4 pin 12v + older motherboard
I'm building a PC out of some bits I have laying around.
250w generic budget PSU
Desktop case
Abit NF7-S V2 Motherboard
SLK 900 Cooler/80mm fan
DVD Rom IDE
500GB SATA HD
512mb Ram
Geforce MX440 GPU
AMD 2500+ Barton
One of those wireless keyboards with a laptop style touch pad.
This is just going to be put in the bedroom connected up to a Sony 21" CRT television (no main monitor) & used to store films/tv series in avi format so I can watch an episode or two before sleep, so it will get an average use of an hour or two per day.
My questions really relate to the PSU, it doesn't have the 4 pin 12v connector (due to it's age I assume) so can I get away without using said connector on the motherboard?
Is it worth just getting a molex > 4 pin cable & running that off the spare set of molex connectors?
Is it just a stupid idea & should I just buy a newer budget PSU for the system?
I don't really want to spend any money if I don't need too.
I'm thinking this setup is far from power hungry & might well be ok without the 12v, also I don't need oodles of CPU power for this task so I could even under volt the CPU & run it a bit slower, say around 1400mhz if thats what the yellow/black connector is used for (I really don't know tbh).
I don't have the HD or the Keyboard as I'm yet to order them so I could order a PSU at the same time, but the system boots fine as is with the 250w in with bios settings at default (cpu @ 1100mhz).
250w generic budget PSU
Desktop case
Abit NF7-S V2 Motherboard
SLK 900 Cooler/80mm fan
DVD Rom IDE
500GB SATA HD
512mb Ram
Geforce MX440 GPU
AMD 2500+ Barton
One of those wireless keyboards with a laptop style touch pad.
This is just going to be put in the bedroom connected up to a Sony 21" CRT television (no main monitor) & used to store films/tv series in avi format so I can watch an episode or two before sleep, so it will get an average use of an hour or two per day.
My questions really relate to the PSU, it doesn't have the 4 pin 12v connector (due to it's age I assume) so can I get away without using said connector on the motherboard?
Is it worth just getting a molex > 4 pin cable & running that off the spare set of molex connectors?
Is it just a stupid idea & should I just buy a newer budget PSU for the system?
I don't really want to spend any money if I don't need too.
I'm thinking this setup is far from power hungry & might well be ok without the 12v, also I don't need oodles of CPU power for this task so I could even under volt the CPU & run it a bit slower, say around 1400mhz if thats what the yellow/black connector is used for (I really don't know tbh).
I don't have the HD or the Keyboard as I'm yet to order them so I could order a PSU at the same time, but the system boots fine as is with the 250w in with bios settings at default (cpu @ 1100mhz).
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I do remember running the NF7 without that connector when I first bought it for about 6 months before I even noticed I hadn't plugged it in.