Over clocking my motherboard.
Over clocking my motherboard.
Hey Everyone,
These components are still being shipped and I haven’t finished assembling them. I just wanted to double-check before I risk overloading a cable or needing to reset the CMOS.
Here’s what I have:
A6-5400k
Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-D3HP
G.Skill Sniper DDR3 2400MHz
My motherboard uses an 8-pin ATX port, but my power supply only has a 4-pin plug. If I try to overclock the motherboard to match the 2400MHz RAM, will that draw too much power from my 4-pin connection? I’m aware it would also overclock the CPU and RAM, so I’d better be cautious.
It seems you're likely using an 8-pin plug, which will verify all eight pins. It may not require them until you reach an A8 or A10, but it should still perform the check.
It seems you're likely using an 8-pin connector, and it's probably checking all of the pins. You may need to use a plug that fits this configuration, especially when reaching into A8 or A10 areas.
I understand what you're referring to, connecting 4pin and molex to achieve 4pin output.
In fact, I'm not sure if the 4 and the +4 are identical. You'd need 4+ molex to 8, if such a solution exists. Nonetheless, it's usually wise to skip trying to add those connections if they're missing.
Haven't really seen anything like that but I also know that for every time I add an adapter like the 4 pin molex to 4 pin atx, there is a slight reduction in power. I think that it should work for a mild over clock like over clocking the ram which is all I intend. I figure that if I add the 4 pin molex to 4 pin atx, I should have better stability than just 1 4 pin atx powering the processor.