A8N-SLI Premium PSU and EZ_PLUG Questions

I have a ASUS A8N-SLI Premium motherboard which I had planned to use
with my existing power supply unit (PSU) which is a Magna ATX 600W.

1. My existing PSU has a 20 pin connector, whereas the motherboard
expects a ATX V2.0 compliant 24 pin plug. Is it generally acceptable
to use a 20 to 24 pin power converter such as
http://www.maplin.co.uk/module.aspx?TabID=1&criteria=ATX%2020%20pin%2024%20pin%20converter&ModuleNo=46201&doy=14m7
or is it better to buy a new ATX v2 compliant power supply.

2. The motherboard has an EZ_PLUG connector. What is this for, and do
I need to plug anything into it for my configuration?

3. The motherboard came with a U shaped connector (two 2cm black
connectors fixed to a 7 cm circuit board. What is this, and do I need
to plug it in somewhere?

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4. Finally, both the NVDIA and Silicon Image RAID controllers support
RAID1. Is either the better (faster) choice as the manual does not
indicate this?

Specification - I have the following components:
- DVD-RW drive,
- Generic CD drive
- 4 x 160GB SATA HDDs
- XFX GeForce 6600 SLI XXX Edition 256MB DDR, PCI-E, Dual DVI, TV Out
card

Many thanks in advance for any responses. I'm learning as i build.

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