UK to US compatiblity

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I know it may sound stupid but, will US hardware work on UK stuff. So say if
I imported an amd socket 939 processor and mobo and plugged them into a UK
power supply. Would they fry? I assume not because they both work on 12v
right?

 

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"REMUS" <suk@itspambot.com> wrote in message
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>I know it may sound stupid but, will US hardware work on UK stuff. So say
>if I imported an amd socket 939 processor and mobo and plugged them into a
>UK power supply. Would they fry? I assume not because they both work on 12v
>right?
>
Any internal component should be fine, as it will be powered by your PSU
output voltages, which are (I hope!) standardized throughout the world.
Anything with it's own power supply *may* be a different story.

 

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"REMUS" <suk@itspambot.com> wrote in message
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>I know it may sound stupid but, will US hardware work on UK stuff. So say
>if I imported an amd socket 939 processor and mobo and plugged them into a
>UK power supply. Would they fry? I assume not because they both work on 12v
>right?

It's not the ATX connector that is the problem.

Many places in the UK run on 220 volt AC lines. You will find many of the
PSUs have a switch for adjusting, but I can't guarantee that all do

-LTP

 

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REMUS wrote:
> I know it may sound stupid but, will US hardware work on UK stuff. So
> say if I imported an amd socket 939 processor and mobo and plugged
> them into a UK power supply. Would they fry? I assume not because
> they both work on 12v right?

The processor and mobo would not fry.

 

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"REMUS" <suk@itspambot.com> wrote in message
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> I know it may sound stupid but, will US hardware work on UK stuff. So say
if
> I imported an amd socket 939 processor and mobo and plugged them into a UK
> power supply. Would they fry?

Na works fine. I did just that.

I read somewhere that some manufacturers (only Dell?) use a different
standard for the mobo-PSU connector so take care if upgrading an existing
OEM case.

 

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"REMUS" <suk@itspambot.com> wrote in message
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>I know it may sound stupid but, will US hardware work on UK stuff. So say
>if I imported an amd socket 939 processor and mobo and plugged them into a
>UK power supply. Would they fry? I assume not because they both work on 12v
>right?

YES but it will spell things wrong and eat lots of burgers. And steal our
jobs. And our women.