4-pin vs. 8-pin 12V Connector? Quad Overclocking

[JimGoose]

I was reading up on the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L mobo as a platform to overclock a Q6600, but then I read something at xbitlabs where they were trying to overclock a quad extreme CPU and managed to melt the 4-pin connector.

According to "siliconmadness", 4-pin mobos are no good for overclocking quad-cores, and an 8-pin 12v connector is required to deliver reliable safe power.

Anyone have experience with overclocking with 4-pin?

http://www.siliconmadness.com/2008/01/what-happens-when-you-push-things-too.html

 

[rockbyter]

i ran my 3.2 GHz q6600 with 4 pins in the 8 pin connector with no issues for 2 weeks before upgrading the power supply for alternative purposes

 

[Shadow703793]

Many people here are running on P35-DS3x boards and do not have a problem with ocing the Q6600. It could have been a earlier revision of the board or the PSU itself. [strike]Note that they never said any thing about the PSU, not even the brand[/strike]. If you used a tire 4 PSU and try OCing it most certainly will do some thing like this.

Edit:
The PSU was a SunbeamTech Nuuo SUNNU550-EUAP (550W).
http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/mainboards/display/ga-p35-ds3l_7.html
It is a Tier 3 PSU. Which I consider a low end for OCing on quad.
http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:65Oi9JaLirUJ:www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php%3Ft%3D108088+XS+PSU&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a
(Had to use the Google Cache since the site was down)

 

[JimGoose]

Thanks for the help. I guess I will have to get a new PSU then if I want to O/c a Q6600... I have a "Tier 4" Ultra Xfinity

 

[Zorg]

Yipes! Throw that thing in the trash.

 

[JimGoose]

haha... it's really that bad? it's 500w (wattage calculator says i need only 421w) dual rail and has 8-pin 12v EPS connector, and... it's really shiny. but i guess this conversation belongs in the PSU forum.