specify why your tt tough powert 750 wouldnt work, because i have one and afaik, psu dont have any compatibility issues so long the motherboard follows its standard ATX specifications, in which the one you have should be.

could prolly switch a different mobo imho, if such mobo is giving so much problems and compatibility issue. even if it can oc or w/e superbly, i dont think its worth the hassle.

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and yes im using the Asus commando, very damn convenient for oc noobs like me

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Jun 13 2007, 10:57 AM

just curious, why the wattage? lol

might want to take that statement back as psu's can go as expensive as rm2k+ per psu. (lol watercooled PSU's)

i dont deny that one should invest in their PSUs and PSUs are important to your system, but the fact that MANY in LYN if i may dare say even you tend to over exaggerate the importance of a PSU way too much.

hell im actually fine with cap ayams but replacing it got too tedious and i settled for a ST400 just recently, just so i dont have to go through the whole cabling crap again.

point was, yes psus are important, but lets not forget what are their main purpose, which is to supply power (lol duh) to your PC, and rm 45 cap ayams can do that just the same as those rm2k psus, only difference is quality, effeciency, and stability of the power delivered and so on.

unless ur gonna put a ton of HDD/CD or DVD drivers or burners or fans etc etc, its more than enough for the average users. if you want to know for sure, count how many 4 pin power connectors you need, and look up the ST400 specs how many 4 pin connectors they offer.

dont buy any thermaltake PSU other than the toughpower series. they are pretty poor in quality and only offer unnessesary blings.

i havent check up the new pure power series (low wattage/budget psu's) but it does seems promising.

silverstone has one...


imho, fanless psu doesnt seem reliable to me...for a component that regulates electricity for your computer, heat will surely be there, to have it on passive cooling just doesnt seem solid at all as temperature rises, your psu performance will be affected

thermal take toughpower series

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but afaik it doesnt have 8pin pci-e connectors too, but even on a geforce 8800 ultra, i dont use them anyways ;
maybe the newer releases of their TP series include 8pin pci-e cables

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Oct 5 2007, 03:51 PM

yes its perfectly fine.

the difference between modular and non-modular is that you can unplug un-used power cables on modular psu where as the non-modular psu all cables are permanent. There are claims that non-modular psu are better than modulars because modular psu have additional plugs for you to unplug/plug-in the power cables thus creating additional resistance while the non-modular version is a direct link without any resistance.

To an avg user, this is almost non-existant and for the most part insignificant to even bother about. thus its perfectly fine to go for a modular psu.

in regards to single rail or multiple rail PSU, read the post made by lohwenli on the overclocker section:
Post 809 From the Overclockers United boards: Best PSU for overclocker V2

to summarize that, single rail is better, but there are advantages in multi rails over single rail, sadly most manufacturers cheat and in the end the advantages of multi rail setup is non-existant. but again, for an average user, this is for the most part insignificant and using multi rail psu is also, perfectly fine, especially from manufacturers that do not cheat in their multirail psu such as the higher end Silverstone Zeus PSU, which are quad/multi rail setup.


References:
thanks to Lohwenli for multirail explanations
also http://www.pcpower.com/technology/myths/

you said 24 pin in ur post. and even if its 20 pin, just break off the 4 pins.