StarTech.com 6in 20 Pin Motherboard to 24 Pin ATX Power Adapter - M/F

Title : StarTech.com 6in 20 Pin Motherboard to 24 Pin ATX Power Adapter - M/F
ASIN : B0002GRQRW
Description : StarTech.com 6in 20 Pin Motherboard to 24 Pin ATX Power Adapter - Power connecto
Features :

• 6 24 pin ATX Power Supply to 20 pin Mot
• 6 24 pin ATX Power Supply to 20 pin Motherboard Adapter

List Price : £3.42
Price : £3.42

category: Products
brand: Startech
Item Page Detail URL : link
Rating : 4.4
Review : Very Useful (depnding on your PSU & Motherboard)
Virtually every modern power supply comes with a 24 pin ATX power connector. The majority of these have a detachable 4 pin connection that allows it to be converted to 20 pin and fit older mother boards.

Some new PSU's however do not have this facility. E.g. Within the new Enermax 82+ series the 425W PSU does have a detachable section, but the 525W & 625W versions do not (as I've recently found out). To use one of these power supplies with an older format motherboard this adaptor is necessary.

I believe a number of the new larger power supplies are not backwards compatible with 20 pin motherboards. Of course it's unlikely that a system based around an old 20 pin board would need the amount of power supplied by one of these PSU's. However, in my case I've bought the PSU, to replace a failed one, with a view to upgrading the rest of the system in around a years time. Hence this adaptor will come in handy in the meantime.

This is essential for me to...