01-24-2012, 06:24 PM | #21 |
Knight of the Rose
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Re: Looking at laptops...
So, anyway, I ended up having to upgrade my powersupply if I wanted any kind of vid-card. I went ahead and ordered the Coolmax / V-500 / 500-Watt / ATX / 120mm Fan / SATA-Ready / 20/24 Pin / Power Supply for a little over $25. Then I'm going with the EVGA card linked in the above post.
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01-25-2012, 04:16 PM | #22 |
Knight of the Rose
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Re: Looking at laptops...
Power supply arrived today, just 20 minutes ago. Installed in about 10 minutes. So far it's running, nothing blowing up or sparking, apparently I made all the connections properly. We'll see how it all goes. If it's still running by friday, I'll be ordering my video card.
Question, my prior power supply only had a 20-pin connector for the motherboard, the new supply has a 20+4 connector, the extra 4 being optional apparently. The mother board has a 24-pin slot on it. Should I, or should I not have connected the extra 4 pins? As I type this, I have connected those pins, and so far nothing seems to have gone wrong. What is the difference between using 20 vs 24 pins?
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