how many pins for I7-2600

[minemarcius]

How many pins does motherboard need to have to run I7-2600 is it 4 or 8?

 

[Paul NZ]

What pins?

 

[minemarcius]

What pins?

There are pins for PSU in the motherboard for CPU next to it's socket sometimes CPUs require 8pins, but I don't know about this one

 

[Paul NZ]

That depends on the mobo youre getting, not the CPU

 

[chris987]

if your mobo has an 8pin cpu power socket , you should plug both 4+4 pin cpu power cable. if your psu has only a 4pin cpu power cable i would recommend to buy a better psu. you are running an 95w i7 afterall.

 

[minemarcius]

if your mobo has an 8pin cpu power socket , you should plug both 4+4 pin cpu power cable. if your psu has only a 4pin cpu power cable i would recommend to buy a better psu. you are running an 95w i7 afterall.

what if my mobo only has 4pin power socket, will it be enough? My psu has 4+4

 

[HEXiT]

absolutely no need for a new psu unless your extreme oc'n with multi card setup.
the 4 pin atx provides enough extra power to the motherboard to handle 1-2 cards.
so if you only have a 4 pin atx psu but an 8 pin atx motherboard just plug it in and it will work.

 

[chris987]

if your mobo has an 8pin cpu power socket , you should plug both 4+4 pin cpu power cable. if your psu has only a 4pin cpu power cable i would recommend to buy a better psu. you are running an 95w i7 afterall.

what if my mobo only has 4pin power socket, will it be enough? My psu has 4+4

you wont have a problem , i wanted to point out that the whichever the power socket is, it should be fully occupied.