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darkfa8   09-18-2009 at 12:35:52 AM

I have an older Enermax 465PE PSU that was made back when the Intel P4 was at the best.

I'm looking at upgrading and have been eyeing a Athlon II X2 250 CPU on a AM3 motherboard. So far as I can tell the PSU connectors are different from my P4-approved PSU.

So, I'm looking for some insight on a good PSU for the money that will hold me over through some upgrades like eventually adding discrete GPU (will be using onboard 4200 to save some $$$).

Thanks!

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o1die   09-18-2009 at 01:36:27 AM

Some cpus don't require the 8 pin 12v connector; a 4 pin connector will work with some 8 pin boards. I would try your old ps first until you get your video card; it may work fine with onboard video. Enermax is pretty good. I still use a 20 pin atx connector on a 24 pin board; my compaq came that way, and my old antec 350w is still working fine.


Message edited by o1die on 09-18-2009 at 01:38:25 AM
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darkfa8   09-18-2009 at 02:06:13 AM

ok, there are two connectors on my Enermax EG465P-VE (431watts), a 20 pin molex near the edge of my board and a 4 pin molex near the CPU.

The new mb I'm looking at: Gigabyte GA-MA785GMT-UD2H has a 24pin molex at the edge and a 8-pin molex near the CPU.

So are you saying that given the "old" pin count, that it still may work with what I'm planning to do?


Message edited by darkfa8 on 09-18-2009 at 02:15:02 AM
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