PSU for P4

[Stereo Steve]

Just ordered a Pentium 4 2.4. and an Asus p4p800 VM mobo to upgrade my system. Current mobo is an Asus CUSL2 running a Celeron 900. I have a Q Techonology PSU which I bought form QuietPC a couple of years ago and is still silent now.

I hear that a PSU has to be P4 compatible. What does this mean and will mine be OK? DO I need any special connectors or anything. The Current 300W PSU's on QuietPC's site say they are OK but mine is a bit older.

Just wondering if I need to get a new one as I need to order a new P4 cooler (Zalman 7000) and might as well get the new PSU at the same time. Any ideas?

Cheers.

[loonatic]

For the PSU to be P4 compatiable it has to have an +12v power connector.

If you current PSU has an extra 4pin connector with yellow & black wires then you should be fine.

The image below might help, it's the bottom left one your looking for:

http://www.loonatic.com/power.gif

Cheers, Lee

[Stereo Steve]

Yep, got that. Thanks for your help.