This post will show you how to connect your OCZ StealthXstream (500W and 600W)PSU to your motherboard. Both 24 pin and 20 pin motherboards are supported by this PSU.
I am using the 600W unit for this demonstration.


The first part of this post is for motherboards that utilize a 24 pin Main ATX connector. If your motherboard does not have a 24 pin connection (Older Socket 478 systems, AthlonXP systems, some Socket 939 systems) then please scroll down to the section "Motherboards with 20 pin ATX Connectors".

First you have the 2 most important connectors coming from the PSU. The 20/24 pin main ATX connector and the 4/8 pin connector for powering the CPU. You will see that they are both separated into 2 pieces. This is to allow the flexibility to connect to a wide variety of systems.




First we show the Main ATX connection on a 24 pin motherboard:


EDIT: The 500W StealthXstream PSU, only has 1 4 pin connector not 2. If your motherboard has 8 pins for CPU power, you should use the 600W unit.

There is only 1 way that the 4 pin and the 20 pin will go together. The "24" and the printing on the 20 pin will both be "opposite" the locking clip and "24" will be on your right as you hold the connectors in your hand (like the 1st picture in this post).

Next we have the connection for CPU Power. This board has 8 pins for CPU power (If your board only has a 4 pin, then you will use only CPU1, see further down in the section for a 20 pin motherboard), so we will be using both the CPU1 and the CPU2 connector. The CPU1 connector will only fit in 1 position on the 8 pin receptacle on the motherboard, CPU2 will fit either, so you want to plug the CPU1 connector in first. It goes into the "left" 4 pins of the socket on the motherboard. "Left" is designated by positioning the side of the socket that has the latch on it facing your body.



Both connectors properly installed in the 8 pin Socket:



Now, if your graphics card requires a PCI-e power connector, here we have some shots of the PCI-e lead installed on the video card:




You notice that PCI-e1 on this PSU has 2 extra pins. This is for Graphics cards that have the new 8pin PCI-e connectors. If your Video card does not have an 8pin connector, you simply leave them off as I have shown here.

Motherboards with 20 pin ATX Connectors

Now we are going to show the PSU connections needed for systems that only use a 20 pin Main ATX connector. Since 4 pins of our Main ATX connector are detachable, we just leave them unplugged from the motherboard:



This next picture shows the CPU power connection when only 4 pins are used. You will be using only the CPU1 connector for this.


That concludes this tutorial for connecting your new StealthXstream PSU from OCZ. We hope you enjoy your new Power Supply.
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