PIN Compatability ?

[justadude]

Hey all. I recently bought an old Albatron KX18D-ProII. Right now I have a old pos Dell Dimension 8200 (with the 533mhz fsb). I read on the dell forums that dell made funky proprietarily pinned psu's that could/would fry a mobo not made by dell (i couldn't verify this anywhere, if anyone knows anything different please lmk!)

So, I've been nosing around for a cheap PSU/case to stick the stuff in, and I know that this mobo has a 20 pin connector. Most of the new PSU's however, have either a 24 pin, or a 20+4 pin main mobo connector. Are the 20+4 pin connectors ok for older mobo's, so long as you have room for the extra pins to hang off? Thanks so much in advance for the wisdom!

~justadude

 

[jonnyGURU]

Hey all. I recently bought an old Albatron KX18D-ProII. Right now I have a old pos Dell Dimension 8200 (with the 533mhz fsb). I read on the dell forums that dell made funky proprietarily pinned psu's that could/would fry a mobo not made by dell (i couldn't verify this anywhere, if anyone knows anything different please lmk!)

The 8200 had a standard ATX PSU.

So, I've been nosing around for a cheap PSU/case to stick the stuff in, and I know that this mobo has a 20 pin connector. Most of the new PSU's however, have either a 24 pin, or a 20+4 pin main mobo connector. Are the 20+4 pin connectors ok for older mobo's, so long as you have room for the extra pins to hang off? Thanks so much in advance for the wisdom!

The extra pins don't just "hang off". That's the point of the 20+4. If you had just a regular 24-pin, then you'd have to have the extra four pins hang off. With the 20+4, you actually have four pins that "breakaway" completely. You can easily tie back the extra four pins.

 

[justadude]

I love your forums, have looked on there a lot while trying to figure all this out. I very much appreciate you taking the time to help me out!
~justadude