Will corsair 650w work on older P3b-F

External Since: Sep 14, 2007 Posts: 1

Greetings,

Having intermittent problems with 300w Sparkle PSU and was wondering if
Corair CMPsu-620 would work with older P3b-F mobo? I really don't want
to chase old tech and figure I should buy PSU that can meet todays
demands. I would like to use this in a new system eventually but waiting
for prices to drop on DDR-3 and Asus to get the bugs out of the P5K
series. Not sure what this 20+4 pin ATX connector is all about.

Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
John

External Since: Nov 07, 2003 Posts: 1692

Previously jcazz <jcazz RemoveThis @sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Greetings,

> Having intermittent problems with 300w Sparkle PSU and was wondering if
> Corair CMPsu-620 would work with older P3b-F mobo? I really don't want
> to chase old tech and figure I should buy PSU that can meet todays
> demands. I would like to use this in a new system eventually but waiting
> for prices to drop on DDR-3 and Asus to get the bugs out of the P5K
> series. Not sure what this 20+4 pin ATX connector is all about.

> Any help would be appreciated.

The 24pin ATX connector is the old 20pin plus 4 pins added. If you
can physically plug a 24 pin PSU connector into a 20 oin mainboard
socket (no high components on one side), then it works fine. If it
does not physically fit, you can get an adapter, which should not
cost more than 10 EUR/USD or so.

Arno