how much does a 8 pin CPU connector give in wattage? my i7 5820K OC draws 160ish watts. I know a 8pin PCI-E connector is 150ish watts so is this okay? will I burn it out? I have a decent power supply a EVGA GQ 1000W 80+ Gold. am I at risk of hurting my board, PSU, or CPU???
No your fine. The motherboard's 24 pin provides some power as well as the 8 pin eps. There is plenty of power available to the cpu, and that power supply has ample resources to deliver much more power than you could ever need.
I remember times when the whole mobo had power connectors.
You have the 20+4 Pin connector to supply everything. The 8 pin CPU header is to take load of the traces. You are fine.
phew okay :) okay one more question. I have the cache and cpu OCed 1.33v on the core. and 1.2 v on the Cache/Ring is this okay? do thoughs voltages add up to 2+v? or are they entirely separate from eachother and cant be added really
as in am I hurting it more by pumping a lot of voltage in it.
So I should be fine when my psu only has a 4pin cpu connector, but the motherboard 8?
I worked with an fx8350, but does it hurt anything?
ive heard that it would be wise not to OC if that's the case
makes sense, as the fx8350 draws a lot of power.
also I would get a better PSU :P