Asus ROG 3 Extreme and power connectors

Easy Rhino · Mar 21, 2015

So this board has a 24 pin and 2 x 8 pin connectors. Do I need to plug in BOTH 8 pin connectors if I am not going to overclock? Sorry for the noob question but my PSU only has the 1 8 pin connector. Oh, it is the old 1366 board.

GreiverBlade · Mar 21, 2015

normally only 1 8pin EPS is enough the 2nd is mostly used under extreme OC. (i had a Rampage III Extreme )

iirc it's described in the user manual, but i am not 100% sure

Easy Rhino · Mar 21, 2015

GreiverBlade said:
normally only 1 8pin EPS is enough the 2nd is mostly used under extreme OC. (i had a Rampage III Extreme )

iirc it's described in the user manual, but i am not 100% sure

thanks, that is what i figured. i don't have the manual on hand so googling now.

OneMoar · Mar 22, 2015

depends some boards need both or they won't post

Norton · Mar 22, 2015

OneMoar said:
depends some boards need both or they won't post

I have a Rampage III Extreme also- you only need to connect a single 8 pin unless you're going for an extreme overclock.

Running it with a single 8pin on a Corsair TX650 atm but don't remember which one it's plugged into?

OneMoar · Mar 22, 2015

all depends on how the phases are wired if they are all on the same rail and both connectors feed into that rail then its never a issue
if you have a board that uses two input rails one for each set of regs then it could be a issue

zo0lykas · Mar 22, 2015

I think easy way, and faster would be read manual, sometimes iam looking forum and surprised who lazy peoples are here

here is link for you'r answer http://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/108933/

Easy Rhino said:
So this board has a 24 pin and 2 x 8 pin connectors. Do I need to plug in BOTH 8 pin connectors if I am not going to overclock? Sorry for the noob question but my PSU only has the 1 8 pin connector. Oh, it is the old 1366 board.

GreiverBlade · Mar 22, 2015

OneMoar said:
depends some boards need both or they won't post

OneMoar said:
all depends on how the phases are wired if they are all on the same rail and both connectors feed into that rail then its never a issue
if you have a board that uses two input rails one for each set of regs then it could be a issue

not the case on the III Extreme serie. (and as far as i recall it ... i never seen a mobo that was like that ... )
technically luckily the answer was given on the 1st post... the only thing i wasn't sure is "if it was described in the user manual", on the other hand i was 100% sure only 1 was needed unless heavy OC.

Norton said:
I have a Rampage III Extreme also- you only need to connect a single 8 pin unless you're going for an extreme overclock.

Running it with a single 8pin on a Corsair TX650 atm but don't remember which one it's plugged into?

yep a confirmation yay for RIIIE owner! (even if i am a ex owner and, damn, i miss that one ... )

zo0lykas said:
I think easy way, and faster would be read manual, sometimes iam looking forum and surprised who lazy peoples are here

here is link for you'r answer http://www.asus.com/support/FAQ/108933/

not really lazy ... if i knew he didn't had the manual i would have uploaded the pdf of it ... most of the time i buy my stuff 2nd hand and get only the hardware and no software or paper with it.
also yep searching yourself doesn't hurt either.

tho that answer is weird (to not say missleading)? the EPS12v is usefull for tri CFX/SLI??? i thought it was for CPU power supplying and the extra Molex 4P (EZ-Plug) you find in the middle and/or bottom of the board was for that .... :roll:

(the question mention it but not the answer

)
and the EATX12V connector is the 20/24pin the 4/8pin is, iirc, EPS12V

HammerON · Mar 22, 2015

Easy Rhino said:
So this board has a 24 pin and 2 x 8 pin connectors. Do I need to plug in BOTH 8 pin connectors if I am not going to overclock? Sorry for the noob question but my PSU only has the 1 8 pin connector. Oh, it is the old 1366 board.

No you do not need to plug in both.

Easy Rhino · Mar 22, 2015

Thanks everyone. To add to my drama the board will not post with just the 1 8 pin connected but i am like 75% positive it is because my PSU is faulty. I have had it for quite some time and when it was in the q6600 , the 24 pin connector has to be man handled for it to post. I always just figured that was because the 755 board was old and the connector on it was faulty. Not I know it is actually the PSU. That even explains why I could not get the GPU stable on some games unless I underclocked and undervolted it. I just ordered a Seasonic G series 550 W which will do the job nicely since this board and chip are being used as a server. Should find out tomorrow. The good news is that if the PSU is bad then I can sell the q6600, board, and ram plus the GPU !

Norton · Mar 22, 2015

Good luck with that board!

Mine has been running trouble free (knocks wood) 24/7 for many months with a mildly overclocked i7-970 in it. :cool:

It's been running so long that I've forgotten the last time that I have checked the actual machine :oops:

I do check its progress on crunching daily though

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Asus ROG 3 Extreme and power connectors

Easy Rhino

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