COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

COMPUTER HARDWARE

MOTHERBOARDS AND EXPANSION CARDS

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

A Secondary or CPU power connection on the motherboard can have 8 pins?

A	True
B	False
C	Either A or B
D	None of the above

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -An 8-pin connector can deliver up to 384 watts of power, which is twice as much as a 4-pin connector. This means that an 8-pin connector can support more powerful CPUs, and provide more stability and performance. However, not all motherboards have an 8-pin socket, and not all power supplies have an 8-pin cable.

Detailed explanation-2: -PCI-e 6-pin or PCI-e 8-pin power connector These connectors are used to power the mid range to high end graphics card used in a desktop PC. Budget and low-end graphics card do not need them as they draw their power from the motherboard PCI-Express x16 slot only.

Detailed explanation-3: -For modern mainstream Intel and mainstream AMD, you should only ever need to plug in 1 of the 8-pins for any sort of normal use.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most of the current PSUs are comes with 8 pin connector so there is no need to add extra 8 pin connector in PSU which will be useless for you.

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