I already know the answer but I'm just making sure that I actually know more than a friend on this.

[Mjvyxyn]

I know the answer, anyone that looks into will know the answer. But a friend of mine is swearing up and down that the ASUS A8N Sli-Deluxe in a friends PC "requires" a BTX PSU and no matter who tells him otherwise he doesn't believe a high end ATX PSU will be more than enough for it ( though I have told him to check the website for the board, he didn't. I told him to re-read the manual, he didn't. ).

The reason I'm ranting on my friends ignorance is to build up you guy's oppinions and please post any links proving my idiotic friend wrong so I can keep him from forcing my other friend ( who actually owns the PC with the A8N Sli-Deluxe ) into wasting money on a costly BTX PSU.

I was going to give my friend with the A8N a kick ass deal on my perfectly working and proven XClio GoodPower 500w PSU ( which gets 11.98v on the +12v line : P ) and 33amps total on the +12v lines but the other idiotic friend of his is telling him it won't work and will short out the MOBO or PSU ( My adz! ).

I'm hoping that after I get enough of you guys to confirm my already confirmed findings that even if I can't get the Die hard " I know more than you although I need you to help me get my own system stable because my AXP 2800+ Idles at 55*C " ( Yup, thats right. my AXP-M 2500+ at 240x10 with 1.74v - 1.84v runs about 20*C lower at idle that his 2800+ at stock speeds and voltages yet he thinks he knows more than me. HA ! ).

 

[Conky]

BTX is a form factor for motherboards. There is no official BTX standard set yet for "BTX power supplies" and thus there is no such thing as a BTX power supply. So tell that one friend he's a tard, lol. Text

 

[Aluvus]

The BTX standard uses exactly the same power supply as ATX.

My next thought was perhaps EPS, but the A8N-SLI Deluxe doesn't have an EPS connector.

My next thought after that was that the A8N has a 24-pin main connector (it does), but then I found the Goodpower 500 W has a universal 20+4 pin connector. If that is what your friend's friend is objecting to, then tell him he's wrong.

In any case, you can offer him the greatest assurances that it won't damage the motherboard. That's only possible with old (AT) devices, Dell motherboards that use their (now thankfully discontinued) proprietary pinout, and plugs oriented the wrong way. But 24-pin ATX connectors are actually keyed in such a way that is impossible to insert them upside-down.

Short answer: you're right, the other guy is wrong.