Power Supplies/Motherboards?

Niffoni · Post by **Niffoni** » November 6, 2005, 4:03 pm

I'm putting together a computer at the moment, but I'm scratching my head at connecting the power supply to my motherboard.

The cord for the power supply has 20 pins, but the motherboard seems to have a slot for 24. Am I boned? The manual says that's where the cord goes.

Leonaerd · Post by **Leonaerd** » November 6, 2005, 4:42 pm

Yep! Your power supply is outdated. Return it and get one with a 24-pin connector. I highly recommend the Antec Phantom. Just carefully inspect the back of the box of what you intend to purchase, as they are always labelled with what type of connectors they have.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » November 6, 2005, 6:55 pm

Make sure you have an ATX form factor box. Newer power supplies will not fit in old AT boxes.

Niffoni · Post by **Niffoni** » November 6, 2005, 7:32 pm

Thanks guys. Guess the salesguy blew it because he sold me both the case (with PS) and the MB at the same time =p Gotta make another run up there.

Leonaerd · Post by **Leonaerd** » November 6, 2005, 7:57 pm

Then the salesguy is a moron. Where did you purchase them from?

Niffoni · Post by **Niffoni** » November 6, 2005, 9:51 pm

Local store called Greenlyph. Pretty solid computer parts store. Basically just a door with a counter behind it though ;p

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » November 6, 2005, 10:08 pm

tell them he gave you the wrong part, and you demand the right one. If they try to charge you, tell them you will spread the word to net nerds that this store cant pick a simple PS correctly.

Leonaerd · Post by **Leonaerd** » November 6, 2005, 10:19 pm

That is a very good way to get yourself a better power supply at no extra cost!

Kluden · Post by **Kluden** » November 7, 2005, 1:16 pm

Is that an outdated thing or is it just the new Intel and/or AMD motherboard power pin spec issue? I think current AMD's use 24 pin rather than 20 pin...both being ATX.

Just make sure the box says "For Intel Pentium 4" and/or "For AMD Athlon64" or says "has both 20 and 24 pin output"...etc.

That's probably where you got "boned"....but they do sell adapters too...so DON'T let them give you one of those....always get the correct power supply with connector...never use adapters! they are the devil!

Post by **Xouqoa** » November 7, 2005, 1:22 pm

The ATX standard was updated in the past year or so, I think - and when they did that the power connectors went from 20 to 24 pins. I had the same problem when I upgraded a couple of weeks ago. I had planned on reusing my power supply but it only had 20 pins so I had to go buy a new one. >< I noticed that a lot of the boards at the store had 24 pin connectors now, but I didn't pay enough attention to notice if it was just the AMD ones or not.

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » November 7, 2005, 1:36 pm

There's a 1,000 watt PSU available now. You can plug your washer and dryer into it and still have enough power for games.

Power PC and Cooling, Inc. has announced the shipment of a 1,000 watt (1 kilowatt) power supply units for the masses.

The unit, called Turbo-Cool 1KW, will produce 1 kilowatt of continuous power, with 66 amps total on the +12VDC rails. The unit will retail for $489.00 US and carries a 5-year warranty.

Sionistic · Post by **Sionistic** » November 7, 2005, 2:26 pm

1k watt? What the hell do you need 1k watts for? Double duel SLI, Double water cooling, 8 led lights , and a drive fan set?

masteen · Post by **masteen** » November 7, 2005, 5:28 pm

I had this problem when I was building my new gaming rig a while back. I bought the best Antec newegg had, and it came with the 20 pin. I ordered a Coolermaster 480 watt because it specified the 24 pin connector, and was very suprised with how stable the system was, how cool the supply stayed, and how quiet it was as well. I stuck the Antec one into my old rig to see if the instability when I OCed it was because of power, and it sure was.

Both systems are now garbage after taking a bath in storm water

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » November 7, 2005, 5:41 pm

My Antec 430 is 24 pin and it's a year and a half old. The extra pins are in a slider and aren't connected by defalt. All you have to do is... ta da! slide it together with the other 20 pins.

I'm sure CM is a great PS but I've had mine for over a year and a half, run 6 fans, a 3000+, 6800 GT, 2 Hard Drives, 2 Optical Drives, a sound card, a firewire card, and TV Tuner and never had a hiccup... take it for what it's worth though.

Marb

masteen · Post by **masteen** » November 7, 2005, 7:25 pm

Hey, I did say the Antec fixed my power problem on the old rig, enabling me to overclock it for leetness.

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » November 8, 2005, 1:06 pm

Oh, I miss-read... sorry about that. If I haven't said so yet, I'm very sorry to hear about your flooding and loss

Marb

Dal-KoE · Post by **Dal-KoE** » November 11, 2005, 4:36 pm

Sionistic wrote:1k watt? What the hell do you need 1k watts for? Double duel SLI, Double water cooling, 8 led lights , and a drive fan set?

The pump for the landing gear.

Niffoni · Post by **Niffoni** » November 11, 2005, 5:48 pm

Incidently, the store told me to plug the 20 pin power supply into the 24 pin motherboard. As did tech support.

It works, i guess, but it made me nervous =p

Leonaerd · Post by **Leonaerd** » November 12, 2005, 1:53 am

Freaky. I was unaware that such a procedure was possible. Congrats.