Antec Truepower 550 EPS -- question - Update!

This is an update of my post of 19 may 2004 with
the subject: "Antec Truepower 550 EPS --
question".

Today I bought the Antec. Being an EPS type power
supply it has a 24 pin power connector instead of
the normal 20 pin type.

My motherboard is a "common" Asus P4C800 Deluxe
with an even more common 20 pin female power
connector

However the 24 pin power connector is by design
backward compatible (search for the PDF file on
the ATX specification 2.2).
The only caveat is to have some space near pin 10
of the female connector to accomodate for the not
used 4 pins of the 24 pin male connector.

Asus **did** provide for this space. The 24 pin
male connector beautifully fits on the connector
on the board (if this space does not exist one has
to use a 20 to 24 pin adapter cable).

The published value of 36 A on the 12 V rail is
correct. It is *not* a typo on the web site as I
was afraid of. The box and the device itself
mention this value of 36 A also.

Some other comments: the power connectors for the
hard disks have a very positive "feel". Normally I
check every connector and I have to adjust the 4
contacts in the connector itself (being almost
loose). For the Antec this is not necessary I
think. The overall quality of the product adds to
this impression of mine, like the 230 V power
inlet which fits better than usual to the power
cord, the quality of the other connectors, and the
fact the product has *both* 12 V connectors: one 4
pin type and one 8 pin type. So this was not any
problem also (the motherboard has the 4 pin type
connector near the processor).

Just my 5 cents
JustinCase