My first build: *Problem*

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Hello I am currently building my first budget computer by myself and I have got up to connecting the wires to each other. I have looked at many PC building tutorials on Youtube, and on Overclockers, but none really make sense (in my eyes).

I am extremely new to computers and like i said, this is my first ever build.

I have a Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU), and an Asus M4A78LT-M LE AMD 760G (Socket AM3) Motherboard. Has anyone had any experience of using these two components because I do not understand how to connect the power cables to the motherboard as the Asus Manual is telling me i should have a 24 pin cable to connect into the 24 pin slot, although instead i have a 20 pin cable and another separate 4 pin cable which the manual is telling me should fit into 'ATX 12' slot but does not fit, although it fits nicely next to the 20 pin cable. :confused: :confused:

Other specs:

AMD Phenom II X4 Quad Core 840 "95W Edition" 3.20GHz (Socket AM3)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB 16MB Cache Hard Drive SATA II 300MB/s 11ms 7200rpm
OCZ Platinum 4GB PC3-10666 1333MHz Extra Low Voltage

Sorry for the nooby-ness.

Thanks for any help!
 
Yes that is what it looks like! But i have a few (i think 2) 4 pin cables that would fit into the top right port, what one is it? -Thanks
 
I have a 3 pin to molex which you said to google. does this then plug into the molex cable from the psu? if so, i tried this but it would not fit..


EDIT: Sorry me being a noob thanks for the help, it does fit. :)
 
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