915P MOBOS

[demetrics]

I have a couple of basic questions. First I want to know if there is a difference in the ATA 100 and ATA133. I mean if you were into Multimedia/Video Editing will it show a difference? Second, I read a Review:

"Just received a Intel195 chipset motherboard which is ATX and a new ATX powersupply. However, it went un-noted that all i915 chipset MB's require a 24 pin ATX power cord, while most other chipsets require a standard 20 pin ATX power cord. Therefore I have order a power wire adapter and wait longer to get my new computer finished. This is just a pre-cautionary note for those who will also run into this problem. Adapter costs $xxxx dollars, so pretty cheap. "

Does anybody have these 915 MOBOs is it true that you have to buy an adaptor?

 

[HappyCracker]

ATA133 shows no benefit over ATA100, just marketing.
Second, AFAIK, the boards should run fine with a 20 pin connector. Someone back me up on this. However, if you're ordering a new PC I would go ahead and pick up a 24 pin ATX PSU. I do know those will power a 20 pin board, but the other way?

 

[MustISO]

There was something about this on HardOCP. They had some issues with using a 20 pin + adapter IIRC. They may have had problems because of a power hungry PCI-e video card, I just don't recall.