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One 4 pin is fine. The other one is extra for oc'ing. By extra, I mean you won't need it unless you're doing extreme oc'ing. 

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Ok so i just replaced everything in my system besides my power supply, hardrive, and dvd drive but i noticed that when i went to plug in the 8 pin CPU plug or whatever it is called it only has a 4 pin, i plan on overclocking but just want to know if i can use it with a 4 pin for a month or so and still get max performance if not close to max performance in my games.

 

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i5-4670K

MSI Mpower Motherboard

H100i CPU cooler

 

The games i want to play on this are pretty demanding so as long as i can get around 90% performance out of it with a 4pin then i can order a new powersupply when i want to overclock.  Also if anyone knows of a good quality $75 to $125 700 Watt+ power supply that is either black and yellow or just black so it will match please link it. (would prefer it to be black and yellow)

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try silverstone or corsair

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but the z87 mpower has two 8 pins 

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Does your PSU not have two 4-pin plugs?

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One 4 pin is fine. The other one is extra for oc'ing. By extra, I mean you won't need it unless you're doing extreme oc'ing. 

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Would i be able to go up to around 4.5-4.6v on it without an 8pin?

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Would i be able to go up to around 4.5-4.6v on it without an 8pin?

4 volts? That'll freaking blow the cpu...

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The CM Silent pro M2 are bad units, very high Ripple...

When 2 things meet each other, Quantum stuff happens.

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The CM Silent pro M2 are bad units, very high Ripple...

ok, never used them myself.

AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!

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