• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

Question hooking up my PSU

D

Dulak

Limp Gawd
Joined
Oct 12, 2005
Messages
316
I just bought a antec 550HE PSU and there are 3 non-modular connections coming right out of the PSU.
1 for the mb power
2 a (I think its a 6 or 8 pin to plug also into the mb)
3 a 4pin connector (which I think is used in older amd boards (but I am wondering can I power my graphics card with this cord instead of having to plug a seperate modular cord into it)? running a 8800gts that requires more power

also I have 5 modular slots does it matter where I plug things in and how I arrange them via the cords?
 
Nice PSU!

You have an ATX 24-pin or 20+4-pin cable that goes to the mobo.

You probably have both a 4-pin ATX +12V cable & a 8-pin EPS +12V cable,
sometimes this is a 4+4 splittable connector, you use what the mobo uses,
either a 4-pin or 8-pin to power the CPU.

Your PCI-E GPU connectors will be 6-pin & 8-pin and should fit without any modifications or adapters.

Good Luck,
Dave :)
 
ahh thanks david ... ya wasnt sure what to do with this other 4 pin wire - thought I could put it to use (forgot that my 8800 requires a 6pin connection for power).

btw really like this PSU - looks well made and sounds like it will cool nicely (keep it warm in my room at nite) and from what I understand its pretty near silent).

all my games run fine now and no problems booting up myhardware - ie I was able to boot less and less devices as time went on - didnt realize it was my PSU. And then last week I couldnt run 3d games.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top