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My new pc motherboard power connector.

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20+4 is the 24 pin for the board. 

As for the cpu power only the 8 pin is required (which breaks to a 4+4 on some PSUs).  The extra 4 pin is for heavy overclocking which with Ambient cooling you can't even do. An 8 pin eps provides 384w of power easily. 

1 minute ago, Boonandboo said:

can I use the connectors from graphic card instead.

Nope. 

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My new pc's motherboard labled that it requires 24+4+8 pin power connector,but my PSU Connector has only 20+4 for motherboard.

can I use the connectors from graphic card instead.(the 6+2 pin and another 2x2pin)

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20+4 is the 24 pin for the board. 

As for the cpu power only the 8 pin is required (which breaks to a 4+4 on some PSUs).  The extra 4 pin is for heavy overclocking which with Ambient cooling you can't even do. An 8 pin eps provides 384w of power easily. 

1 minute ago, Boonandboo said:

can I use the connectors from graphic card instead.

Nope. 

PC: Motherboard: ASUS B550M TUF-Plus, CPU: Ryzen 3 3100, CPU Cooler: Arctic Freezer 34, GPU: GIGABYTE WindForce GTX1650S, RAM: HyperX Fury RGB 2x8GB 3200 CL16, Case, CoolerMaster MB311L ARGB, Boot Drive: 250GB MX500, Game Drive: WD Blue 1TB 7200RPM HDD.

 

Peripherals: GK61 (Optical Gateron Red) with Mistel White/Orange keycaps, Logitech G102 (Purple), BitWit Ensemble Grey Deskpad. 

 

Audio: Logitech G432, Moondrop Starfield, Mic: Razer Siren Mini (White).

 

Phone: Pixel 3a (Purple-ish).

 

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