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Seasonic focus plus gold 650w additional cpu cable

mikeike951
By mikeike951
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So I'm finishing my very first build and my motherboard has three 4pin connectors for the CPU. I have plenty of slots for an additional cable, but my power supply only came with 2 4pin connectors. I just bought an extension cable by accident on Amazon, thinking it was a full on extra cable instead of an extension. I've looked online and the only option I see for a single power supply cable is cablemod, but they want $20 shipping for a $10 cord. Are there any other options? I already know that my rig should do okay with the 2 4pin connectors, but for peace of mind I'd like one more to fill all the connectors.

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1 minute ago, mikeike951 said:

 

The extra power connector doesn't matter, 1 8 pin is going to be fine

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1 minute ago, Streetguru said:

The extra power connector doesn't matter, 1 8 pin is going to be fine

I understand that, but I'd still like to make sure it has as much juice as possible. I do want to overclock my 8700k, and I don't want power to be the thing holding me back.

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2 minutes ago, mikeike951 said:

I understand that, but I'd still like to make sure it has as much juice as possible. I do want to overclock my 8700k, and I don't want power to be the thing holding me back.

You will never go over 480W on the 8700K without LN2

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Just now, Streetguru said:

You will never go over 480W on the 8700K without LN2

I've also got a 1080 that will suck up some power too. Granted I'm not shooting for 480w, but wouldn't you need three connections to do that instead of 2?

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4 minutes ago, mikeike951 said:

I've also got a 1080 that will suck up some power too. Granted I'm not shooting for 480w, but wouldn't you need three connections to do that instead of 2?

The GPU isn't going to affect your CPU overclock

 

a single 8 pin connector can handle up to 480W for the CPU, even with 1.4V you're not passing 150W during a rendering workload, and gaming uses even less power than that.

The extra 4 pin is more of a marketing gimmick

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I edit my posts a lot, Twitter is @LordStreetguru just don't ask PC questions there mostly...
 

Spoiler

 

What is your budget/country for your new PC?

 

what monitor resolution/refresh rate?

 

What games or other software do you need to run?

 

 

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