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8-pin motherboard power connector question

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No, you will fry your motherboard. The pin-outs are different, which is why it is a 6 pin, not an 8 pin. Upgrade your PSU to one with an 8 pin connector. You really don't want to be using a cheap PSU for overclocking, it might fry your entire system.

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Hi there. Quick question I'm curious about; the past while I've had a 4-pin plug from my PSU plugged into the 8-pin socket on my mobo, due to the fact that it does not have an 8-pin plug. I've heard this is not recommended if you want to overclock, so what I'm wondering is if the double molex-to-6-pin adapter I found kicking around will supply sufficient power to the CPU so that I could overclock. I've already checked and it does fit into the 8-pin socket. Thanks in advance.

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No, you will fry your motherboard. The pin-outs are different, which is why it is a 6 pin, not an 8 pin. Upgrade your PSU to one with an 8 pin connector. You really don't want to be using a cheap PSU for overclocking, it might fry your entire system.

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Alright, so basically a 4-pin is the only other thing that can work inside an 8-pin socket besides an actual 8-pin?

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