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First build and just wanted to check- does something HAVE to be plugged into the 4 + 4 CPU plug on my psu? What is it meant for? Nothing is plugged in to it now. I have my SATA cable plugged in the SATA one but the cable running from the PSU meant for the cpu plugged into the mobo. Just wanted to make sure I'm not missing a major plug

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2 minutes ago, Avarose said:

First build and just wanted to check- does something HAVE to be plugged into the 4 + 4 CPU plug on my psu? What is it meant for? Nothing is plugged in to it now. I have my SATA cable plugged in there but the cable running from the PSU are plugged into the mobo. Just wanted to make sure I'm not missing a major plug

Thats the power for the CPU itself. why do you have a sata cable plugged from the PSU to mobo? sata is for harddrives. 

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6 minutes ago, Avarose said:

First build and just wanted to check- does something HAVE to be plugged into the 4 + 4 CPU plug on my psu? What is it meant for? Nothing is plugged in to it now. I have my SATA cable plugged in the SATA one but the cable running from the PSU meant for the cpu plugged into the mobo. Just wanted to make sure I'm not missing a major plug

That's for the 8 pin CPU connector at the top of a motherboard, is your PSU semi-modular? If so you may have both the header on the PSU, and a cable in the bundle already.

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1 minute ago, JoeyDM said:

That's for the 8 pin CPU connector at the top of a motherboard, is your mobo semi-modular? If so you may have both the header on the PSU, and a cable in the bundle already.

Semi modular mobo? I have a modular PSU- the 8 pin cpu connector on the mobo has the psu plugged into it

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1 minute ago, Avarose said:

Sorry wasn't thinking right- the SATA connector is plugged into the HDD

Haha alright. dont feel bad. its not a mistake. just a learning lesson :) When i first started making computers, i kept thinking the dvd drive was the operating system

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2 minutes ago, Avarose said:

Semi modular mobo? I have a modular PSU- the 8 pin cpu connector on the mobo has the psu plugged into it

Sorry I'm really tired and writing a paper, I mean semi-modular PSU :P although for april fools day MSI released plans for a modular mobo!

 

If you have the 8 pin CPU connector going to the PSU as one of the non-modular cables, then ignore the header on the PSU.

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6 minutes ago, JoeyDM said:

Sorry I'm really tired and writing a paper, I mean semi-modular PSU :P although for april fools day MSI released plans for a modular mobo!

 

If you have the 8 pin CPU connector going to the PSU as one of the non-modular cables, then ignore the header on the PSU.

lmao- okay good just wanted to be sure. Thanks! :D

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10 minutes ago, Avarose said:

Semi modular mobo? I have a modular PSU- the 8 pin cpu connector on the mobo has the psu plugged into it

In that case, you won't need the extra 4+4.

 

You would need it if your motherboard had the extra headers for it, but it doesn't, does it? There's really only one consumer processor that needs such a huge amount of power, the FX-9590. So unless you have that particular CPU and one of the few motherboards that support it, leave the 4+4 cables off. 

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26 minutes ago, Naeaes said:

In that case, you won't need the extra 4+4.

 

You would need it if your motherboard had the extra headers for it, but it doesn't, does it? There's really only one consumer processor that needs such a huge amount of power, the FX-9590. So unless you have that particular CPU and one of the few motherboards that support it, leave the 4+4 cables off. 

Yeah I've got an 15- 4590 and my mobo doesn't have any additional headers for it. It booted up just fine :D 

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