[split] 250W? In 2008?

[Renegade]

Bob.

First of all, if you wanna play smart and make me look stupid, at least get your facts right.

ATX12V — 20 pin main connector, 4 pin secondary connector, 8 pin tertiary connector (Pentium 4 and mid/late Athlon XP & Athlon 64)

* ATX12V 1.3 — guidance for the −5 volt feed was removed. This was only used by legacy ISA add-in cards.
* ATX12V 2.0 — 20 pin main connector, 4 pin secondary connector (Pentium 4, Core 2 Duo, and Athlon 64 with PCI Express)
* ATX12V 2.1 — One 20-pin connector, one ATX12V 4 pin connector. Many power supply manufacturers include a 4 plus 4 pin, or 8 to 4 pin secondary connector instead, which can also be used as the secondary EPS12V connector.
* ATX12V 2.2 — One 24-pin connector, one ATX12V 4 pin connector. Main Power Connector changed from 20 pin to 24 pin to support PCI-Express requirements.

Emphasis added.

Secondly, meet the Bestec TFX0250D5W Rev X4 TFX Power Supply, which features:

# One 24 Pin ATX Connector
# One P4 Connector
# One Floppy Connector
# Three SATA Connectors

...all at 250 watts. Any other superfluous comments from your side? No? Good, then stfu.

As I said above - if you wanna play smart and make me look stupid, at least get your facts right.


Epilogue
When I was done with that above, I was gonna look for a currently available computer with onboard graphics, just to show that the PCIe connector wasn't mandatory.
What I found was a trillion times better.
Read excerpts from the specs of the Dell Inspiron 530s series, right now, in 2008:

Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor E8400 (3.00GHz, 1333MHz, 6MB cache)
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo Processor E8500 (3.16GHz, 1333MHz, 6MB cache)
Intel® CoreTM 2 Duo E7200 processor (2.53GHz, 1066MHz, 3MB cache)

Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium

Intel® G33 Express Chipset

Up to 4GB2 Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (800MHz)

# Up to 500GB Single Serial ATA Hard Drive
# 640GB [2x320GB 7200rpm] Serial ATA drives (Non-RAID)

Integrated Intel® Graphic Media Accelerator 3100
ATi Radeon HD 2400 XT

PCI: 2 Slots
PCIe x1: 1 Slot
PCIe x16 (Graphics): 1 Slots

Chassis
250 Watt DC Power Supply
* Backup battery: 3-V CR2032 lithium coin cell

Emphasis added.

So. Wanna tell me again I'm wrong when I say you could fit a 250 watt PSU into a 2008 computer? I guess Dell advertises impossible machines on their website?