8 pin ATX 12V CPU power connector

[suraswami]

I am looking to buy a board to replace my broken mATX board. But that board has a 8 pin ATX 12V power connector for the CPU instead of the regular 4 pin one. Unfortunately the new PSU that I bought a month ago doesn't have the 8 pin connector, only 4 pin. Can I still use the 4 pin and plug into the 8 pin connector? Will it power the CPU properly with stability? Can I still overclock?

Or is there a convertor like 4 pin to 8 pin?

Please help. :respect:

:toast:

[MKmods]

not 6 pin you mean 4 pin.(6 pin is for the GPU)

what board is it? many of the boards can use a 4 pin in the 8pin slot. Usually you can tell because the tab on the mobo plug is set a bit off to one side (thats the side to plug the 4 pin into.

It will not allow you to OC as much though.

And yes there are 4 pin to 8 pin adaptors.

[suraswami]

Thanks. I changed my post. I meant that, but too much reading and confused. So if I use a 4 pin to 8 pin adapter it should allow decent overclock right?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153073

[Spacegoast]

You should be able to plug the 4-pin connector into the middle four of the 8-pin connector on the mobo.but you won't get mas much power, hence lower overclocks as someone else already mentioned.

[MKmods]

lol, WELCOME spacegoast... and thanks for the 520....
Thanks. I changed my post. I meant that, but too much reading and confused. So if I use a 4 pin to 8 pin adapter it should allow decent overclock right?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153073
That board is not going to OC much. I would just use the 4 pin.

[JrRacinFan]

Thanks. I changed my post. I meant that, but too much reading and confused. So if I use a 4 pin to 8 pin adapter it should allow decent overclock right?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153073

Wtf? Anyone else here got the feeling that the 8 pin isn't needed and should have been a 4?

Suraswami, 4 pin will be plenty enough for it.

[suraswami]

I am expecting atleast 260 HTT. If that board can do it I would order it or I will just replace the ECS with another ECS. The broken ECS 6100SM-M easily clocked to 260HTT (A64 3200 @ 260 * 10) at 1.3V. Too bad I was greedy and killed the 'Golden egg duck' by trying to hack the bios and increase the Vcore (max it can is default + .05mv)

This Biostar seems to fit my bill.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138052

Good enough?

TForce is expensive. But if somebody wants to get rid of their mATX TForce I would go for it.

[JrRacinFan]

Why not this man?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128045

[suraswami]

I like Gigabyte. But that board doesn't have any voltage options for overclocking.

[JrRacinFan]

Ahhh! Go with the Biostar then. No issues there either!

[suraswami]

I called Jetway and they said it will be fine if I use the 4 pin connector.

[hat]

I could have told you that. It will be fine. Don't expect much of an overclock though, just because of the board, not the power connector type.

[suraswami]

Is this good?

http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-A690G

[suraswami]

Or may be this Asus?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131172

[Spacegoast]

i would go with the asus board. looks and sounds better based on the specs

[JrRacinFan]

Well, how about this suraswami: Give us a budget so we can give you a few links. Your first board was $50 now your looking at 65-75.

NewEgg-
2 Tforce's to look at:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138061
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138074

eWiz-
Here's a nice inexpensive SLi board:
http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=MB-570SLI

[MKmods]

Like JR listed, TForce FTW! (says the TForce fan boy)

[Spacegoast]

lol, WELCOME spacegoast... and thanks for the 520....

That board is not going to OC much. I would just use the 4 pin.

LOL, i should have known :laugh:

edit: i didnt realize it was you because i had just read that post about 20 mintues ago

[hat]

Jr is the man to talk to when you're shackled by the chains of budjet, espically low budjet. :toast:

[MKmods]

LOL, i should have known :laugh:

edit: i didnt realize it was you because i had just read that post about 20 mintues ago

LOL, no prob, glad you are here. Welcome to TPU
(and thanks for the great deal on the PS)
Jr is the man to talk to when you're shackled by the chains of budjet, espically low budjet. :toast:

Something we BOTH share...(I bet there are millions more like us, lol)

[suraswami]

Initially I didn't want to spend money on a Test machine. Thats why I thought may be $50 shipped would be fine for me to mess around with. Then I thought why not spend a little more and get a better one that will survive my beating. That is why I raised my budget to $75 shipped. Another option was to get Abit AN-M2 nView board at Frys for $75, which I think clocks well and solid performance.

Biostars are awesome boards. I had a Tforce S754 board and it was the best I had. Their RMA and customer support is kind of flaky. Its hit or a miss. But finally got thru and got my replacement board.

Gigabyte customer support is good too. May be I will give them a shot once again.

Or worst come I will get a ECS 6100SM-M2 board from microcenter. Its cheap for $40 AR. It did clock well to 260FSB.

Since I didn't want to spend a lot on a test board I was hoping somebody would have a spare board willing to sell to me. No luck.:cry:

Thanks JR and MK. I will think about your suggesstions and buy something that is sensible. I wanted to hold my main rig (AGP one :D) until real Phenom performance is seen. May be I will buy a board that will run the Phenoms at native and buy a Phenom or 45nm cpu when its right time. But those boards are $100:cry: