Pentium 4 PSU?

[somerandomguy]

What’s the difference between a Pentium 4 approved power supply, and your standard of-the-shelf generic power supply?

"Ignorance is bliss, but I tend to get screwed over."

 

[WiseGuy1]

"Pentium 4 requires a new kind of power supply that ensures the delivery of 10-12 A from the 12V line of the power supply. This results in the need for additional connectors that can carry this current. Although we managed to run all of our Pentium 4 test motherboards with a normal power supply as well, we encourage every Pentium 4 owner to ensure he's got one of the new power supplies that come with two additional connectors that need to be plugged into the motherboard. The two new power supplies available to us were from AOpen and Delta Electronics. "
quote from here:<A HREF="http://www4.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q4/001120/p4-13.html" target="_new">http://www4.tomshardware.com/cpu/00q4/001120/p4-13.html</A>

I would assume that its not only the added connectors but how "clean" the power is as well.

 

[somerandomguy]

I was asking because a friend of mine is running his T-Bird 1.4Ghz with a 300W Pentium 4 power supply, and was wondering if this was a good idea.
So long as it's just "clean" power, and not a different voltage or something like that, I suppose it will be fine.

"Ignorance is bliss, but I tend to get screwed over."