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JE78

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Asus P5N-E
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400
G.SKILL 2GB DDR2 800
Seagate Barracuda 320GB SATA 3.0Gb/s

I was orginaly going to get the P5B-E but the 2 PATA connections, plus the option of SLI and the review of the board on AnandTech sold me on the P5N-E.

I'll be using everything else from my current computer in this one. 2 IDE HDD's, sound card, 2 DVD/RW's, Enermax 460 watt Power Supply, and my ATI x800XL PCI-E. My question is will my x800xl bottleneck this system or should it be ok? I won't be doing a GPU upgrade for a few more months. Also my PSU only has a 20 pin connector, will that be ok with the 24 pin the board uses? I've been using my 20 pin in my 24 pin Abit board with the AMD setup for the last year and its been fine. Feedback welcome.
 
You will need a PSU with 24-pin power connector.

As for your GPU, if you find you're bottlenecking too much (wouldn't be surprised) consider the radeon x1950 pro as a cheap upgrade that'll eat most current games.
 
You need to read the system board manual for that info. If it states that either will work, then don't worry about it. if it doesn't...you need a 24pin.

Install the power plug carefully, make sure you line up the notch!
 
I'm running my Abit AN8 Ultra with a 20 Pin but uses a 24, and in the manual it doesn't state either.
 
Just got the manual finally lol. If you look on page xii, it states you need 24pin and the 4pin 12V. a 20-to-24pin adapter probably won't work correctly, since it sounds like you actually need the extra 4pins on the ATX power connector.
 
Well that sucks. The order has already been packed and its shipping next day air. I do have a smaller PSU, 400 watt with a 24 Pin connector. The brand is Coolmax, not the best but I needed something to replace a dead PSU. I guess I'll try the 20, if that doesn't work i'll give the 24 pin a try and hope one of them works until next week when a new one can get here.
 
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