Re: [SOLVED] Is my processor 32-bit or 64-bit?
On 8/24/2012 6:54 AM, Stephen Powell wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:16:12 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote:
>> Stephen Powell wrote:
>>> I don't see the 4-pin CPU power plug to which you refer coming out
>>> of the power supply. (Yes, I finally broke down and took the cover
>>> off.) Of course, it does have several spare 4-pin power connectors
>>> designed for peripherals, such as hard disks, CD-ROM drives, etc.
>>> But I suspect you are referring to something smaller.
>> ...
>> The new 8 pin aux standard provides 4 +12V leads and 4
>> grounds.
>> ...
>
> OK, now we're getting somewhere. There is an eight-pin connector
> coming from the power supply that plugs directly into the
> motherboard, in addition to a 24-pin connector coming from the
> power supply which also plugs directly into the motherboard.
Yes, I covered this is some detail in a section you snipped. ;)
Your options should you choose to replace the guts...
Newegg has an Athena Power adapter for $5 that will mate your PSU's 8
pin aux power plug to the 4 pin of the Foxconn board I recommended. Or,
for $15 you can get a much better Foxconn desktop oriented mobo that
includes the 8 pin aux CPU power connector, as well as Radeon HD4250
GPU, VGA, DVI and HDMI video outputs, 5 SATAII ports, an eSATA port, 8
channel audio, 1 PCIe x16 and two PCIe x1 slots, etc. Works with the
same CPU and RAM I previously mentioned:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186206
Given the 4-8x performance increase of new hardware, for little more
than the cost of adding memory to the box, it's difficult to justify
hanging onto the original innards. Of course, this has been the case
for many years.
--
Stan
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