Question CPU power cable help.

[marcovstaden6]

I have a gigabyte A320M-S2H motherboard with a 8 pin CPU power connector and my current power supply only has a 4 pin so I am wondering if my ryzen 5 1600x cpu wil have enough power?

 

[Barty1884]

What PSU do you have?

If your PSU only has a 4pin, it's extremely dated at this point. You can theoretically only populate the leftmost 4pins of an 8pin header and (in a lot of cases) have things just 'work', but when your PSU does not have the appropriate connectors for your hardware, that's a good sign you need a new PSU.

 

[marcovstaden6]

What PSU do you have?

If your PSU only has a 4pin, it's extremely dated at this point. You can theoretically only populate the leftmost 4pins of an 8pin header and (in a lot of cases) have things just 'work', but when your PSU does not have the appropriate connectors for your hardware, that's a good sign you need a new PSU.

I have a thermaltake litepower 450 watt psu

 

[Barty1884]

I have a thermaltake litepower 450 watt psu

While the litepower units are not great, it does have a 4+4pin EPS connector:

https://www.thermaltake.com/litepower-450w.html

 

[PC Tailor]

As stated above, you can populate just the 4 pins and it should work fine, but it might also not work.
Realistically, it's a dated PSU, and one that isn't really made for purpose for the MB, that and the Litepower series are a pretty poor standard of PSUs.
IMO, I would upgrade your PSU anyway, with one that does suit the requirements and is good quality.

 

[marcovstaden6]

While the litepower units are not great, it does have a 4+4pin EPS connector:

https://www.thermaltake.com/litepower-450w.html

I found the cable bundeld up behind the motherboard 😅😅