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Cpu power question

FuturisticMC
Level 7

‎12-26-2015 12:37 PM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 01:20 AM by Community Admin

I am going to use the corsair 900d case with the Maximus viii extreme and the case comes with a splitter that turns an 8+8 cable into an 8+8 and a 4+4 and that will fit perfectly on the motherboard. But I am using custom psu cables from cable mod and the kit comes with two 4+4 eps cables. Could I plug the two 4+4 cables into a single 8+8 and will it work/be safe?
Here's the kit https://cablemod.com/product/cablemod-c-series-axi-hxi-rm-cable-kit-black-red/
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Chino
Level 15

‎12-26-2015 01:34 PM

Are you planning to connect the 4+4 EPS cable to the 8 pin power header, right? If that's what you meant, yes it will work.
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FuturisticMC
Level 7
In response to Chino

‎12-26-2015 03:22 PM

Or will one 4+4 be enough because the extreme has one 4+4 and one 8+8
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FuturisticMC
Level 7

‎12-26-2015 03:15 PM

Yes but will two of them on it work? I'm guessing it will
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Chino
Level 15

‎12-26-2015 03:46 PM

The R5E has a 8 pin and 4 pin power header. The 8 pin header should be populated at all times. The other 4 pin header is optional but if you have the extra cable, do connect it to the header.
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FuturisticMC
Level 7

‎12-26-2015 05:05 PM

Ok that's helpful but here is what I'm asking http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2009/04/ocz-modxstream-pro-500w-psu-review/eps-8.jpg.
In this picture are the two plugs that would go into the mobo. Now let's say the two wires join together where it's cut off and they join into a single 8 pin eps female. Could I plug two 4 pin males into that female and would it be enough power. When I say can I plug them in it I also mean will they fit.
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FuturisticMC
Level 7

‎12-27-2015 05:13 PM

Abc
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FuturisticMC
Level 7

‎12-27-2015 05:18 PM

Hello ,anyone? This is kinda urgent
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Chino
Level 15

‎12-27-2015 06:39 PM

Yes.

EPS cable can come in two formats: a single 8 pin connector or a 4+4 pin connector.
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Menthol
Level 14

‎12-27-2015 07:11 PM

The 4+4 connector should snap together to make the 8 pin, please don't force something together, as Chino said the 8 pin is a must, whether it is an 8 pin, 4+4 pin that id designed to connect as one 8 pin doesn't matter, a lot of power supplies have the 8 pin connectors that can be spit into two 4 pin connectors
The picture you attached looks like an 8 pin and 4 pin, it that is from your power supply you are good to go, you can find this information in the manuals of your motherboard and power supply, if it's urgent, read them
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