Aspire TC 1760 power supply. bought a 500w on the motherboard there is an 8 way plug but only 4 pins

Texpis
Texpis Member Posts: 6

Tinkerer

hi all I have the above pc and wanted to put in a better graphics card nothing too drastic mainly used for laser cutting software but would like to play the ot game. I checked my power supply and it’s 180w so not much give there so I have bought a 500w on the motherboard there is an 8 way plug but only 4 pins are used, my new power supply has 2 4 pin plugs so could in theory plug them both in should I use 1 4 pin plug or both?

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  • KJN9000000
    KJN9000000 Member Posts: 398 Seasoned Practitioner WiFi Icon
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    You would use both

  • Texpis
    Texpis Member Posts: 6

    Tinkerer

    edited February 9

    It does work with only the one but I thought that may be the case thanks for the reply

    Mick