Help at building my new pc , tips for a first timer, voltages and other stuff.

oze12

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Ok, all my parts arrived todays morning, and im going to start building my pc( or at least thats what i will try to).
First i will list my system specs:

Cpu: i5 4460
gpu: Pny gtx 980
psu: evga supernova 650gs
motherboard: Gigabyte g1 sniper b6
HDD: WD Caviar blue 1 tb
SSD: PNY cs1131 240 gb
Ram: Kingston hyperx 2x4gb=8 gb total
Case : Thermaltake core v31

I opened all boxes from all of my components in order to retrieve the guides/manuals in them, after taking a look at my Motherboard and psu manuals i was left with some... doubts, first of all, motherboard says that before turning the power on, i have to make sure my power supply voltage has been set acording to my countrys standard, im from mexico, i searched the internet and it says the standar is 120V, and well, my psu does not come with any switch in order to adjust the voltage, does it adjust automatically?

And the most important, something i know i will not understand when plugging everything to the MOBO:

1. My case fans have a 3 pin connector, and when i go to my mobo, i find out that where you plug the fans in is 4 pins, this are the images, what can i do in this situation?:

Fan connection.
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Mobo connection:

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2. Connecting all the cables that come with the case, i know where the usb 3.0 connector goes in, but i just cant figure out everything else, i show you what connections am talking about in this pictures, along with the motherboard connection where i think they go in, i just fastly scan the manual:

Case connections:
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Motherboard connections:

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I know, maybe am asking to much, but im those kind of people that cant start something if they are not 100% about what they are doing, and i want to know where should i plug all of this, and have all my doubts cleared.

Thanks in advance.
 
Solution
-) Yes, the PSU does it automatically since it has active power factor correction. There is no voltage switch on it because of this.
1) The 3-pin fan header goes into the 4-pin spot on the motherboard. 4-pin fans are more expensive and are PWM fans (a fancy type of speed control).
2) Check your manual, it'll tell you exactly where all those cables go. It's sometimes different motherboard to motherboard. Looking at the image of your motherboard, it's all the way at the bottom just to the right of the middle. Multiple colored header with labels underneath as to which one goes where. Note that the + cable has a small arrow on the back and the - does not.

Those 5 cables go right into what you have in the bottom picture. It says underneath...
-) Yes, the PSU does it automatically since it has active power factor correction. There is no voltage switch on it because of this.
1) The 3-pin fan header goes into the 4-pin spot on the motherboard. 4-pin fans are more expensive and are PWM fans (a fancy type of speed control).
2) Check your manual, it'll tell you exactly where all those cables go. It's sometimes different motherboard to motherboard. Looking at the image of your motherboard, it's all the way at the bottom just to the right of the middle. Multiple colored header with labels underneath as to which one goes where. Note that the + cable has a small arrow on the back and the - does not.

Those 5 cables go right into what you have in the bottom picture. It says underneath it which ones go where.
 
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oze12

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So i can just plug in the 3-pin fan on the 4-pin motherboard connection? meaning one of the pins will be left aside and not used
 

Luciano_sa

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Yeah, it´ll work just fine