20- vs 24- pin psu

tadpolefoder · 06-10-2006, 05:01 AM

Hey guys, im buildin my pc, and i was just wondering:

the motherboard says it supports 20 or 24 pin (theres a little plastic cover that can be put over the last 4) and my power supply says the same --- the psu has 24 pins, 4 of which can be more or less broken off

will the mobo work will 20 or 24? is there an advantage to using 24 to 20? the motherboard manual says that it can work with either.

thanks, jut

ckfordy · 06-10-2006, 05:38 AM

If you have a powersupply that has 24 pins and your motherboard supports it then use the 24 pins even if the motherboard is comapitble with 20 it will run more stable with the 24 pins then 20 pins.

fade2green514 · 06-10-2006, 05:56 AM

yea, use all 24-pins.

tadpolefoder · 06-10-2006, 02:00 PM

well, lets say ive got an athlon64 3200 and single pcie geforce6800 xt with 512 mb ram.... what kind of drop in performance would there be with a 20-pin psu?

holyjunk · 06-10-2006, 09:55 PM

There probably won't be a drop in performance but a drop in stability.

AMD gs player · 06-10-2006, 10:23 PM

my psu has 20 pins together and incase it is a 24 pin mobo i have 4 extra ones atached those are more practical so if u have 24 pins use them

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tadpolefoder New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 21	20- vs 24- pin psu Hey guys, im buildin my pc, and i was just wondering: the motherboard says it supports 20 or 24 pin (theres a little plastic cover that can be put over the last 4) and my power supply says the same --- the psu has 24 pins, 4 of which can be more or less broken off will the mobo work will 20 or 24? is there an advantage to using 24 to 20? the motherboard manual says that it can work with either. thanks, jut __________________ -Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI -Athlon64 3200+ Venice 2.0 ghz -1024 MB Corsair Value RAM -80 GB WD 7200 rpm -160 gb external SimpleDrive -eVGA GeForce 6800XT 256 MB -Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110 -Viewsonic 19" A90f+ -Windows XP Home -HP PSC 2410

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fade2green514 Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: buffalo ny Age: 19 Posts: 3,626	yea, use all 24-pins. __________________ Core 2 Quad Q6600 @ 3ghz HD 4850 512mb (750/2350mhz) 2x2gb G.Skill ddr2-835 (5-4-4-10) 2x80gb sata2 in RAID 0 system drive 250gb sata2 storage drive 13,574 - 3dmark06 score

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tadpolefoder New Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 21	well, lets say ive got an athlon64 3200 and single pcie geforce6800 xt with 512 mb ram.... what kind of drop in performance would there be with a 20-pin psu? __________________ -Gigabyte GA-K8N Pro-SLI -Athlon64 3200+ Venice 2.0 ghz -1024 MB Corsair Value RAM -80 GB WD 7200 rpm -160 gb external SimpleDrive -eVGA GeForce 6800XT 256 MB -Logitech Cordless Desktop EX110 -Viewsonic 19" A90f+ -Windows XP Home -HP PSC 2410

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holyjunk Diamond Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 17 Posts: 1,622	There probably won't be a drop in performance but a drop in stability. __________________ pentium 4 1.5GHz 512mb pc133 19inch crt monitor Radeon 9200se X-Fi Extreme Music LOGITECH Z-5300E!! *family pc, hope to get mine in a year or so.

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06-10-2006, 05:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
ckfordy banned Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Madison, Minnesota Age: 18 Posts: 2,744	If you have a powersupply that has 24 pins and your motherboard supports it then use the 24 pins even if the motherboard is comapitble with 20 it will run more stable with the 24 pins then 20 pins.

06-10-2006, 10:23 PM	#6 (permalink)
AMD gs player banned Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: embrun ontario Age: 18 Posts: 475	my psu has 20 pins together and incase it is a 24 pin mobo i have 4 extra ones atached those are more practical so if u have 24 pins use them