How to: connecting PSU to Motherboard

[Harris69]

Hi I am about to build my first PC for my son as a Christmas Gift, but am still very much a novice when it comes to matching up all the correct parts. This question maybe the dumbest ever but I thought I should ask anyway, assuming I purchase a quality Power Supply, will any model have the right connectors to fit an ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Motherboard?

 

[superninja12]

almost every yes.

anyways, you said yourself you want to build a pc for your son.
and from the motherboard only i can tell you its a bad quality/peformance purchase.

with money in mind take a lookf if you can find these parts at your stores.

cpu: intel core i3 6100
mobo: (ASUS/GIGABYTE/MSI/ASROCK)H110-A motherboard
ram: ddr4 2133/2400 mhz 2x4 gb
hdd: western digital 1tb/ seagate barracuda 1tb OR 250gb samsung evo ssd and let your son save up money for a hdd alter (its plug and paly)
250gb is plenty for a handfull triple a games and its so much faster.

gpu: nvidia 1050 ti or rx 460.
case: mid atx or micro atx

psu: seasonic s12ii / xfx ts/ corsair cxm /superflower golden green/ antec high current gamer. (best is 500-550w, but at least 430w+)

 

[Rocky Bennett]

Yes, an ATX power supply will have the proper universal cable to connect to any modern motherboard. There are some good YouTube videos you can watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4DcZMqOJMg

When you connect the power supply to the motherboard, there are at least two separate cables, the big 20/24 pin motherboard cable and a smaller one marked CPU. You must hook up both.

 

[gussrtk]

Hi I am about to build my first PC for my son as a Christmas Gift, but am still very much a novice when it comes to matching up all the correct parts. This question maybe the dumbest ever but I thought I should ask anyway, assuming I purchase a quality Power Supply, will any model have the right connectors to fit an ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Motherboard?

almost every yes.

anyways, you said yourself you want to build a pc for your son.
and from the motherboard only i can tell you its a bad quality/peformance purchase.

with money in mind take a lookf if you can find these parts at your stores.

cpu: intel core i3 6100
mobo: (ASUS/GIGABYTE/MSI/ASROCK)H110-A motherboard
ram: ddr4 2133/2400 mhz 2x4 gb
hdd: western digital 1tb/ seagate barracuda 1tb OR 250gb samsung evo ssd and let your son save up money for a hdd alter (its plug and paly)
250gb is plenty for a handfull triple a games and its so much faster.

gpu: nvidia 1050 ti or rx 460.
case: mid atx or micro atx

psu: seasonic s12ii / xfx ts/ corsair cxm /superflower golden green/ antec high current gamer. (best is 500-550w, but at least 430w+)

Agree with this.

Best to build up an intel PC based PC. Maybe let us know your budget?

 

[Harris69]

Hi I am about to build my first PC for my son as a Christmas Gift, but am still very much a novice when it comes to matching up all the correct parts. This question maybe the dumbest ever but I thought I should ask anyway, assuming I purchase a quality Power Supply, will any model have the right connectors to fit an ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 Motherboard?

almost every yes.

anyways, you said yourself you want to build a pc for your son.
and from the motherboard only i can tell you its a bad quality/peformance purchase.

with money in mind take a lookf if you can find these parts at your stores.

cpu: intel core i3 6100
mobo: (ASUS/GIGABYTE/MSI/ASROCK)H110-A motherboard
ram: ddr4 2133/2400 mhz 2x4 gb
hdd: western digital 1tb/ seagate barracuda 1tb OR 250gb samsung evo ssd and let your son save up money for a hdd alter (its plug and paly)
250gb is plenty for a handfull triple a games and its so much faster.

gpu: nvidia 1050 ti or rx 460.
case: mid atx or micro atx

psu: seasonic s12ii / xfx ts/ corsair cxm /superflower golden green/ antec high current gamer. (best is 500-550w, but at least 430w+)

Agree with this.

Best to build up an intel PC based PC. Maybe let us know your budget?

The budget is limited to honest as I am trying to keep it to around £500, I know it's low for a gaming PC but he's mainly into Minecraft at the moment

 

[Harris69]

Yes, an ATX power supply will have the proper universal cable to connect to any modern motherboard. There are some good YouTube videos you can watch.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4DcZMqOJMg

When you connect the power supply to the motherboard, there are at least two separate cables, the big 20/24 pin motherboard cable and a smaller one marked CPU. You must hook up both.

Many thanks for the advice, much appreciated

 

[superninja12]

what we wrote is well below 500 pounds C: