Question Can you help me with cables?

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So i'm struggling with building my new pc.
Main problem are the all the case-cables.
Before you say anything, yes i did check all the manuals.
Some of what's written there was helpful, however i wouldn't be here if i was able to solve all on my own.
I can't plug in cables when i don't know where they must be plugged, and if they need to be plugged at all.
Please have a look at the below attached pictures and help me out a little...
Also, what's the P8 cable that came with my PSU? Do i need that?
Before i can use the pc i've got a few things left to do, mostly it's the cables.
Particularly the gpu and cpu and radiator and case, all of that must be connected to the mainboard or the one another.

Specs:
GPU - RX 9070 Sapphire Pure
CPU - Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Board - ROG Strix B850-E
PSU - Straight Power 12 800W
Case - Antec Flux
Radiator - Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360

The cables whom shipped with the PSU, labeled with VGA must be for the GPU x2 8pin right?
CPU 1 and CPU 2 must be cpu power cables, on the other end the cable has only a single connector rather than two, so that goes into the psu right and the other end with two four pins goes into the mainboard?
ATX main connector is the board, so from the board to the psu.
But whats P8 for?
And where do i connect all the case cables seen on the pictures below? i'm really lost there.
Thank's in advance!


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I can't plug in cables when i don't know where they must be plugged, and if they need to be plugged at all.
All of those cables are for your case's front panel and lighting. You sure you read through the motherboard manual?

First pic, from top to bottom;
Front panel USB3.0 header
Front panel USB Type-C header
Front panel PWR and RST switch headers
Front panel audio header

Second pic, from top to bottom;
ARGB header
Any 4pin PWM fan header
Supplemental power via SATA power from PSU.
^
Read through your motherboard manual;
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/...V2_WEB.pdf?model=ROG STRIX B850-E GAMING WIFI
between pages 24 and 29.

The cables whom shipped with the PSU, labeled with VGA must be for the GPU x2 8pin right?
Now pass on images for the cables you've mentioned in your second part of the initial post.
 
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So i'm struggling with building my new pc.
Main problem are the all the case-cables.
Before you say anything, yes i did check all the manuals.
Some of what's written there was helpful, however i wouldn't be here if i was able to solve all on my own.
I can't plug in cables when i don't know where they must be plugged, and if they need to be plugged at all.
Please have a look at the below attached pictures and help me out a little...
Also, what's the P8 cable that came with my PSU? Do i need that?
Before i can use the pc i've got a few things left to do, mostly it's the cables.
Particularly the gpu and cpu and radiator and case, all of that must be connected to the mainboard or the one another.

Specs:
GPU - RX 9070 Sapphire Pure
CPU - Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Board - ROG Strix B850-E
PSU - Straight Power 12 800W
Case - Antec Flux
Radiator - Arctic Liquid Freezer III 360

The cables whom shipped with the PSU, labeled with VGA must be for the GPU x2 8pin right?
CPU 1 and CPU 2 must be cpu power cables, on the other end the cable has only a single connector rather than two, so that goes into the psu right and the other end with two four pins goes into the mainboard?
ATX main connector is the board, so from the board to the psu.
But whats P8 for?
And where do i connect all the case cables seen on the pictures below? i'm really lost there.
Thank's in advance!


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B.jpg
The top cable appears to be the usb3 cable which would go in socket U5G_89 on your motherboard. The second cable is the usb3.2x2 cable which goes in socket U10G_C10 on your motherboard. The next 2 go to the F_Panel pins on your motherboard; the close up picture is on page 29 of the manual. The 5th cable appears to be the usb2 cable which goes to socket USB_E12 or USB_E34 on your motherboard as shown on page 27 of the manual.

Cable P8 would go to your GPU.

In the lower picture the top cable has only 3 holes so that would be an ARGB cable which would plug into the any of the 3 sockets marked ADD_GEN on your motherboard. The 4 pin connector would connect to the CPU_FAN jack. The last cable marked SATA is a power cable which would connect to any SATA power cable output from the psu drives cables.
 
I can't plug in cables when i don't know where they must be plugged, and if they need to be plugged at all.
All of those cables are for your case's front panel and lighting. You sure you read through the motherboard manual?

First pic, from top to bottom;
Front panel USB3.0 header
Front panel USB Type-C header
Front panel PWR and RST switch headers
Front panel audio header

Second pic, from top to bottom;
ARGB header
Any 4pin PWM fan header
Supplemental power via SATA power from PSU.
^
Read through your motherboard manual;
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM5/ROG_STRIX_B850-E_GAMING_WIFI/E25991_ROG_STRIX_B850-E_GAMING_WIFI_EM_V2_WEB.pdf?model=ROG STRIX B850-E GAMING WIFI
between pages 24 and 29.

The cables whom shipped with the PSU, labeled with VGA must be for the GPU x2 8pin right?
Now pass on images for the cables you've mentioned in your second part of the initial post.
The cables are comming from the case and supposed to be paired into motherboard.
I just need to know where one the motherboard each cable must go.
PWR and RST, some of the terms used i dont understand their meaning.
ARGB must be for RGB? i dont have that, i dont want that, is it safe to leave it unplugged?
it it responsible for board rgb or other devices aswell?
If i use a soundcard do i need the front panel audio header?
The 4pin PWM fan header what is it for, are those the case fans, but where do i plug it in?
I know the last cable on 2nd screenshot is sata power, not sure what to do with it, do i need a fitting adapter cable with multiple splits to share power with multiple ssds?
The VGA cables are 2x8 pin, it must be gpu? but why not print gpu rather than vga on it?
I will see page 24 - 29.

PS: i mounted my dual-ram in slot A2 and B2 because those slots say 1st for whatever reason.
Have i made a mistake, do i need to remount?
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The top cable appears to be the usb3 cable which would go in socket U5G_89 on your motherboard. The second cable is the usb3.2x2 cable which goes in socket U10G_C10 on your motherboard. The next 2 go to the F_Panel pins on your motherboard; the close up picture is on page 29 of the manual. The 5th cable appears to be the usb2 cable which goes to socket USB_E12 or USB_E34 on your motherboard as shown on page 27 of the manual.

Cable P8 would go to your GPU.

In the lower picture the top cable has only 3 holes so that would be an ARGB cable which would plug into the any of the 3 sockets marked ADD_GEN on your motherboard. The 4 pin connector would connect to the CPU_FAN jack. The last cable marked SATA is a power cable which would connect to any SATA power cable output from the psu drives cables.
Thank you i'm looking into all of this now
 
I dont think the P8 cable is for the GPU because the two endings dont have enough splitting to be injected into both gpu power slots, the card has 2x8 pin slots but i cant fill both with the P8 cable.

As requested i update this thread with a picture of the VGA1 cable, this must be the correct GPU cable?

The last cable is cpu, just to be sure where do i plug this into the motherboard?

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Do i plug in both cpu cable endings, the p4 and p8 into mainboard?