ATX 1.3 or ATX 2.0?

[alsyed]

Okay, i'm going to be buying a new power supply in the next 2 weeks,... and in the next few months i will be buying an asus A8V deluxe mobo and athlon64 3200+ venice core cpu. What i would really love to know is what psu atx version do i need for this board? I hear the atx 2.0 differences are 24 pin atx connector, and connections for pci express. Well the asus mobo i want doesn't have pci express, and it seems to be standard 20 pin atx connector.

i'm looking at this psu.

http://www.ascent.co.nz/mn-product-spec.asp?pid=111468

and this mobo

http://www.ascent.co.nz/mn-product-spec.asp?pid=336706

I think that 1.3 should suffice in this mobo. I plan to have 3 hard drives (2 sata, 1 pata, 2 optical drives, agp 4x graphics card, 4 case fans, tv capture card, and various usb devices running off it).


cheers

[waheed]

It looks like a standard 20 pin connector from a picture.

Some atx 2.0 psus do come with a 24 pin to 20 pin adaptor for 20 pin mobos. I know mine did (Antec Neopower 480W), though my mobo is 24 pin anyway.

If you plan to use 3 hard drives, i would look at at least 20 amps on the 12V rail. Also, theres no information whether the psu have power for sata drives, unless you plan to purchase a converter or your hdd supports molex power connector.

[thevoelk]

I wouldn't worry about SATA connectors. Asus supplies either 2 IDE to SATA power adapters or a 1 IDE to 2 SATA power adapters with their boards. It is a 20-pin power adapter on the board you have, I'd email them and ask if the board comes with an 24 to 20 pin adapter. They should catch this when they're packing your order if they're reputable, but you never know. Worst case you pay them an extra few dollars to include one for a good combo. Note the AGP spec, it only lists 8x@1.5V only, you may need a new graphics card.

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[alsyed]

Okay, first thing. That ascent site is in NZ dollars, as I'm in Kiwi land (rough conversion => NZ$1 = US$0.70)

The asus mobo manual says its AGP 4X compatible, and has a 20 pin atx connector.

That power supply can supply a max of 18A on the 12V rail, according to its specs.

so anyone suggest a nice brand name psu, with active pfc, and very quiet efficient cooling, pref 2 fans but i'll consider one large 12cm fan, that would adequately provide enough juice for that system above. I'm thinking that 420W - 480W range would be sufficient.

Cheers!

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Okay, first thing. That ascent site is in NZ dollars, as I'm in Kiwi land (rough conversion => NZ$1 = US$0.70)

The asus mobo manual says its AGP 4X compatible, and has a 20 pin atx connector.

That power supply can supply a max of 18A on the 12V rail, according to its specs.

so anyone suggest a nice brand name psu, with active pfc, and very quiet efficient cooling, pref 2 fans but i'll consider one large 12cm fan, that would adequately provide enough juice for that system above. I'm thinking that 420W - 480W range would be sufficient.

Cheers!

Sorry alsyed! Please excuse this dumb old man. Damn, even after going to the website, I still missed where it so located.