PSU help

allday247

allday247

allday247

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I Recently purchased a PSU off the Members market and started to build a new pc this weekend. When i came to attach all the power cables there wasn't a 8pin mobo connector (P8 connector) anywhere.
The brand of the PSU is BeQuiet! Dark Power pro 750W, which is also a modular PSU. Now I would usually expect one 8pin mobo connector to be bundled with the main line that comes out of the PSU but on this PSU there is only the 24pin connector and the 8pin connector is a separate modular cable.

Now the problem is the seller didn't include this cable. Whilst I wait for the seller to find the specific cable would it be possible to use one of the PCI-E power cables to connect to the 8pin mobo header? (the one near the CPU).
The difference with this wire is that the PCI-e cables are both 8 pin connectors are the PSU and GFX, whilst the missing P8 Connector is 10pin at the PSU and 8 at the Mobo... this is my concern.

This is being plugged into a new Sandy Bridge build btw. If it is ok to use the PCI-e line, are there any potential issues?
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The cable missing is the yellow P8 connector.
 
Unfortunately you can't use the PCI-E cable but you can use the 4 pin connector until the 8 pin arrives.

What is your system spec.
 
i5 2500K
Asus P8P67 PRO
2x2gb corsair xms3
ati 5870

the pci-e cable does actually have 8 pins so would that akasa cable be required?
RJC - what draw back is there is to using the 4in?
 
the 8 pin pci-e cable wont physically fit in the motherboard 8pin ATX, the shapes are slightly different.
 
Assists with power to the cpu, will the original seller be able to find the cable in question.
 
i hope so else i'll more likely ask for a refund as the PSU is incomplete and it wasn't mentioned anywhere in the thread. tbh it's unusable in it's current state
 
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