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You don't need the extra 4 pin. It's just used for heavy overclocking. Which with Ambient cooling, you won't be able to do that either way. 

A single 8 pin easily provides 384w of power. 

 

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If you're asking about the 4-pin that's not plugged in, then yes, it's normal*. 

 

* unless you're powering a heavily overclocked 10900K, or you're on HEDT (Intel X299 or AMD Threadripper)

Desktop: Intel Core i9-9900K | ASUS Strix Z390-F | G.Skill Trident Z Neo 2x16GB @ 3200MHz CL14 | EVGA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER XC Ultra | Corsair RM650x | Fractal Design Define R6

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You don't need the extra 4 pin. It's just used for heavy overclocking. Which with Ambient cooling, you won't be able to do that either way. 

A single 8 pin easily provides 384w of power. 

 

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).

 

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