24pin and 20+4pin... difference??

[NosBoost300]

anybody know what the difference is between 24pin and 20+4 pin... cuz the mobo i'm getting is 24 pin.. and i wanna know if i could just get a 20+4 pin...

 

[adiosk8]

uh well for starters....theres a 4 pin difference.....but 20 pin is used by intel and TRUE amd uses 24 pin...

I have a amd but I use a 20 pin connector works fine, some boards such as the DFI lan party require a true 24 pin to work

 

[NosBoost300]

ok well can you help me now, i'm getting an abit kn8 sli socket 939, and i wanna know if i could use that 20+4 pin...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127225

any psu suggestions?

 

[NosBoost300]

i really need something with a longer than average main plug due to the oddness of my case.... motherboard being in backwards, or something like that as i read

case
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811196006

any suggestions...

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103473

would this be a good psu for using sli??? cuz i see the chords are very long, and in one review they said they used this psu and it fit just fine.

 

[DBD]

Yes you can use that PSU with that mobo. The 20+4 pin connector is a 20 or 24 pin connector. It is a 24 pin connector with a removable 4 pin clip.

I guess you want to have at least 30amps at +12volts, That PSU is 28amps at +12volts so I would look at a different one. It looks like that PSU comes with a extender for the main plug, I'm sure that's why it fits well in that case. You can simply buy a extender and put it on any PSU http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merc...e=M&Product_Code=150116&Category_Code=CaseMod

I was recommended to a antec PSU by our friends here My 430watt antec is 34amps at +12v. This 550watt antec is 38amps at +12v and nVIDIA SLI certified http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103931

 

[DBD]

O' ya if a PSU has dual +12v, you add the 2 +12v XXamp numbers together. so if its +12v(1) 15amps and +12v(2) 15amps that means its +12v with 30amps.

this antec has 2 fans http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103932