Power Supply

No. It's an old design, and wouldn't be top of my list, although it's still capable of putting out a fair bit of power. What are you looking to power? Are you looking for a modular PSU in particular?
 
I'm sure it will have no troubles. My friend was running his 8600GTS on his stock 300W PSU for about a week with no problems:P
 
Hmmm, I guess I shoulda checked the pins on my motherboard power connector. Are there many motherboards out there with a 20 pin mainboard power connector? Hopefully one with PCI-e and support for a cord 2 duo.
 
Afraid not (see what I mean by an older design :)). Either grab a 20-24 pin adaptor, or just plug the 20pin connector into the 24pin port on the mobo (yes, that will work).
 
ceewi1 said:
Afraid not (see what I mean by an older design :)). Either grab a 20-24 pin adaptor, or just plug the 20pin connector into the 24pin port on the mobo (yes, that will work).
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What?? That will actually work? What's the downside to it? Does it matter which pins I exclude?
 
There are possible stability issues involved, especially where using a high powred video card, but provided the PSU is capable of putting out sufficient power on the +12V rail (as it is), and your card doesn't draw too much power, it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Not something I'd normally suggest, though, except that you've already bought the power supply.

As for placement, the connector will only fit in one way.
 
No, it won't fry anything. As for selling it, it's completely up to you. As I've already indicated, it's not the best PSU. Additionally, you're unlikely to get too much back for it - the early models had enormous failure rates, and while that's not a problem with the current units, they never really escaped the reputation.
 
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