I bought the wrong motherboard a couple of months ago, an Asus Q170T/CSM, and decided "What the hell? I'll make an HTPC!" So I started doing research and bought some more parts. One of those parts was the Corsair Obsidian 250D case, which has room for a full size ATX PSU. If I don't use a full size ATX PSU I have a big, gaping hole in the back of the case with no panel to cover it. So guess what? I'm using a full size ATX PSU (Antec 500W, way overkill, I know).
Now I need to power this motherboard and it has two options. One is an external power cord, the other is the internal 2 pin header which will take either 19v or 12v. Since I'll have an ATX PSU in it that's what I want to power it with. I might run into problems powering different parts with different power supplies since they may not share a common ground.
SO, what I need is a cable to convert the 4 pin CPU power or the 20/24 pin main power to this 2 pin header. Like I said, the motherboard will take 12v on this connector, so voltage won't be an issue. I cannot find such a cable anywhere. In fact, this internal header seems to be a bit like Bigfoot. I've looked and looked and can't find any real information on it anywhere. Any suggestions? Anyone here have the Molex crimpers, pins and ends who could make/sell me one? It's a simple cable. Maybe 4 wires into 2 pins, just to make sure it supplies enough wattage. The CPU may be 65W or higher, depending on what I find cheap and whether I also want to do some rudimentary gaming on this thing. Thanks.
Now I need to power this motherboard and it has two options. One is an external power cord, the other is the internal 2 pin header which will take either 19v or 12v. Since I'll have an ATX PSU in it that's what I want to power it with. I might run into problems powering different parts with different power supplies since they may not share a common ground.
SO, what I need is a cable to convert the 4 pin CPU power or the 20/24 pin main power to this 2 pin header. Like I said, the motherboard will take 12v on this connector, so voltage won't be an issue. I cannot find such a cable anywhere. In fact, this internal header seems to be a bit like Bigfoot. I've looked and looked and can't find any real information on it anywhere. Any suggestions? Anyone here have the Molex crimpers, pins and ends who could make/sell me one? It's a simple cable. Maybe 4 wires into 2 pins, just to make sure it supplies enough wattage. The CPU may be 65W or higher, depending on what I find cheap and whether I also want to do some rudimentary gaming on this thing. Thanks.