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Ivy Bridge and Corsair HX 520W?

Bobmunkhouse

Bobmunkhouse

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Hi all

Im upgrading to Ivy Bridge at the end of the month and want to keep price down so i want to keep my Corsair HX 520W so just wanted to check it would be ok? I hear things about 8pin cpu power....but at the moment I use 4pin??

Thanks for any info....
 
I have a Corasir HX 620W and it comes with both a 4-pin and 8-pin CPU connector fitted. Are you sure yours doesn't have an 8-pin connector tucked away somewhere?
 
Bottle said:
I have a Corasir HX 620W and it comes with both a 4-pin and 8-pin CPU connector fitted. Are you sure yours doesn't have an 8-pin connector tucked away somewhere?
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Thanks, I will check this....so does do ivy bridge motherboards need the 8 pin?

Edit - Looking at pictures it looks like the Gigabyte Z77X-D3H has a 4pin and the MSI Z77A-G45 has 8pin.....why is this?
 
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Looking at the pictures of Z77 mobos on the Internet, they all look like they need 8-pin CPU connectors.

On the possibility of an 8-pin connector for your PSU; look for it being hardwired from the PSU where it will originate from the same place as the 4-pin connector. Let's hope that when you first installed this, you simply tucked the 8-pin connector away and have forgotten this.
 
Bottle said:
Looking at the pictures of Z77 mobos on the Internet, they all look like they need 8-pin CPU connectors.

On the possibility of an 8-pin connector for your PSU; look for it being hardwired from the PSU where it will originate from the same place as the 4-pin connector. Let's hope that when you first installed this, you simply tucked the 8-pin connector away and have forgotten this.
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Yeah maybe I just tucked it away somewhere....hope so.....

If you look at link below it looks like its has a 4pin?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/popup_image.php?prodid=MB-390-GI&imgID=1
 
Well fancy that! It does indeed. However, my D5H (arrives today) has 8. So it looks like some with be 4 while others are 8. Thus, if you don't have an 8-pin you can either buy a Z77 mobo with a 4-pin plug or get a new PSU.
 
I don't know. But what I SUSPECT is that 8-pin will give you potentially greater voltage (important for overclocking) and more stable voltage. It probably features on the more up-market mobos which are expected to be used for overclocking and/or have more onboard stuff.
 
I have been using a Akasa 550W 80+ with single 4pin on my asus z68 board (with 8 pin connector) for the last few months with no issues, 2500k at 4.2ghz and a 448 core gtx 560ti, I was using the same power on my amd board and that had a 4 pin connector but I bet drew a hell of a lot more power for the 6 core phenom I was running. I will upgrade in the future but seems to deliver plenty of power for the time being.
 
Bottle said:
I don't know. But what I SUSPECT is that 8-pin will give you potentially greater voltage (important for overclocking) and more stable voltage. It probably features on the more up-market mobos which are expected to be used for overclocking and/or have more onboard stuff.
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yep, you may as well plug in all 8 as it will give the cpu more wattage headroom :)
 
Hmmmm this has confused my plans as I was going to get the Gigabyte Z77X-D3H but it only has a 4pin connector and not sure if it really matters....the MSI Z77A-G45 has 8pins but less SATA3 ports and less USB 3 ports...hmmmmm
 
I have no problems running all that lot in my Sig on a Corsair HX520. I was using only the 4-pin at first cuz like someone said above.. i had actually tucked it away and forget it was there :D My 2700k OC'd better after using the 8-pin :p
 
MyBrains said:
I have no problems running all that lot in my Sig on a Corsair HX520. I was using only the 4-pin at first cuz like someone said above.. i had actually tucked it away and forget it was there :D My 2700k OC'd better after using the 8-pin :p
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Cool ok so the 8pin does seem to make a diffrece....thanks for the info guys!
 
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