[Novalug] Rebuilding a PC, need advise

Jay Hart jhart@kevla.org
Sun May 6 20:54:18 EDT 2012


With 2 drives and a DVD RW drive, would 400W be sufficient?  Mainboard is a
GA-78LMT-S2P (rev 5.0) with 8GB RAM and a AM3+ CPU.

Jay

> On 5/6/2012 4:52 PM, Jay Hart wrote:
>> Ok, have an older power supply with with a 20pin ATX power connector.
>>
>> New motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P.
>>
>> I have the 20 pin ATX power connector in pins 1-20 on the mainboard power
>> connector.  Nothing in pins 21-24 on the board.
>>
>> I just happen to have a 12V adapter for the ATX_12V connector next to the
>> CPU.
>>
>> Similar to this:
>> http://www.tmart.com/P4-12V-4-Pin-ATX-Power-Supply-Adapter-Connector-Cable_p84894.html
>>
>> My question: Will this work?  The board says I need the 12V power or the PC
>> will not start.
>>
>> Do I need to buy a new power supply?
>>
>>
>>
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> I would HIGHLY advise a new cpu.  That old 20 pin isn't going to have
> the voltage stability, delivery, or the correct amount of pins to
> reliably deliver power to that mainboard.  a good quality psu won't cost
> you more than 40 bucks on newegg.
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