20-pin PS Connector

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Mascot

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• Jul 23, 2005

• #1

Will a 20pin work with a 24 pin MOBO?

 

thedoc

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• Jul 25, 2005

• #2

depends on the mobo, mine will accept either.

 

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bastula

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• Jul 26, 2005

• #3

it should. if you arent sure about it, you should get a PSU that has a 24 pin connection, or get a 20-24 pin converter. im not sure how safe a 20-24 pin converter is, but ive heard that it does just fine. 4 extra pins just delievers a bit more power to the mobo, thats all. it'll run fine on 20.

 

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suineg

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• Jul 28, 2005

• #4

My P5AD2E runs off of 20 pin just fine. Eventually here I will switch to 24.

 

SolidxSnake

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• Jul 28, 2005

• #5

The extra 4 pins are for the PCI-E 75w spec. I'd reccommend getting a 24-pin native PSU, and a good one at that.