My first build: Problem

KieranO · 24 Mar 2011 at 22:38

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:

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!

KieranO · 24 Mar 2011 at 22:48

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

KieranO · 24 Mar 2011 at 22:58

MOOGLEYS said:
Is one not joined to the main 20 pin atx plug..? It should look like it attaches to it and snugly fit into the motherboard socket...

Yes one 4 pin is connected to the 20 pin, but does not fit into the other port..

KieranO · 24 Mar 2011 at 23:01

Greg0986 said:
if there is 2 4pin cables, plug 1 of them into the port, It doesn't matter which

Okay so one of these into the port, and what happens to the 4 pin attached to the 20 pin? Does it go in the slot with the 20 pin? or?

-Again im sorry for noobyness...

KieranO · 24 Mar 2011 at 23:02

R0B75 said:
That 4 pin should plug in right next to the main 20 pin (making it 24 pin) as if it is 1 plug. The other 4 pin goes into a different socket, top left of the board.

Ahhhhh, cleared it up, thank you.

KieranO · 24 Mar 2011 at 23:10

Another thing:

I am having difficulty connecting the fan (not cpu fan). If someone could go into detail i would be very grateful (pictures?) I have tried a tutorial on Overclockers http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18046396 but does not help at all

-Thank you.

KieranO · 25 Mar 2011 at 16:17

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.

My first build: *Problem*

My first build: Problem