PSU Problems, should I exchange or adapt

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Well to top off a wonderful day that included deleting all my email in
the course of a reformat (oops) I discovered that I ordered the wrong
PSU for the computer I am building for my parents.

Mobo is an ASUS P5GD2, PSU is an Enermax Noisetaker 470W EG475AX-VE(W)
SFMA.

The question is whether I should return it and eat the 15% restocking
fee or just adapt it. I've seen opinions that go both ways...I'm
wondering if anyone has any insight as far as this *specific* PSU/Mobo
combination. ASUS doesn't seem to provide much in the way of
specifics about what is required (specific power requirements, EPS12V,
etc.) so I can't tell whether this will be fine or not. I think that
this should provide plenty of power for their machine, and I am
suspicious of the fact that all of (the reasonably proced) Enermax
PSU's come with adapter cables rather than just having 24 pin
connectors.

I want to do what's right...if I really should return it I'll return
it, if it really doesn't matter I'd obviously like to save the 15%.
This computer will be around for a loooong time...so I want to be sure
everything is cool with it.

Huge TIA!!





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[steveh]

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"endus" <dont@email.invalid> wrote in message
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>
> Well to top off a wonderful day that included deleting all my email in
> the course of a reformat (oops) I discovered that I ordered the wrong
> PSU for the computer I am building for my parents.
>
> Mobo is an ASUS P5GD2, PSU is an Enermax Noisetaker 470W EG475AX-VE(W)
> SFMA.
>
> The question is whether I should return it and eat the 15% restocking
> fee or just adapt it. I've seen opinions that go both ways...I'm
> wondering if anyone has any insight as far as this *specific* PSU/Mobo
> combination. ASUS doesn't seem to provide much in the way of
> specifics about what is required (specific power requirements, EPS12V,
> etc.) so I can't tell whether this will be fine or not. I think that
> this should provide plenty of power for their machine, and I am
> suspicious of the fact that all of (the reasonably proced) Enermax
> PSU's come with adapter cables rather than just having 24 pin
> connectors.
>
> I want to do what's right...if I really should return it I'll return
> it, if it really doesn't matter I'd obviously like to save the 15%.
> This computer will be around for a loooong time...so I want to be sure
> everything is cool with it.
>
> Huge TIA!!
>
Can't see any reason that PSU wouldn't work with that mobo. I would have
thought you would have plenty of power.

SteveH

 

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Anyone disagree?

Thx

~ endus ~~ at ~ endus ~ dot ~~ com ~

But what the hell. It is a good & healthy thing
to have a fine fat steak & a bottle of good Kentucky
bourbon & order cameras from Hong Kong & generally
feel rich. - Hunter S. Thompson

 

[jad]

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what do you mean 'adapt' it?

"endus" <dont@email.invalid> wrote in message
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> Anyone disagree?
>
> Thx
>
> ~ endus ~~ at ~ endus ~ dot ~~ com ~
>
> But what the hell. It is a good & healthy thing
> to have a fine fat steak & a bottle of good Kentucky
> bourbon & order cameras from Hong Kong & generally
> feel rich. - Hunter S. Thompson

 

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You can buy 20 pin female to 24 pin male adapters. I have read mostly
that it's fine and the specifications are the same, but a few
naysayers made me want to see what people here had to say.

On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 18:22:45 -0700, "JAD" <Kapasitor@coldmail.com>
wrote:

>what do you mean 'adapt' it?
>
>"endus" <dont@email.invalid> wrote in message
>news:941li0l2lm9mi0smc5ckk95cc6mpjcioa0@4ax.com...
>> Anyone disagree?
>>
>> Thx
>>
>> ~ endus ~~ at ~ endus ~ dot ~~ com ~
>>
>> But what the hell. It is a good & healthy thing
>> to have a fine fat steak & a bottle of good Kentucky
>> bourbon & order cameras from Hong Kong & generally
>> feel rich. - Hunter S. Thompson
>


~ endus ~~ at ~ endus ~ dot ~~ com ~

But what the hell. It is a good & healthy thing
to have a fine fat steak & a bottle of good Kentucky
bourbon & order cameras from Hong Kong & generally
feel rich. - Hunter S. Thompson