PSU

[NoobieOCer]

hi looking at PSu they have somthing called ATX 2.0 and atx 2.2 and atx 2.5 =/ i was told they had something to do with what voltage they dispense in which pin and the way they was configured and my motherboard took 2.0..... i was wondering what happens if i put a ATX 2.2 or 2.5 into a ATX 2.0 motherboard. also what is OEM seems to be cheaper... i searched online and it said that the company bought the product and then put their name on it and sold it off =/ is it any difference from the retail?

 

[smithy83]

oem normally comes without a box, manual and have a 1 year warranty

and i beleave power supplys are backwards compatable so you will be fine

 

[Nomisf]

Power supply standards are compatible with eachother as long as they are ATX, its just to do with the addition of extra connections/pins for modern higher draw equipment.

As for OEM , stands for Origional Equipment Manafacturer, an OEM part is sold the way it would be sold to a large corporation like Dell, so without the manuals boxes and such, its a cheaper way to buy components, but it does mean no box or manuals or extra accessories.

 

[semi-pro waster]

As said above OEM means Original Equipment Manufacturer and if you see a product labelled with it (by the shop) then it usually means just the bare product. However there is also the issue of companies without the required manufacturing ability using another company to build the parts for them and rebranding, in these cases you might get a full retail box but it will be branded with another name e.g. Seasonic make PSUs for Corsair (and others) but you will get a full retail box from Corsair.

As far as I'm aware the ATX standard is only up to 2.2, at least officially. Great reading material for insomniacs but the essential details are that PSUs are designed to be backwards compatible since it is an incremental standard and a 2.X revision is less of a step than an X.0 revision anyway.

 

[NoobieOCer]

TY for ** help guys