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Title: Case with power supply
Post by: J_K_M_A_N on April 15, 2006, 02:38:45 pm

OK. I hate brothers all family members. I have picked out a Motherboard (http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813138268) and Processor (http://www.newegg.com/product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819104249) and Memory (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820145026) (I know I should get a gig but he is CHEAP!). Can anyone recommend a case that has a power supply that will work with that board? I have been reading that it needs a 24 pin power supply and I am not seeing where that is listed. Also, can a person put Windows XP Pro on that even though it is a 64 but processor? (I haven't built a computer for a while...can you tell?)

Thanks for any help.

J_K_M_A_N

Title: Re: Case with power supply
Post by: zvar on April 15, 2006, 10:01:25 pm

Just about all powersupplies now days have 24 pins.  If in question, look for "ATX 2.0".  That's the actual name for the ATX with 24 pins.
As for Windows, sure.  I install XP on those chips all day long.  Yes you can get a 64 bit version of XP, but it's basically not worth it for such a low end machine and it requires 64bit drivers for all your hardware.

Steven