Mobo/CPU power cable ?

I have a ASUS P6T mobo with a i7-950 CPU.The mobo has a 8 pin power cable connection for the CPU, but 4 of the pics are covers. Not 4 on one side, but 4 on one end.

I have the machine running, all is well, but I'm wondering if I should get an 8 pin cable and use that instead of the 4. I don't do any gaming or real heavy usage projects. A #2 pencil and a sheet of lined paper would do most of what I do.

I have looked on the ASUS forum but not found a positive answer one way or the other, maybe there isn't one.

I figured I'd post here since the knowledge level here seems to exceed any other forum.

Any info is appreciated.

All eight are not normally needed unless you've fitted an Extreme Edition
CPU which requires considerably more power...

I assume you mean the 4 pin plug on the upper right of this picture:

Can you easily take off the covers over the other 4 pins, to reveal all 8?

I doubt if you would have any problem with that. You have a high powered PSU to go along with your high powered processor.

Does your PSU have a proper connector to connect to all 8 pins?

I can connect an 8 pin cable to the PSU - CPU, no problem

As Qdos mentioned, I don't have an Extreme CPU, so I probably don't need the 8 pin connection.

I need a wife to make these decisions for me.

Oh yeah, thanks for the replies.