I was just wondering if there was a difference between the 20+4 Pin ATX Connector and the 24 Pin ATX Connector? I am purchasing an ASUS P5L-MX Mainboard and it has a 24 Pin ATX Connector. I was just wondering if I could use either the 20+4 or the 24?
theres a difference in compatability the 24 pin PSUs have a fixed amount of pins for the motherboard (24 pin motherboard power connections are the modern ones) the 20 +4 pins are daul compatible with the modern 24 pin ones (you attach the 4 pins to the existing 20 pins and plug it in to the motherboard) and the older PCs (usually 6 years or older) wich use 20 pin motherboard power connections so generally there are no big differences in the performance of the PC unless you only have 20 pins plugged into a 24 pin socket then you get allot of strain on the PC and constant bluescreens and error messages because of lack of power. hope that is clear.
Don't you love it when they copy and paste a whole bunch of text, and then don't even answer the question. You can use a 20+4 in a 24 pin motherboard. The purpose of a 20+4 is for it to be compatible with both 20 pin and 24 pin motherboards. On 24 pin, you use both connection 20 and 4, while on a 20 pin, you would just use the 20 part.
