The 6pin connector prevents the pcie lane from over drawing from the cpu or 24 pin connector and can prevent damage to your motherboard.
													
																	Type 3 8 pin eps12v. 
									
	
		
	
																	The 8 pin cable is electrically compatible but it may not fit into a 4 pin motherboard. 
																	Many power supplies come with a 4 4 pin 12 volt cable which is compatible with both 4 and 8 pin motherboards. 
																	Corsair cp 8920145 premium individually sleeved psu cable kit starter package type 4 generation 3 type. 
																	12v to gnd 470uf 16v. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	5v to gnd 560uf 6 3v. 
																	This psu comes with both eps12v and an unknown 8 pin connector according to jonnyguru. 
																	4 4 pin for the purpose of backwards compatibility some connectors designed for high end motherboards and processors more power is required therefore eps12v has an 8 pin connector. 
																	Second 8 pin eps 12v is it needed. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Corsair type 3 sleeved black eps 12v cpu cable for power supply cpu 12 v dc black 1 item 857128. 
																	As you can see the real eps12v connector doesn t exactly correspond in shape to the 4 4 connector in the manual. 
																	1 x atx 24 pin 610mm 1 x eps12v atx12v 4 4 pin 750mm 2 x pcie 6 2 pin single connector 650mm specifications. 
																	4 pin peripheral power connector. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	2x4 pin connector at the cable. 
																	The board comes with a connector that requires atx 12v 8pin. 
																	12v to gnd. 
																	Sku cp 8920141 type 4 sleeved black 8 pin 4 4 atx12v eps12v cable compatible with all corsair type 4 pin out psu. 
															
													
									
	
		
	
																	Four of the pins on the 8 pin cable fit into the motherboard connector and the other four pins hang off the end. 
																	3 3v to gnd 560uf 6 3v eps12v atx12v 4 4 pin. 
																	The 8 pin cable only fits into one end of the 4 pin motherboard connector unless you try hard to force it into the wrong position. 
																	From the psu manual it states.