BR><BR>What I want to know is if plugging the ATX 20 connector into 20 of the 24 pin board connector will do any harm. Looking at the pin outs, they appear identical, but I want to be sure.

I've done this with SLI 7800 GTXs for 18 months. I had no problems until a sudden PSU death that had nothing to do with the 20 vs 24 pin issue.

Specifications include: The ATX Breakout board V2.0 is compatible with 20 pin and 24 pin power supplies, there is also an extra 4 pin connector to take advantage of the 12V CPU Power for extra ...

He explained not just what what ATX 3.0 is, but also the “why” behind the decisions behind the first major revision to PC power supplies in almost 20 years. You can catch all the details in ...