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|'''20 pin ATX Connector'''

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|Shown in the picture is the 20 pin ATX connector that inserts into an atx motherboard. If your motherboard has a slot for the 20 pin connector shown in the graphic then you can be almost certain that an ATX power supply is required for your motherboard.<ref>Be sure to pay close attention to the number of pins. On some computers we've found that this connector contains 24 pins instead of 20.</ref> || |[[Image:20pin.gif|~~125px~~|exterior]]

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|Shown in the picture is the 20 pin ATX connector that inserts into an atx motherboard. If your motherboard has a slot for the 20 pin connector shown in the graphic then you can be almost certain that an ATX power supply is required for your motherboard.<ref>Be sure to pay close attention to the number of pins. On some computers we've found that this connector contains 24 pins instead of 20.</ref> || |[[Image:20pin.gif|70px|exterior]]

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|'''24 pin ATX Connector'''|| Some motherboards require a 24 pin ATX Connector. Check out our 430W power supply and 500W power supply, both with the 20 and 24 pin connector built in.

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|'''P4 Connector''' or ''(4 pin cpu)''

|Take a look at the 4 pin cpu connector shown in the picture. Most motherboards that have Intel Pentium 4 processors will have a slot on the board for this P4 connector. If your motherboard has this slot then make sure you get a power supply with a P4 connector on it because it will not run without it. If your motherboard doesn't have a slot for this connector it is still okay to purchase a power supply with this connector, and leave the P4 connector unconnected. All of the power supplies on this website have P4 connectors.

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|'''8 pin cpu connector'''

|On some motherboards, rather than have the 4 pin connector, they'll have this 8 pin connector as shown in the graphics. We have several power supplies that carry this connector. One of them is the 500W Assassin power supply with 8 pin cpu connector.

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|'''4 pin molex connector'''

|This is the IDE connector that supplies power to your hard drives and cdroms. Most atx power supplies have connectors of this type included, and some have more than others. If you need more connectors you can either get a power supply with more connectors or purchase y-splitters to increase the number of connectors.

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|'''4 pin floppy connector''' || The 4 pin floppy connector supplies power to floppy drives that may be on your computer. Other devices such as card reader drives commonly use this connection also. Most atx power supplies have at least one of these connectors included. || |[[Image:floppy.gif|~~125px~~|exterior]]

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|'''4 pin floppy connector''' || The 4 pin floppy connector supplies power to floppy drives that may be on your computer. Other devices such as card reader drives commonly use this connection also. Most atx power supplies have at least one of these connectors included. || |[[Image:floppy.gif|70px|exterior]]

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|'''6 pin aux connector'''

|Look on your motherboard and see if there is a slot that accepts the 6 pin AUX connector. If there is a slot for it then chances are you're going to need it.

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|'''Sata connector''' || Hard drives and other devices with sata connectors as shown here are becoming more common. We aren't sure exactly what the advantages are to this technology, but if you have any devices in your computer that use the sata connector you're going to need a power supply with sata connectors. We have several power supplies on our site with the sata connectors on them. One of them is the XPower 550 Watt Power Supply.

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|'''PCI Express connector'''

|Some video cards are powered separately from the power supply rather than through the motherboard. We expect that in the future more devices will get supplemental power from connectors like this. If you have a device that calls for a pci express connector then you'd better make sure that connector is on your power supply. Several of our power supplies have pci express connectors on them. An exmpale of one is the 500W Assassin power supply.

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