recommendation? It'll be running two x5650 CPUs and 48 GB of memory with an SSD (just running an ESXi machine with networked storage). So probably a minimum of 400W.

Is it possible if all the 8 pins have separate cables to just cut the 8 pin in to 2 times a 4 pin ?

Here's my situation. I have: RX 5700 XT GPU with one 6 pin PCIe power connector plus one 8 pin PCIe power connector, Asus Z490 motherboard (with an i5-10600K) that has one 8 pin EPS power connector and one 4 pin EPS power connector, Corsair RM650i Gold+ PSU which only has three slots for "6+2 PCIe & 4+4 CPU" cables. When I was setting it all up, I thought "no problem, I can fill all of these plugs with connectors by using two 4+4 CPU cables to the motherboard and one 6+2 PCIe cable to the GPU, because the PCIe cable actually has two 6+2 connectors on one cable". I ordered a second 4+4 CPU cable from Corsair (since the PSU only came with one in the box), and that's what I have running now. Recently I have been searching for the cause of intermittent sudden black screen crashes, and heard in a few places that you should power a graphics card that has 2 plugs with two separate cables. So now I'm wondering - which configuration would be best? Leave the 4 pin CPU connector empty or power the GPU with just one cable? I know for a fact (because I've tried it) that my PC will run games ok in either configuration. However, being plagued by random crashes I am looking for as much information as possible on the subject. Thanks!

My motherboard needs one 8 pin and one 4 pin cable for cpu power, but only one eps 12v cpu cable is included in my power supply (corsair rm750x) and in India I can't find this cable of the same brand. So can i attach this eps cpu cable to my power supply. http://www.ebay.in/itm/Silverstone-Tek-Sleeved-EPS-ATX12V-750mm-8-Pin-Cable-PP06B-EPS75-/182246393130?hash=item2a6ebb452a:g:~kkAAOSwV0RXs-Js