omfg im lost

[StarsMine]

If you bought a third party cooler, usually the thermal paist comes with it. Im fairly sure all stock coolers use thermal pads instead.

also I would hook up all the cords last, dont be overwhelmed by those, you cant really go wrong with PSU cords, however fan headers and all the things tied to the front panel, look in your mobo manual to see where those hook up

[toma]

most of the cords are additional to what you need, just in case you have different hardware requirements like PATA items vs SATA items...etc, after my build i just finished the other day, i have 1 PATA cord left over, couple of power adapters left over and a shit ton of screws left over, just follow the board instructions on the manual and you should be fine. if not there are guides on the interwebs

i dunno if this will help but maybe it might
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/...ng-pc,511.html

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

will i have extra cords wityh this PSU?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...tent-_-text-_-

[toma]

yes cause it's modular, you're prob not gonna use all of them i use the ones already coming out of the psu and 1 additional PCI-E power cord, other then that nothing

[acolyte_to_jippity]

will i have extra cords wityh this PSU?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...tent-_-text-_-

most often, you get like, 2 cords to the mobo, to for disc drives, and 2 for hard drives. some companies give more, some less. you really need to read the fucking manual. only thing i can say is that if you got extra screws with your stuff, don't ssume it's ok if you drop one in the case while building. it doesn't matter if youre putting the case back on and are almost done. you get that screw out of there, even if you need to take the thing apart to do it, because that one screw WILL end up melting your mobo accidentaly

[toma]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...-025-_-Product

runs really quiet i wish i had gotten this one for my own build

[DJ_MikeyRevile]

psu is easy now that iv been reading up... but the only thing left i have no idea about is these small little connecter things that have writing on the side of them saying stuff like usbo+ usb0-
GND Sled Pled

all sorts of them.. i have no idea what they are and were to put them.

[toma]

usually the usb connectors for the front or top hubs are located at the bottom of the board near the middle, they will have print on the with like USB097 USB### and so on, next to that to the right corner bottom is where all the cables go for your LED lights, and Power/Reset Switch.

the motherboard manual will tell you exactly where they go and the back of those cords usually have a down arrow on the + side and those usually go on the left pin of the set.

[Curdy]

all you need is a hammer