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I am not sure where to post this but I am a first time builder and I need help with wiring I think I have most things in place but to know knowledge the only really way to fry your comp is putting the power cables in wrong. I need help hooking up the power cables other then the santa cables which I have hooked up I also have my molex hooked up to the power supply and the 24 pin cord into the motherboard. So I need help with connecting the rest of the power cords to the mob0 and then hooking up the graphics card.

The parts I have are as listed.

Case: NZXT Noctis 450
Power supply: EVGA SUPERNOVA 750 G1 80 PLUS GOLD CERTIFIED 750W MODULAR POWER SUPPLY 135MM FAN
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 980 4GB WINDFORCE 3X Video Card
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard

mob0 manual for reference is http://66.226.78.22/downloadsite/Manual/H97%20Anniversary.pdf

the other components

Intel Core i5-4690 3.5GHz Quad-Core Processor
CPU Cooler: RAIJINTEK AIDOS BLACK 48.6 CFM Sleeve Bearing CPU Cooler
Memory: Crucial Ballistix Sport 16GB (2 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory
Storage: Crucial BX100 250GB 2.5" Solid State Drive
Storage: Western Digital Caviar Blue 1TB

 
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It is simpler than you think.
Power leads and ports are keyed so things fit only one way.
Look carefully at the pins and sockets, they will be a mixture of round and square corners.

Do not force anything.

Simplistically, if you see a place for a power plug and you have a plug that fits, use it.

As a new builder, the one thing you really need to be careful with is inserting the cpu into the socket without damaging any of the motherboard pins.
When you are certain that the corner and notches line up, drop the cpu into the socket. Do not smoosh it around.

 
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Some High end Motherboards come with a CPU installation tool which is very useful.

EDIT: Sorry completely forgot to put my answer in.

Building your first PC is a scary and yet exhilarating experience.
For me, you, and I'm sure most new builders the wiring is always the hardest/scariest part aside from putting the CPU in. Took me a good 10 minutes to plop the CPU in because my hands were shaking so bad haha.
Anyways for the wires like the guy before me mentioned go where they go. I'm sure you've noticed by this point that many of your wires are similar in shape and feature. You have the CPU power, SATA cables, Molex cables, etc. I watched several videos before I attempted to put the thing together and that helped me figure out which cables belonged to what and once you can figure that out it's just a matter of time until you get it done.

All in all, if you haven't already watching several videos on how to assemble a PC or even just on the wiring will be more then helpful for you in this situation.
 
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At this point I have all the components hopefully installed right basically what I need is to make sure I have the graphics card hooked up right and the mob0 I know the mobo needs the power with the 24 pins which I have but then I need to hook up some 4 + 4 pin. there are 2 power cords I have that are 4 + 4 they are labeled cpu 1 and cpu 2 and I'm not sure where to put them, weather it is the atx 12v power connector or the atx power connector

 
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On a modular psu, you have two connections to make, one to the psu end and one to the motherboard end.

I do not know if they are keyed the same or not.
Put one end of the 4+4 cable in the psu, likely it will be labeled +12v or cpu.
Put the other end in the motherboard 8 pin port.
Look at the cable ends carefully to see that the shapes of the pins match up. Do not force anything.

I like to test everything out of the case first. If something does not work, it is easiest to fix.
To power on the pc, momentarily touch the two pwr pins in the front panel header with a flat blade screwdriver.

You might want to omit the graphics card and use the integrated graphics for testing.

I like to run memtest86+ first as a test. It boots from a usb stick.

When all looks good, mount the parts into your case.

Testing outside the case eliminates the possibility of shorts or other installation issues.

Actually, using a ssd, I will usually go through the installation of windows, drivers and updates before mounting in a case.


 
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I was confused thinking i missed something because I didn't have the 24 pi actually in the motherboard because it took to much room while i was moving cords around and now i realize that that it is the 12 volt i need to hook up but I want to confirm my power source has 2 4=4 pin cords labeled cpu 1 and 2 I am assuming I can use either for this al long as it is plugged into the corresponding cpu 1 or 2 module on my psu correct? but to reply to what you had said about testing outside the case are you saying to hook up everything including the all the case cords on say an anti static mat grounded to the case and remove the graphics card and then try booting up?
 
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Exactly.
 
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I have to wait to see if my graphics card works but I tried turning it on and it asks for me to put in a keyboard so I am assuming that everything is working but I didn't hear any beeps not sure if my motherboard has an onboard speaker is it important to install an internal speaker
 
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