power suppy connection question

lo-rez

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I've got an Antec True Power Trio 650 power supply and a Gigabyte GA-M59SLI-S5 mother board. It's been a while since I've built a computer. It's got both a 12v ATX power connector up near where the CPU goes and a 24 pin ATX power connector. Do I need to connect both of these? I have, but it will be at least another week or two before I ever power the system up. I'm buying it part wise, and haven't built a system the days of the Athlon 650. Just wanted to ask, as the manual is rather ambiguous and this is probably something so incredibly simple to those who actually build computers more than once every 8 years or so.

picture of the motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ShowImage.aspx?Image=13-128-011-02.jpg%2c13-128-011-07.jpg%2c13-128-011-08.jpg%2c13-128-011-09.jpg%2c13-128-011-06.jpg&CurImage=13-128-011-08.jpg&Depa=1&Description=GIGABYTE+GA-M59SLI-S5+Socket+AM2+NVIDIA+nForce+590+SLI+MCP+ATX+AMD+Motherboard+-+Retail
 

skyguy

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Yes, connect both.

Both 24-pin and 4/8 pin connector, otherwise you'll have gremlins in your system and things won't run correctly.