MotherBoard & GPU cables

[MasterLow]

Hey guys I'm building my own desktop and I wanted custom coloured sleeved cables but im a bit stuck. I have already got the 24 pin down but i need 2 8 pin connectors for my GPU which is PCI-E cables but what about the 8 pin for the mother board? do I use 4+4 pin EPS cables? or 8 pin EPS or PCI-E cables????? SO CONFUSED!!! X( please help and thanks

[Lurick]

The pin layout for PCIe compared to the CPU is different so you need to use either a 4+4 EPS or 8 pin EPS cable but don't use a PCIe cable.

[Sir Asvald]

17 minutes ago, MasterLow said:

Hey guys I'm building my own desktop and I wanted custom coloured sleeved cables but im a bit stuck. I have already got the 24 pin down but i need 2 8 pin connectors for my GPU which is PCI-E cables but what about the 8 pin for the mother board? do I use 4+4 pin EPS cables? or 8 pin EPS or PCI-E cables????? SO CONFUSED!!! X( please help and thanks

4+4 EPS are for the CPU connector. 8 EPS is the same, just one single cable. For your GPU, you'll need to get 6+2 or a single 8 PCI-E cable.

[MasterLow]

7 hours ago, Abdul201588 said:

4+4 EPS are for the CPU connector. 8 EPS is the same, just one single cable. For your GPU, you'll need to get 6+2 or a single 8 PCI-E cable.

So to power the motherboard I need another PCI-E cable?
 

[W-L]

6 hours ago, MasterLow said:

So to power the motherboard I need another PCI-E cable?
 

No for the CPU power connector you must use the 4+4pin or EPS connector not a PCI-E.

[MasterLow]

1 hour ago, W-L said:

No for the CPU power connector you must use the 4+4pin or EPS connector not a PCI-E.

but there is a 4+4 EPS connector and an 8 EPS connector, which one do I use for a micro  ITX motherboard?

[W-L]

1 minute ago, MasterLow said:

but there is a 4+4 EPS connector and an 8 EPS connector, which one do I use for a micro  ITX motherboard?

A 4+4pin EPS and 8pin EPS are the same thing if your motherboard only has a 4 pin power connector you can just the 4+4 pin. 

[MasterLow]

3 minutes ago, W-L said:

A 4+4pin EPS and 8pin EPS are the same thing if your motherboard only has a 4 pin power connector you can just the 4+4 pin. 

How can I tell if  EVGA Z170 Stinger Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard uses a 4+4 pin or a straight 8 pin? P.S thanks for all the help

 

[W-L]

1 minute ago, MasterLow said:

How can I tell if  EVGA Z170 Stinger Mini ITX LGA1151 Motherboard uses a 4+4 pin or a straight 8 pin? P.S thanks for all the help

 

Either will work a 4+4 pin is equivalent to a 8pin EPS they are exactly the same connector just split to make things easier for motherboards that use only a 4pin EPS. For that motherbaord it has the regular 8 pin so either the 8 pin or 4+4pin EPS will work. 

[MasterLow]

Oh shet thanks man your a legend!!! so say if your motherboard has 4 pins instead of the 8 pin port you see on this picture (like rub 4 of those ports on this pick out, thats when you use a 4+4 connector, plug in 4 of the 4 pins on the 4+4 conector and you dont need to use the rest right?

 

[W-L]

5 minutes ago, MasterLow said:

Oh shet thanks man your a legend!!! so say if your motherboard has 4 pins instead of the 8 pin port you see on this picture (like rub 4 of those ports on this pick out, thats when you use a 4+4 connector, plug in 4 of the 4 pins on the 4+4 conector and you dont need to use the rest right?

Yes you would leave the extra +4pins just to the side unconnected for just a 4pin EPS motherboard.