btx and atx motherboards

[prudenluke]

i need help but think im screwed.ok i have a dell xps 710 red this computer
is a btx motherboard and case.i just bought a new nvidia gforce 9800 gx2
graphics card,it needs 2 power connectors a 6 and 8 pin,my dell power
supply has no 8 pin connector,so i went out and bought a new power supply.
i bought a corsair hx1000,it has the 6 and 8 pin power connectors i need for
the nvidia card.ok here it comes,the new power supply has only 1 main power
connector for the motherboard.the btx motherboard i have needs 2 power
connectors.one for main power and the second is to power the intel duo core
processor.does anyone no where i can find a power supply that will work with my gforce card and this dell btx motherboard.i hope someone has a solution
otherwise im trashing this dell case and motherboard and building my own computer

 

[porterjw]

i need help but think im screwed.ok i have a dell xps 710 red this computer
is a btx motherboard and case.i just bought a new nvidia gforce 9800 gx2
graphics card,it needs 2 power connectors a 6 and 8 pin,my dell power
supply has no 8 pin connector,so i went out and bought a new power supply.
i bought a corsair hx1000,it has the 6 and 8 pin power connectors i need for
the nvidia card.ok here it comes,the new power supply has only 1 main power
connector for the motherboard.the btx motherboard i have needs 2 power
connectors.one for main power and the second is to power the intel duo core
processor.does anyone no where i can find a power supply that will work with my gforce card and this dell btx motherboard.i hope someone has a solution
otherwise im trashing this dell case and motherboard and building my own computer

Wow... No offense, but proper sentence structure is amazing. When you make entire Posts in near-text language, it kind of turns some folks off to helping. So...

I need help, but think I'm screwed. OK, I have a dell xps 710. I read this computer
is a btx motherboard and case. I just bought a new nvidia gforce 9800 gx2 graphics card, and it needs 2 power connectors a 6 and 8 pin. My dell power supply has no 8 pin connector, so I went out and bought a new power supply. I bought a corsair hx1000. It has the 6 and 8 pin power connectors I need for
the nvidia card.

OK, here it comes. The new power supply has only 1 main power connector for the motherboard. The btx motherboard I have needs 2 power connectors: one for main power, and the second is to power the intel duo core processor. Does anyone know where i can find a power supply that will work with my gforce card and this dell btx motherboard? I hope someone has a solution, otherwise I'm trashing this dell case and motherboard and building my own computer

Yes, you have a BTX Mother Board, and yes, you bought an ATX PSU. Sometimes they're inter-changeable, but with the specific niche part of the market your systems looks like it occupies, I'm not sure if they would be in this case. So anyway...take a look at the 8-pin clusters. One of them probably splits apart into two 4-pin plugs at the base.

 

[pfig88]

Wow... No offense, but proper sentence structure is amazing. When you make entire Posts in near-text language, it kind of turns some folks off to helping. So...



Yes, you have a BTX Mother Board, and yes, you bought an ATX PSU. Sometimes they're inter-changeable, but with the specific niche part of the market your systems looks like it occupies, I'm not sure if they would be in this case. So anyway...take a look at the 8-pin clusters. One of them probably splits apart into two 4-pin plugs at the base.

Haha, way to rip apart his post, probably make him feel really bad, and then help him. XD