Power supply manual tell you how to connect it up?

[shaun88]

hey, i want to build my own pc and i just want to make sure that when i purchase a power supply, does the instruction manual tell me where all the leads go on the motherboard and etc?

many thanks

 

[-Jackson]

Don't worry, when you build a PC, there won't be too many leads you'll have to connect. You'll know what goes where. Side note though, the plugs that say PCI-E are for your graphics card(s) and the one that says EPS or CPU is for well, obviously your CPU. The big plug, well I don't really need to explain, you can't miss it.
Hell, I figured out how to build a computer by looking at my first prebuilt It's seriously easy.

Edit: And to answer your question, yeah, the instruction manual will probably tell you, if not, then your motherboard's instruction manual will.

 

[shaun88]

Don't worry, when you build a PC, there won't be too many leads you'll have to connect. You'll know what goes where. Side note though, the plugs that say PCI-E are for your graphics card(s) and the one that says EPS or CPU is for well, obviously your CPU. The big plug, well I don't really need to explain, you can't miss it.
Hell, I figured out how to build a computer by looking at my first prebuilt It's seriously easy.

Edit: And to answer your question, yeah, the instruction manual will probably tell you, if not, then your motherboard's instruction manual will.

thank you so much

 

[Motopsychojdn]

The plugs are usually marked up as to function, some like the 20+4 pin cannot be mistaken for any other cable, but
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/274745-13-step-step-guide-building may help you, and theres a good pic here of the different plugs,
**Edit, see link below for pictures
Moto

 

[shaun88]

The plugs are usually marked up as to function, some like the 20+4 pin cannot be mistaken for any other cable, but
http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/274745-13-step-step-guide-building may help you, and theres a good pic here of the different plugs,
http://www.****/id/Power-Supply-For-Arduino-power-and-breadboard/step2/The-diagram/
The 4 pic Cpu shown there may be a splt 2x4 on your Psu, they click together to make it an 8pin which most motherboards use these days,
You may have 6+2 Pcie plugs as some gfx cards take 8pin blocks as well, and ignore the P6Dell plug,Aux and video power plugs its a Dell/homebuild specific thing and won't be on a retail Psu
Moto

thanks, your second link didnt work for some reason though

 

[-Jackson]

All you really have to do is just match the plug shapes Just make sure you're using the right plugs though..

 

[Motopsychojdn]

http://www.playtool.com/pages/psuconnectors/connectors.html better link
Moto

 

[toyftw]

thank you so much

Hi - there are also tutorials online, such as:

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDYQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hardwaresecrets.com%2Farticle%2F362&ei=HB7KUIGEC4im9ATCloGACQ&usg=AFQjCNHNvUcsJTS0EjvM-eSS3ECLWdRWJA&sig2=NVPmwBrNdpirwFTcGkQcMA&bvm=bv.1355272958,d.dmQ

the one I used, and others