I am working on a build for my roommate and I had the power supply short out with flash, smoke, smell and all. The wattage itself is about 585 and here are what it is powering:
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P
EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W
Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB
HEC 6C28BBX585 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 585W Power Supply
I haven't run into this setup before with a motherboard CPU power of 2x4. The power supply has a 2x10 pin main power + another 2x2 to make the 20+4 pin. It does not technically have a single 2x4 pin for the CPU, but it does have a 2x2.
Simply Put:
2x2 pin x2
2x10 pin x1
If I use the 2x2 from the main power for the CPU, will the motherboard have enough power with just the 20 pin connector? assuming the PS unit is still good
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P
EVGA 512-P3-N871-AR GeForce 9800 GTX
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 Wolfdale 3.16GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W
Kingston 2GB 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Western Digital VelociRaptor WD1500HLFS 150GB 10000 RPM 16MB
HEC 6C28BBX585 Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case 585W Power Supply
I haven't run into this setup before with a motherboard CPU power of 2x4. The power supply has a 2x10 pin main power + another 2x2 to make the 20+4 pin. It does not technically have a single 2x4 pin for the CPU, but it does have a 2x2.
Simply Put:
2x2 pin x2
2x10 pin x1
If I use the 2x2 from the main power for the CPU, will the motherboard have enough power with just the 20 pin connector? assuming the PS unit is still good