How Many Cables??

[LUA]

I'm in the process of building a computer for the first time. So far I have almost everything, including case, cpu, gpu, hard drive, RAM, and power supply, and I'm waiting for the mother board to arrive today (MSI PRO B660-A). The power supply I chose was the EVGA 650 G6 80plus. My question is, out of all cables(which are many) that came with the power supply, how many of them will I need to have plugged into either the motherboard and/or panels? And which ones I don't need. I have the feeling that some plugs/cables that come with the power supply are left unused. This is what the plugs on the power supply are (see attached picture). Also a side question, the fans that come with the case, 3 fans on the front and one fan on the back, they have their own cables, one has a 4pin female and the other has 3pin female as well; where in the motherboard/power supply do they go? Thank you so much for reading, and any help is appreciated.

[TukangUsapEmenq]

9 minutes ago, LUA said:

My question is, out of all cables(which are many) that came with the power supply, how many of them will I need to have plugged into either the motherboard and/or panels? And which ones I don't need.

It really depends of your hardware. Both MB and CPU are necessary to plug onto the motherboard.

Please provide us the complete specs as to make all of us easier to answer your question.

[LUA]

1 minute ago, TukangUsapEmenq said:

It really depends of your hardware. Both MB and CPU are necessary to plug onto the motherboard.

Please provide us the complete specs as to make all of us easier to answer your question.

Sure thing.

 

 

- EVGA Supernova 650 G6, 80 Plus Gold 650W

- Western Digital 500GB WD Blue SN570 NVMe

- Zalman I3 NEO ATX Computer Case

- XFX Speedster SWFT 210 Radeon RX 6600

- Silicon Power Value Gaming DDR4 RAM 16GB (8GBx2)

- MSI PRO B660-A DDR4 Motherboard

- Intel Core i5 Core 12400F

 

My only concern with building my first PC is where do I plug the wide array of cables that come with the PC parts, specially the power supply and case panels, and which I won't need. Thank you in advance.

[--SID--]

17 minutes ago, LUA said:

My question is, out of all cables(which are many) that came with the power supply, how many of them will I need to have plugged into either the motherboard and/or panels?

Just 2. The 10+18 pin MB on the PSU to 24 pin on the motherboard and the 8 pin CPU on the PSU to 8 pin CPU on the motherboard.

19 minutes ago, LUA said:

Also a side question, the fans that come with the case, 3 fans on the front and one fan on the back, they have their own cables, one has a 4pin female and the other has 3pin female as well; where in the motherboard/power supply do they go?

You connect them to the CHA_FAN or SYS_FAN headers on the motherboard.

[LUA]

1 minute ago, --SID-- said:

Just 2. The 10+18 pin MB on the PSU to 24 pin on the motherboard and the 8 pin CPU on the PSU to 8 pin CPU on the motherboard.

You connect them to the CHA_FAN or SYS_FAN headers on the motherboard.

Got it, thanks. And thank you so much for your help.

The GPU comes with its own plug that has a 8 hole connector on top of the GPU itself. Where does that go plugged into?

[--SID--]

3 minutes ago, LUA said:

The GPU comes with its own plug that has a 8 hole connector on top of the GPU itself. Where does that go plugged into?

VGA1 or VGA2 on the PSU.

[johnt]

3 minutes ago, LUA said:

Got it, thanks. And thank you so much for your help.

The GPU comes with its own plug that has a 8 hole connector on top of the GPU itself. Where does that go plugged into?

Yes you need your two motherboard cables to power the computer, but your GPU won't show anything without a power cable running to it. Typically they give you an error message and that's it without a power cord. You need to plug the video card to the VGA 1 or 2 ports on the power supply.

 

By the way they are keyed in certain ways so that you can't mess up which wire goes where (based on the label on the back of the PSU).

[LUA]

Just now, --SID-- said:

VGA1 or VGA2 on the PSU.

Nice. One last question. The fan on the back has a 3pin female plug and all of the SYS_FAN have 4pin male plugs (I don't have any CHA_FAN). Can I just plug the 3pin in the 4pin plug even if 1 pin is left out? Or is this not the way?

[TukangUsapEmenq]

1 minute ago, LUA said:

Nice. One last question. The fan on the back has a 3pin female plug and all of the SYS_FAN have 4pin male plugs (I don't have any CHA_FAN). Can I just plug the 3pin in the 4pin plug even if 1 pin is left out? Or is this not the way?

It's fine and it'll works, as the fan itself doesn't support PWM apparently.

[LUA]

3 minutes ago, TukangUsapEmenq said:

It's fine and it'll works, as the fan itself doesn't support PWM apparently.

Thank you. That was all the questions I had.

[LUA]

14 minutes ago, --SID-- said:

VGA1 or VGA2 on the PSU.

Do you I need any SATA cable plugged into the MB for an M.2 drive only?

[Stormseeker9]

25 minutes ago, LUA said:

Do you I need any SATA cable plugged into the MB for an M.2 drive only?

Nope. The m.2 drives go directly into the MB.