850HX install

[Midnight]

Im installing my 850hx and it has a 8-Pin EPS 12V. It also has 8-pin PCI-E connections.

It is my understanding I dont use the EPS 12V for anything other than motherboard connections?

It fits the 8 pin slot in my GPUs but i wanted to make sure that I cant use it for that.

thanks.

 

[fffblackmage]

Pretty sure you shouldn't be using EPS for the PCIe graphics cards. And it shouldn't fit in the PCIe slots anyways.

8-pin PCIe

8-pin EPS

Look at the two pins on the right. The square pin is on top for PCIe while it's on the bottom for EPS. Pin-out is also different. Just look at the wire colors.

http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html#eps8
http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html#pciexpress8

 

[Midnight]

makes sense. i was able to fit either 8 pin in the gpu but one was much harder to fit =P

thanks.

 

[BoomerD]

Yes. Use the EPS 12v connector ONLY for the motherboard and the Pci-E connectors ONLY for the video card. You'll FUBAR the board and/or video card if you switch them around. (and probably your CPU as well since the EPS 12v connector is CPU power.)

 

[BTRY B 529th FA BN]

Very Nice PSU :thumbsup: