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submitted 3 years ago by eggsy@lemm.ee to c/homelab@lemmy.ml

I just received my supermicro x9dr3-f motherboard, which has two cpu 8pin connectors for power, while the power supply I was going to use only has 1. I'm only going to be using a single e5 2667 v2 with it, do I really need to buy a new psu?

The cpu has a 130W tdp.

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[-] czech@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago

According to the manual it is required to use both.

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