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gmastra100 · Nov 25, 2012, 12:10 PM

Hi, on a similar vain, I just got the same board, and had the same question, but being eager I went and plugged 4 of the 8 plug 12v sockets . It works on my x 4 phenom. What I was puzzled with is that I have an XFX 750W PSU. and it comes with 2 x4 pin connectors on one cable with both connectors close together. Only trouble is that the keying of the pins means I can only fit one of them. I want to upgrade to steamroller next year, but don't want to spend more money . Can I split the cable to make the connectors further apart and then fit each into the 2 4 pin mobo connectors ?

System Name:	Dad
Processor:	AMD FX8350
Motherboard:	Asus Crosshair V formula
Cooling:	Phanteks PHTC14CS
Memory:	8GB ( 4x2GH) Gskil DDR3 12800CL9
Video Card:	XFX HD 6950 2GB
Hard Disk:	Sandisk 120GB extreme, seagate baracuda 1TB 7200.14
Optical Drive:	Sony AD-5260S-OB
CRT/LCD Model:	Samsung 2333 23" LCD
Case:	Dragon rider
Sound Card:	onboard
PSU:	XFX 750W 80+ bronze
Software:	Windows x64 Ultimate
Benchmarks:	Wei Proccessor 6 ( just got it ) Ram 7.5 Graphics 7.9 Disk drive 7.9

Nov 25, 2012, 12:10 PM	#10
gmastra100 Join Date: Nov 2011 Posts: 61 (0.10/day) Thanks: 0 Thanked 13 Times in 9 Posts System Specs	Hi, on a similar vain, I just got the same board, and had the same question, but being eager I went and plugged 4 of the 8 plug 12v sockets . It works on my x 4 phenom. What I was puzzled with is that I have an XFX 750W PSU. and it comes with 2 x4 pin connectors on one cable with both connectors close together. Only trouble is that the keying of the pins means I can only fit one of them. I want to upgrade to steamroller next year, but don't want to spend more money . Can I split the cable to make the connectors further apart and then fit each into the 2 4 pin mobo connectors ?