PSU unit question

[chrisgill369]

As far as i know power supplies are either AMD and P4 compatible or just P4 compatible.......how can you tell which type you have?

thanks

 

[TheMajor]

Are they? I think you can use them for both.

 

[chrisgill369]

hmmm i swear someone told me that, maybe he was wrong. Can anyone confirm?

 

[chrisgill369]

anyone else know if this is true?

 

[Nubius]

Nah most are compatible with both now-a-days but yeah don't know how long ago exactly but it used to be you had to pick one for whatever system you were using. Other than that they all come with 20pin connector, P4 4pin 2x2 connector, and an Aux connector. I haven't looked at really cheap PSU's but for the most part I see most of them saying P4 and AMD compatible.

 

[chrisgill369]

hmm i should be ok then , i didn buy the case that long ago. Its made my raidmax if that makes any difference.

 

[CorruptAssassin]

yeah, I think they just all come with an extra power cable used for Pentium processors. AMD systems dont use this cable; only the motherboard power cable is needed.

I used a "Pentium 4 Edition" power supply (had this on a red sticker) on an AMD system for a while, before I upgraded to a 400WATT sucker. So it doesn't really matter I think

 

[chrisgill369]

on the raidmax website, for my case it says

Power Supply:
PS2 size/ 420 watts ATX12V P4 ready

im getting worried it wont work now :/
it doesnt say anything about amd ready.

I guess i could always buy another one

 

[EdoKoi]

ANY ATX PSU will work w/ any ATX mobo.

 

[Amd64Boy]

it really dosent matter