Power Supply With 4-Pin Power Cable

I recently purchased a Dell Studio XPS 435MT with a 300+ watt power supply, which I feel is not sufficient for future upgrades. The power supply has all SATA cables for the HD, DVD reader & DVD ROM, along with an extra unconnected cable marked P7. This power supply does not have a 4-pin power cable needed for the Asus Xonar DX audio card which I just purchased. What replacement power supplies do you recommend which have a 4-pin power cable long enough to reach to the other side of the case where the PCIe audio card will be installed. My emphasis is on quality sound and I will be converting my vinyl LP collection to CDs & MP3 files.

The type of power connector this card needs is the kind used for floppy drives. Most PSUs only include one of these cables. If your computer has a floppy drive, you'll have to live without it and steal the power from there. If it doesn't, it should still have the cable, if not, then Dell really goes out of their way to minimize costs and not have any extra wires or anything.

If that really is the case, pretty much all power supplies will work for you. I try to avoid the cheap no-name brands and stick with the tried and true manufacturers such as FSP Group, Enermax, SilverStone, OCZ and Antec.

Oh, and if you're converting your LPs, definitely rip them at 320kbps or better, and you might want to look into FLAC. Just curious, what are you using to make the copy?

Does the power supply have any regular hdd/cd power cables (not Sata)? If it does then you can get an adapter cable to go from that to a 4 pin fdd connector. The power drawn by a FDD connector is minimal so if that is your only concern you may not need to upgrade the PSU just for that.

Let us know how you are planning to convert you Vinyl

I really can't understand your question, but I've just bought one from (edited by Icedragon), seems good.

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