A technician is replacing a power supply in a standard ATX tower which has a motherboard that requires additional power for its PCIe slots. What kind of power connector should the technician look for on the new power supply to provide this additional power?
The correct power connector for providing additional power to PCIe slots on a motherboard is the 6/8-pin PCIe power connector. This connector is specifically designed to deliver the extra current that high-end graphics cards and other PCIe devices may require to operate.
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