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2 minutes ago, Sima01 said:

I have one marked P8 and other one is marked on the other side with CPU1 (-P4) CPU2 (-P8)

Use whichever, it doesn't matter.

For your power supply it comes with two CPU power cables. One is a solid 8 pin connector and the other cable has 4+4 pin split connector. The 4+4 pin connector is designed so it can be used as either an 8 pin connector by putting them together or as a 4 pin connector by separating them. Some older motherboards only had 4 pin connectors for CPU power, and some motherboards have an 8 pin plus an additional 4 pin optional connector.

2 minutes ago, Sima01 said:

Hello,

 

I have a question about pluging this cable to the PSU, I have one marked P8 and other one is marked on the other side with CPU1 (-P4) CPU2 (-P8)

 

My question is, since I can't find my question inside the manual, which cable should I put in?

 

I put the one PCIe cablet into segment 2 since manual told me to put it into PCIe2 slot if I only use one PCIe cable to balance the load between 2 12V rails.

 

Shold I use cable marked P8 to connect CPU power, or should I stick with this one i already plugged in into P8/P4 slot?

 

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the way you have it plugged in looks correct to me. The split 8 pin on one side (4 + 4 pin) is intended for motherboards that only use a 4 pin for cpu power, or maybe an 8+4 pin. 

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2 minutes ago, Sima01 said:

I have one marked P8 and other one is marked on the other side with CPU1 (-P4) CPU2 (-P8)

Use whichever, it doesn't matter.

For your power supply it comes with two CPU power cables. One is a solid 8 pin connector and the other cable has 4+4 pin split connector. The 4+4 pin connector is designed so it can be used as either an 8 pin connector by putting them together or as a 4 pin connector by separating them. Some older motherboards only had 4 pin connectors for CPU power, and some motherboards have an 8 pin plus an additional 4 pin optional connector.

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