Hi,
I'm new here and hoping to get some help so I don't run the risk of letting the smoke out of a new build I'm doing. I've got a Thermaltake Toughpower 1200w Gold power supply and a MSI Z490 Godlike motherboard. The MB has a 6 pin ATX power connector. The power supply doesn't have a socket (right terminology I hope? ) labeled for that. It has red 8 pin PCIE and black 8 pin peripheral sockets. Will connecting an 8 pin PCIE from the PS with a 6 pin cable - one that has a disconnectable 2 pins, leaving 6 to connect - to the ATX connector on the MB work? My thinking is there's got to be something that will work since the MB and PS are both current products. I hope!!!
Thanks much for any help!
I'm new here and hoping to get some help so I don't run the risk of letting the smoke out of a new build I'm doing. I've got a Thermaltake Toughpower 1200w Gold power supply and a MSI Z490 Godlike motherboard. The MB has a 6 pin ATX power connector. The power supply doesn't have a socket (right terminology I hope? ) labeled for that. It has red 8 pin PCIE and black 8 pin peripheral sockets. Will connecting an 8 pin PCIE from the PS with a 6 pin cable - one that has a disconnectable 2 pins, leaving 6 to connect - to the ATX connector on the MB work? My thinking is there's got to be something that will work since the MB and PS are both current products. I hope!!!
Thanks much for any help!