8pin CPU connectors on Crosshair X670E Hero

[Soupladel]

Should you connect both of these or just one?

The manual says you can do one or both but doesn't go into an explanation of what happens if you only populate one of these. So what has everyone else done here?

[Bananas4Life]

You'll want to use both, or you may limit your CPU.

[Soupladel]

I know what you are saying and thats a logical conclusion to draw.

on my X570 board, there was an 8 pin and a 4pin at the top left for the CPU, but you only really needed to connect the 8pin for normal use, the 4pin was generally only required if you were going to be putting additional demands on the VRM like in the instances of LN2/Extreme Overclocking.

I would have hoped the manual would have provided more information that just "connect one or both" perhaps a bit of bakcground as to why you might want to connect both over just the one.

I have a new GPU coming soon and am coming up short on PCIE power connections, so was looking to see where i might save one or two 🙂

[cp_thebrick]

Unless you are doing LN2 OC, you won’t need both*