ATX power: 20 or 24 pins?
- by djechelon
What is the difference between 20-pins ATX power cables and 24-pins ATX power cables for motherboard? I see that Cooler Master Silent Pro PSU has an extensible plug, showing 20 pins + 4 pluggable pins.
Since I'm having troubles with my motherboard, which has 24 pins, I tried to connect only the first 20 and the system booted up fine.
I'm curious: can any ATX motherboard run with 20-pins power? Will I simply experience lower performance?