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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
17. Power connectors
ThesePowerconnectorsallowyoutoconnectyourmotherboardtoapowersupply.
Thepowersupplyplugsaredesignedtotinonlyoneorientation,ndtheproper
orientationandpushdownrmlyuntilthepowersupplyplugsarefullyinserted.
• DONOTconnectthe6-pinpowerplugonly,themotherboardmayoverheatunder
heavyusage.
• EnsuretoconnectboththeEATX12V1andEATX12V28-pinpowerplugs,orconnect
boththe8-pinand6-pinpowerplugs.
• Forafullyconguredsystemwithoutadditionaladd-oncards,werecommendthat
youuseapowersupplyunit(PSU)thatcomplieswithATX12VSpecication2.0(or
laterversion)andprovidesaminimumpowerof700W.
• WerecommendthatyouuseaPSUwithahigherpoweroutputwhenconguringa
systemwithmorepower-consumingdevices.Thesystemmaybecomeunstableor
maynotbootupifthepowerisinadequate.
• Ifyouwanttousetwoormorehigh-endPCIExpressx16cards,useaPSUwith
2000Wpowerorabovewitha220VACinputtoensurethesystemstability.
• IfyouwanttousetwoGPUcards,useaPSUwith1300Wpowerorabovetoensure
thesystemstability.