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hahahahahaha. i figured the only thing that made sense is that the big port in the first pic would plug into the power supply somehow. after making that post i decided to get started on the PSU, and i saw the perfect fit for the fan plug. i still wasn't sure if that was where it went, but if anything i would have just yolo'd it. while watching a guide on youtube for psus it became obvious.

hmmm. knowing that this particular plug is for the RGB, i found out that the JLED1 port is where the RGB is supposed to plug in. thanks. now all i need to do is find out what to do with that other plug. it has to be the power for the fans.

i'm a first time builder and i have the masterbox lite 5 rgb case, msi mortar b350m motherboard. i've been trying to build this thing for over 12 hours. i've done prior research on building and watching many different guides as i build. also read the "so called" manuals for the motherboard and case which seem strangely outdated or reused, and that for some reason only contain basic pictures that are often no help, with a lot of crucial information nowhere to be found. anyways, the problem i am having is that i am now connecting wires after installing the motherboard to the case. i successfully connected the front panel connectors, but the fan plugs for the front fans are extraordinarily convoluted. the fan at the back of the case was fine. i just plugged it into SYS_FAN1. the plugs for the front fans were completely different. the pictures below are the plugs in question. from the front of the case where the fans are i can see that three separate connections are converging, and then at the end they reach the plug in the picture. so i can deduce that the plugs from all three fans are connected to one thing and i just have to plug that one thing in to make it work. but the problem is there are two plugs each with three different paths converging. this leads me to believe that maybe the power for the fans is a different plug than the LEDs, but that doesn't really make sense. the other problem is there is absolutely no hint at where to plug these in. please....... what are these plugs, and where do they need to go? i just want to play video games.......

i have another question. the dvi port on the GPU looks different than how it is on my cable. this doesn't exactly worry me because the dvi port on my monitor looks the exact same as on the GPU, and the cord came with my monitor so it must work. i've seen pictures of dvi cords that have the matching pattern of the one on the GPU and monitor, so i started wondering about this. are there any significant differences in how it will work between those two types of dvi cords? is there any reason for the different designs?

for all of the pcs i've owned before, the monitor plugs into the motherboard. i'll be building for the first time soon.

thanks, guys. i just looked at the back and it turns out the port i did not know the use of since i bought the monitor 4 years ago is a dvi. good thing i didn't throw the cord away lol. any idea why the graphics card needs to connect to the monitor in the first place?

Current Build Selection: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/rWFD4q Hello i am putting an entry level gaming pc together early next month and it will be my first time building a pc. i've been learning a lot since i began this project and i bought the MSI - GeForce GTX 1050 2GB Low Profile Video Card. i read the manual and i realized that there is a port on the graphics card that goes into the monitor. my monitor is the Acer S230HL and i don't think it's compatible. why does the graphics card connect to the monitor? is this a necessary feature? is my monitor compatible?

Current Build Selection: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/BsmhP3 Hello i am putting an entry level gaming pc together early next month and it will be my first time building a pc. i've learned a lot since i started thinking about this project and i notice on the motherboard that the wifi adapter slot is very close to the graphics card slot. i've heard of a few other people who have had this issue. apparently it's not always a big deal, but i'd rather avoid any possible issues since i simply can't afford to make any mistakes on this build because of the GPU, CPU, RAM, and OS prices. Anyways, i first noticed this problem looking at the motherboard i currently chose for my build which is the ASRock - A320M-DGS Micro ATX AM4. the reason i became attached to the idea of buying this particular motherboard is because of the low price compared to the other motherboards that i could choose. however, the risk of the GPU being too close to the wifi adapter is too great and not worth the low price. i found two other motherboards that are a bit more expensive but one of these motherboards seems to have two GPU slots, and the other motherboard seems to have two wifi adapter slots. i was a bit confused about how this would work, so i saw necessity to get some advice. 1. What i am thinking now is that one of my choices is to buy the motherboard with two GPU slots. i can simply place the GPU i buy on the lower slot so that the wifi adapter would be much father away. ASRock AB350M PRO4 MicroATX 2. The other choice would be to buy the motherboard with the two wifi adapter slots below the GPU slot and simply use one of those for the wifi adapter. ASUS PRIME A320M-K i wasn't too sure if these options were viable since i don't know. maybe it wouldn't work to have either two GPU or two wifi adapter slots and only be using one of them. would these methods actually work? if so, which option would be the best for me? i would be more inclined to buy the lower priced motherboard of these two options.