Power Supply Question

[Papa_Shango]

I'm looking to buy a Power Supply as i think the one in my comp is on it's way out and seen some modular ones and they are ATX2.2 ones but not sure whether the mobo in my comp is compatible.  So how can you tell whether they are compatible or not?

All i've got what points to power supplies in the mobo manual is that it supports 12v ATX 2x4, does that mean it supports ATX2.2 or not?

[nucleus]

Bobnova is the man to answer that ... he's been reviewing a heap load of PSUs

[Bobnova]

What motherboard?  Also, what CPU and video card(s)?

[Papa_Shango]

Motherboard is a Gigabyte GA-P55M-UD2, CPU intel 750 2.66ghz abd graphics card a MSI Twin Frozr II GTX560 TI.

[Bobnova]

That's a nice low power system, the budget winner is the Corsair 430CX.  It's cheap and is a good quality unit.

[Papa_Shango]

Sorry, i'm not looking for recommendations but thanks.   I want to know whether this ATX2.2 is compatible with my computer cos some PSU's use it and don't want it to kill my comp 

[Bobnova]

Aha!  In that case, don't worry about it.
Anything ATX12v (that's when the spec started calling for a dedicated 12v power connector) should work just fine.

Assuming of course that the PSU itself is of decent quality, regardless of the spec it claims a $10 PSU is a bad idea

[Papa_Shango]

ok, thanks