Power supply question

[maximusam2391]

I have an old Dell 0M3918 Motherboard that has the original power supply. I'm looking to upgrade that power supply so that I can have more power, and most of the power supplies I've seen are 20 pin connectors. The board uses a 24 pin connector. Are these new PSUs compatible with my board? I can see they have a 4 pin connector that's 2x2, and my assumption is that you use that as well, but my PSU has one of those anyway and its currently plugged in at a different spot on the motherboard, well away from the main 24 pin connector.

 

[Alex Ethridge]

All the 24-pin power supplies I've seen have a detachable four-pin part to make it compatible with the 20-pin boards. (The wiring is the same on the first 20 pins.) It usually is not visible in the product pictures; but, it is there. I have seen some detail pictures of supplies at NewEgg.com where you can see the demarkation point between the 20-pin part and the extra four pins. That's where it breaks.

As for the extra four-pin connection, that is separate entirely from the twenty-four pin part.

You can see fairly detailed pictures at NewEgg.

 

[maximusam2391]

Alright, thanks for clearing that up.

 

[KinsWeevie]

Most of the new power supplies do have 24 pin power connectors. Its been years and years since they used 20 pin main power connections.