Power Supply question please?

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Power Supply question please?   My Dell 2300 Power supply has a 20 PIN ATX Cable Plug and a 4 wire plug which is: 12V (P4)   Whats the difference or name differences between a power supply that has both the 20 PIN ATV Cable Plug & 4 wire Cable Plug 12V (P4) ?   Some similiar power supplys has the 20 PIN ATX Power Supply Cable and Plug but does not have the other 4 wire Cable Plug 12V (P4) ?   What is both called by name or whats their different style names please?   Wanting to learn more is why please....   Reply back?   D911

ejn63 · Answer

Well, not quite. Many ASUS boards, P4 and Athlon, don't need the CPU pin connector. Most other vendors' boards - AMD Athlon and P4 included - do.

mombodog · Answer

The 4 pin P4 connector is for Intel P4 processors

Power supplies without these 4 pin P4 connectors are used for AMD processor motherboards and older NON-P4 processors. but WILL NOT work with Intell P4 processor motherboards

ejn63 · Answer

The power supply with the separate 4-pin CPU connector is called ATX12V. Newer systems use a BTX-style connector with the two (20+4) connectors fused in to a single block.

HTT Good HT Bad · Answer

my mobo has the ATX12 conector and the are solder points on my mobo for the 24 PIN ATX connector but i only have the 20 Pin one. The extra 4 pin cinection provides the extra power needed by the CPU and the newer intel Dual Core mobo need 6 or 8 Pin cinnectors for more 12 volt

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