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I don't think it makes you sound uninformed... Most places you go into for PC components will know exactly what a "molex connector" is in relation to PC hardwar
by olyjohn 6y ago
I don't think it makes you sound uninformed... Most places you go into for PC components will know exactly what a "molex connector" is in relation to PC hardware. When building a PC, knowledge of Molex brand connectors isn't all that relevant.
It's like asking for a Kleenex instead of a tissue. Or back in the day, when you needed to make a copy of something, using the Xerox machine was quite a common term, even though Xerox made more than one machine, and most machines probably weren't made by Xerox.
- serf 6y ago>It's like asking for a Kleenex instead of a tissue. that'd be the case if Kleenex made hundreds of variations, and the variations had no cross-compatibility with one another. People that want a 'molex connector' want, usually, an AMP style press-lock 4 pin connector... unless they don't -- they're looking for a molex MiniFit extension to reach their GPU... unless they don't -- they want a vintage Molex asymmetric 4 pin for an old legacy device. 'Molex' is more ambiguous, imo, than you give it credit for.
- Gibbon1 6y agoI did a lot of embedded/industrial stuff since the early 80's. There are a dozen connector families that will plug into an unshrouded hearer, 0.1" on center with 25mil square posts. Every industry/company tends to refer to whatever common type they are using by the company name.