My PSU doesn't have enough pins?

Cybergangster · 15 Jun 2006 at 15:22

I have purchased a new motherboard and as I fitted it to the case I noticed that the ATX power supply is not a direct fit. The motherboard requires a 24-pin connection, but my PSU has only 20 pins. This is the first time I've come across this. Can anyone tell me if this is a 'show stopper' and if I require another PSU?

Cybergangster · 15 Jun 2006 at 15:34

It's a budget system so I'm going to get a budget PSU. I'm having trouble finding what I want though. None of the el-cheapo PSUs I'm looking at state the number of pins. Is there a particular name or definition I should be searching for?

Cybergangster · 15 Jun 2006 at 15:46

Thanks, but I'm building this for a colleague for the slimmist profit margin so I'll have to pass. By 'el-cheapo' I'm talking REAL cheap - kinda like "If you even thing of overclocking me, I'll smoke your @$$".

Cybergangster · 15 Jun 2006 at 15:50

Thank you! You're both God-sends

. I just phoned my local hardware store and they have converters for less than a fiver.

Cheers for the help.

Cybergangster · 16 Jun 2006 at 13:48

marc mercer said:
yep, if you check in the mobo manual - most even specify that it is fine to use a 20pin PSU. As the extra 4 pins provide extra juice to the PCI-E slot, the only time you might need an adapter is with a high end gfx card. Interestingly my X800gto2 worked fine with just the 20pin, but with my 7600gt I had to use the adapter. Athough the 7600 uses much less power than the x800, it doesn't have a secondary power connector, so clearly more is drawn through the PCI-E slot.

Good advice... I'm using a 7600GT in there so I'll need *** adapter.