PSU Compatibility

[Wheelman56]

Will this power supply be compatible with this setup?

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
AMD 64 4000+
ATI Radeon X850XT Platinum Edition
2GB Corsair XMS 3-4-4-8
ATX Case

Thanks.

 

[Wheelman56]

Bump.

I guess its kind of obvious this isn't the correct power supply for ATX, its EPS12V, which I read is some server type thing. I guess the real question is, will I be able to use it? Are the voltages any different than a regular power supply? Is the size smaller or larger than standard ATX size?

 

[Wheelman56]

Anyone?

 

[PurdueRy]

why wouldn't it be? yes it is

 

[Wheelman56]

Well, it's different than ATX... and since my case is ATX... I just want to make sure it will work with my motherboard and fit in my case, because if not I need to send it back. There must be a difference between EPS12V and ATX12V... or what would be the point of having both?

 

[PurdueRy]

"EPS = External Power Supply"

 

[Wheelman56]

Aha... thanks. The PSU I bought still seems to have some screwholes so it can be installed like an ATX. Although, I don't really see the point of making a seperate form factor for this if its just basically an ATX PSU that you don't install inside.

 

[PurdueRy]

huh? I do believe this power supply should work with your case....its BTX compatible which means it have the 24 pin power connector.

 

[Wheelman56]

Alright. As you can probably tell I'm kind of a newb to building comps, this is my first one... I don't want to blow everything up on my first attempt especially after how much I spent for all of it.

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewProductDesc.asp?description=11-117-035&depa=0

That's the case that I bought for the system. I'm still a bit wary because I don't really understand what the difference is between ATX and EPS and I would really rather not find out the hard way what the difference is.

Edit: Well I searched around a bit, and I found out what it was. Along with the 24 pin motherboard connector, it also has an 8 pin 12v connector. Hooray... I guess that means I'll be sending this back. 🙁

 

[PurdueRy]

that doesn't mean ti won't have a 4 pin 12V wait til you get it. I bet you it will have both

 

[Wheelman56]

I hope you are right. The pictures on NewEgg didn't show the cables well enough for me to tell whether or not it had one.

If there is in fact a 4 pin, will I still get the advertised 28 amps on the 12v rail? I guess you couldn't really have both plugged in at the same time, so thats kind of a dumb question, but I just like to be sure about everything.

 

[PurdueRy]

yes