Question 16 pins to 8 pins adapter

[chaoyang]

Will there be any draw back such as the speed of the power is being drawn from the PSU to the motherboard.

Also should I power my hard drive directly from psu or motherboard?

 

[USAFRet]

Need a whole lot more info on this.
What parts, specifically? All of them.

And no...the HDD gets powered from the PSU, not the motherboard.

 

[chaoyang]

My motherboard can only be powered by an 8 pins power cable but my psu on have a 16 pins power cable so i bought this adapter:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/24Pin-to...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

 

[USAFRet]

My motherboard can only be powered by an 8 pins power cable but my psu on have a 16 pins power cable so i bought this adapter:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/24Pin-to-8Pin-ATX-Dell-Optiplex-7020-3020-Power-Supply-Motherboard-Adapter-Cable/293370775308?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

Generally, adapters like this are a bad idea.
As you've not given us any real details, it is impossible to say.
And a description on fleabay is less than useful.

 

[Nemesia]

Can we have your full system specs.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

What board?