COMPUTER HARDWARE
MOTHERBOARDS AND EXPANSION CARDS
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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6 or 8 pin
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4 or 8 pin
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4 or 6 pin
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6 or 10 pin
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Detailed explanation-1: -If your motherboard has an 8-pin socket, but your power supply only has a 4-pin cable, then you can use an adapter, but you may overload your power supply.
Detailed explanation-2: -NO! Using a 4-pin connector in 8 pin CPU slot on the motherboard is not recommended because both cables carry different wattages. The 4-pin connector can supply up to 155W, and the 8-pin connector can supply up to 235W.
Detailed explanation-3: -The ATX 4-pin power supply connector is a standard motherboard power connector used to provide +12 VDC to the processor voltage regulator.
Detailed explanation-4: -A 4-pin connector has a given resistance and running a certain number of amps through the resistance creates a certain voltage drop and generates heat from that resistance. An 8-pin connector will have half the resistance of the 4-pin and thus half the voltage drop and half the heat spread over twice the connector.