wire problem

[diduknowthat]

first of all sorry to the mods if I posted this in the wrong place cause my problem is kinda in the middle.

So the problem is that the wire from the psu to the motherboard isn't long enough >< the 20 pin one (i think that's what you call it) reaches but the 4 pin 12v one doesn't. What can I do?

 

[joelkyr]

Get an extension for it

http://www.frozencpu.com/cab-36.html
http://www.frozencpu.com/psu-113.html

 

[diduknowthat]

i was thinking about that, but then again the psu is a complete peice of useless powmax junk and i'm pretty sure that it'll burn out on my in like a week. And seeing that the cable and shipping together is about 10 dollars I might as well buy a better psu that's on sale, what do you think of this one?

http://xoxide.com/ultra-x-connect-400-w-ps-black.html

 

[joelkyr]

as you can see on the specs., +12V is 16A which is low on my standard or i guess with everybody, look for some other PSU or check PSU 101 for reference

# AC Input: 115V/230V 8.0A/4.5A 50-60Hz
# DC Output: 400W (Max Combined Watts)
# +3.3V: 30A
# +5V: 32A
# +12V: 16A
# -12V: 0.8A
# -5V: 0.3A
# +5V: 2A

 

[Praetor]

Yeah for sure that 12V rail is weak and that specific model has a track record of being unreliable for voltage stability. Their 500W model is superb however Do realize they are both ATX20 pin units (rather than 24pin)