What way would you string this wires together?

euser1984 · 02-07-2015 07:28PM #1

There for connecting a cpu connector to wires from a psu.

The cpu connector was cut from the cpu in the past to be used for something else.

Thanks.

02-07-2015 11:32PM

How many wires? Usually Molex I believe.
They seem a little light duty for a high power ATX to me though.

euser1984 · 03-07-2015 02:12PM

It's a 450w psu but the cpu connector comes from a 1500w.

There's 8 wires to connect....should I just use two molex connectors? What about one of those terminal blocks?

I could just use the 1500w psu in this case but I want to sell it at some stage and definitely don't need it for this computer anyway.

03-07-2015 02:59PM

It's not the watts you need to worry about so much as the amps. Assuming the pin loading is equally distributed and the ATX is actually running at full load that's 10A per line. Just looks a bit weedy to me.

Cables should be at least 1.5mm² for that or 2.5mm² if you go much higher.
I'd use this or this.

I'm sure they're overkill though because the PSU may not be fully loaded. If in doubt measure it at full load.

Easiest thing to do is use connectors that fit in the sockets.

euser1984 · 03-07-2015 06:28PM

Sorry it's actually the CPU specific power connector I'm trying to string back to the power supply, not the ATX motherboard power.

The wires for the ATX connector are much bigger than the one in my original post.

03-07-2015 09:01PM

Any photos?

What way would you string this wires together?

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