PSU Connectors?

[me]

I need to buy a new PSU for an older PC. The motherboard requires a
20-pin connector and a separate 4-pin connector. So far I see most
PSUs for sale have what they call a 20+4-pin connector and one or two
separate 4-pin connectors plus other connectors. Such as

http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4252527&CatId=1079

I am worried whether the 20+4-pin connector will fit my motherboard.

Thanks

 

[me]

No need to worry. A 20+4 connector will fill a 20-pin motherboard handily.

I hoped as much

thanks

 

[me]

Depending on the PSU make, the +4 part of the 20+4 connector
either disconnects completely, or unclips on one side and swings
away from the 20 pin block. The other 4 pin connector you mention
supplies the +12v power for the CPU.

Thanks

 

[larry moe 'n curly]

No need to worry. A 20+4 connector will fill a 20-pin motherboard handily.

Unless the mobo was designed by incompetents. Speaking of ECS, I have
an Nforce3A ver. 1.0A mobo with a small electrolytic capacitor located
exactly where it blocks the locking tabs of most 24-pin and 20+4-pin
connectors:

http://img206.imagevenue.com/loc67/th_27693_ecs_122_67lo.jpg

 

[me]

Unless the mobo was designed by incompetents. Speaking of ECS, I have
an Nforce3A ver. 1.0A mobo with a small electrolytic capacitor located
exactly where it blocks the locking tabs of most 24-pin and 20+4-pin
connectors:

http://img206.imagevenue.com/loc67/th_27693_ecs_122_67lo.jpg

Cute!

 

[GMAN]

Unless the mobo was designed by incompetents. Speaking of ECS, I have
an Nforce3A ver. 1.0A mobo with a small electrolytic capacitor located
exactly where it blocks the locking tabs of most 24-pin and 20+4-pin
connectors:

http://img206.imagevenue.com/loc67/th_27693_ecs_122_67lo.jpg

Thats not as bad as intel making an Intel 915 Chipset motherboard with
capacitors mounted exactly where they block the only two PCIe 1X slots on the
motherboard.