4 pin cpu on 8 pin socket

[TravisTea]

Can I use a simple 4 pin connector on an MSI X58 Pro-E motherboard with a xeon cpu if I'm not going to overclock and run stock? Or will it even boot that way? I Plan on getting a better psu within a few days but I want to go ahead and install linux on this machine and get it going so this will only be temporary. Its only a 300w psu so I don't know if it'll even be enough. The graphics card is just a simple nvidia 6200 and doesn't require external power to it. Thoughts? Thanks!

[thekeemo]

it wont fit in the first place

[TheRetiredSlave]

I believe it should work fine, but I would make it a priority to install the new PSU as soon as you receive it.

[TravisTea]

I plan to. I'm working on getting a nice 600w. This pc will be soley for Linux. Figure I might as well use all of my old pc components for something useful like learning this OS and trying windows vs linux in gaming. I reused my 800w psu in my new gaming pc.

[iHardware Shelden]

When the CPU reaches a certain load it might crash, depending on the Max amount the CPU should be fine, you can get $2 adapter that take one molex and the 4pin connector to 8pin, I used one for a while.

[Dabombinable]

4pins is fine for any Intel Quad core with no overclocking. Dual cores however do have some headroom (the 4pin socket accepts up to 144W from the PSU). Also, the Geforce 6200 requires a minimum PSU of 400W. (I've got one myself).

[TravisTea]

4pins is fine for any Intel Quad core with no overclocking. Dual cores however do have some headroom (the 4pin socket accepts up to 144W from the PSU). Also, the Geforce 6200 requires a minimum PSU of 400W. (I've got one myself).

 

Interesting. Well I'll make sure I get a power supply asap then. I don't want to fuck anything up.

[Django]

4-pin plug should fit one half the 8 pin socket. Pins are rated at 6A so 2 grounds and 2 12V giving 12A max rating so 100W or less for the CPU as a safety margin should be fine. If the graphics card is PCIe and not AGP then the PCIe slot rating is 75W max. As the card has no external power connectors it should run at less than 75W.

[TravisTea]

4-pin plug should fit one half the 8 pin socket. Pins are rated at 6A so 2 grounds and 2 12V giving 12A max rating so 100W or less for the CPU as a safety margin should be fine. If the graphics card is PCIe and not AGP then the PCIe slot rating is 75W max. As the card has no external power connectors it should run at less than 75W.

 

Thanks for the info! I'm learning new stuff everyday. Thanks guys for all the help! Really do appreciate it :-)