No 8 pin cable

[The321]

I have a Psu with a 4 pin connector and I want to power a 8 pin cpu with it. The cpu is very low power (60w) how can I do this since it only accept 8 pin (the motherboard )

[DocSwag]

Something like this

https://www.amazon.com/StarTech-6in-Pin-Power-Adapter/dp/B002O21XHQ

[emosun]

if the power supply is crappy enough to not have an 8pin connector then don't use that power supply.

[Crunchy Dragon]

You can technically run an 8pin CPU off of just 4pins, Austin Evans among others have done it in the past(myself included).

 

That said, I wouldn't recommend it. You'd be better off getting a new PSU.

[RollinLower]

5 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

You can technically run an 8pin CPU off of just 4pins, Austin Evans among others have done it in the past(myself included).

 

That said, I wouldn't recommend it. You'd be better off getting a new PSU.

yeah i can confirm, i've done this in budget builds aswell.

just plug the 4 pin plug into the 8 pin connector. it should fit on one side.

 

that being said tough, i also very much agree that a better PSU is the better solution here.

[79wjd]

19 minutes ago, emosun said:

if the power supply is crappy enough to not have an 8pin connector then don't use that power supply.

 

15 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

You can technically run an 8pin CPU off of just 4pins, Austin Evans among others have done it in the past(myself included).

 

That said, I wouldn't recommend it. You'd be better off getting a new PSU.

 

9 minutes ago, RollinLower said:

that being said tough, i also very much agree that a better PSU is the better solution here.

He has an G1840, a GTX 560, and some 300w OEM PSU by the looks of his previous posts. So while a new PSU is technically ideal, it's not really worth putting money towards.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

42 minutes ago, The321 said:

I have a Psu with a 4 pin connector and I want to power a 8 pin cpu with it. The cpu is very low power (60w) how can I do this since it only accept 8 pin (the motherboard )

Don't bother with adapters unless you want to have exciting fires.

[Stefan Payne]

42 minutes ago, The321 said:

I have a Psu with a 4 pin connector and I want to power a 8 pin cpu with it. The cpu is very low power (60w) how can I do this since it only accept 8 pin (the motherboard )

What PSU do you have exactly??

 

Because those without 8pin I can recall are either ancient, SFF or garbage.

 

Could you pls make a picture of the Label and post it here?
Do you know how old it is??

[iRileyx]

Does your PSU not even have a 4 pin EPS power? 

 

Your board may have an 8 pin, but the CPU will only need a 4 pin if its a 50 watt chip.

[SethKraota]

I personally wouldn't trust Molex to anything.

[LogicalDrm]

I wouldn't. They can get hot. What PSU? If its quality one, you should be fine. But just to note that those splitters are for GPU power, not CPU. So you are better off getting newer PSU than buying splitters for CPU.