Is this Power Supply and case right for my PC?

Pals...
Here I go again with a brand new question.
I want to buy a new case with the Power supply Unit in it and I have come to the decision of buying them separately.
My machine at the moment is made up of...
AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Processor Socket 939
MSI K8N Neo-4 Platinum Socket 939 motherboard
MSI NX GeForce 6600GT 128 Mb PCI-E VGA card (connected thru the PCI-E, actually)
2 521 Mb Kingston DDR Memory 400 - 3200
1 120 GB Western Digital HD PATA (with OS: Windows XP Professional SP2)
1 120 GB Seagate HD PATA (with files only)
1 Pioneer 109 DVD-RW
1 Pioneer 111D DVD-RW
1 generic Floppy
Anyway, this is the Case I want to buy
More information here...
http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-22331044-gabinete-vitsuba-master-550w-fan-120mm-lcd-frontal-vtb-_JM
and this is the Power Supply
More information here
http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-22621114-fuente-vitsuba-san-55-s-fuente-vtb-colosa-550w-20-24-pines-_JM
Now, In the PSU, there is a comment that it has 20-24 pins. What the hell are they? Are the Case and PSU fine for the computer I have?

vandienk,
If you know anyone coming to the U.S. I have some much cheaper options for you:
Rosewill RD600-2DC-SL 600W Active PFC Power Supply SLI Ready ATX Form Factor 12V V2.2 / SSI standard EPS 12V, 90-264V CSA,UL,TUV $68.99
MSI TurboStream 600W ATX 12V V2.2 EPS12V 600Watts Power Supply 115/230 V Safety / EMI Approvals: FCC certification $69.99
Mushkin 550200 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 115/230 V cUL,CE,CB,FCC $89.99
ePOWER ZU-600W ATX 12V v2.01 600W Power Supply 115/230 V CSA, TUV, FCC, UL $89.99
Take Care,
Richard

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Message Edited by BrianPack on 09-14-2005 05:21 PM
Message Edited by BrianPack on 09-14-2005 05:21 PM

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AGP G4, Dual 500, 768Mb RAM Mac OS X (10.3.9)

Hi,
The AGP Sawtooth Mac can be switched to an ATX PSU. Later models (Gigabit G4, Digital Audio, Quicksilver and later) have a different power supply and motherboard that passes 28 Volts DC from the power supply to a connector for the ADC port graphics card. (28 VDC is passed to the Graphics card ADC port to power Apple's ADC monitors, introduced in Summer 2000 MWNY.) A standard PC ATX Power Supply does not have 28V DC and will not be pin compatible with the Gigabit G4 and later G4 systems.
Here are some DIY web pages, if you are interested in doing this:
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/systems/ATXG4_AGP_conversion/G4_AGP_to_ATX_casepg2.htm#next
http://www.amugsicilia.it/recensioni/sawtooth_ATX/index.html
http://bbs.xlr8yourmac.com/ubb/Forum27/HTML/000631.html
http://bbs.xlr8yourmac.com/ubb/Forum27/HTML/000639.html
http://strangedogs.proboards40.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread =1121532398
http://www.outofspec.com/frankenmac/wire.shtml
Regards,
Dave

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