First Build - Can't Connect Power Supply

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Freerunner

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I'm trying to connect the wires from my Corsair TX750W power supply to the mb but the wires are not labelled and I do not know where they go. Can anyone help?
PS I'm building my first computer!'

Thanks
 
All the connectors are keyed, this means that only one wire can go in one connector. There should be 20 or 24 pin connector, type it on google as well as 4 pin power connector, again google is your man.

Don't panic :P
 
It's pretty simple. The plug that has two rows of twelve pins goes in the port with two rows of twelve holes. The four pin square plug goes into the four hole square port. That's just about it.
 
Thanks but there are 8 cables coming out of the back of the power supply, some with multiple connectors on the cable. That's also where I'm totally confused. Will I have to connect ALL of the cables?
 
Freerunner said:
Thanks but there are 8 cables coming out of the back of the power supply, some with multiple connectors on the cable. That's also where I'm totally confused. Will I have to connect ALL of the cables?
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No, the ones with multiple connectors are most likely 4pin Molex and SATA power connectors used for optical drives and such. Basically this is all you need to make sure you have connected:

-EPS 4pin/8pin cpu power connector
-24pin Motherboard power connector
-GPU Pci-Express Power Connector(If applicable)
-Hard Drive Power Connector(Either SATA or 4pin Molex depending on whether sata or ide)
-Optical Drive power Connector(Either SATA or 4pin Molex depending on whether sata or ide)
-Case fans, May use motherboard fan headers or 4pin molex connectors.
 
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OK the mb is Foxconn BloodRage GTI LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX. I was able to find the 24 pin power supply,and ATX 12V, but that's it. Out of the power supply are four cables each labeled pci-e, but I cannot find any slots on the mb where they would match. There are 2 SATA connectors from the power supply and I cannot find anything on the mb for these either. Am I mssing something?
 
Those are PCI-Express cable and do not plug into the motherboard. They power/plug into you graphics card, if you have one.
 
OK, make sure I've got it - PCI - Express will connect to my graphics card when I put that in (XFX HD-489X-ZSFC Radeon HD 4890 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card), SATA will connect to my DVD when I install it. Am I on track?
 
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