Hello everyone, I'm in the process of building a new pc but I got stuck with the PSU. I'm not that prepared with those, at all. I actually bought a BOXD525MW motherboard (+CPU), a wd2500bpvt 2,5'' HDD and a corsair cx430v2 (EU) PSU, I would like to know in the first place if the PSU will "play nice" with the mobo or not (I don't want to fry it as soon as I plug it in); in the second place, since the PSU has only a 8pin plug for the CPU if I could buy an adapter (ESP to ATX/P4) or just find a way to "cut" it without any risk (by cutting i mean just separating the P4 from ESP which seems possible, but again I ask you), last but not least, the HDD is 2,5'', the PSU is said to have a 3,5'' connection but the HDD actually 'connects' to the PSU, will there be any troubles? Here is a link for the motherboard's documentation http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/d525mw/sb/CS-031615.htm , for the PSU i'll have to paste them here as corsair's site seems to give me some pains with my browser, they are as follows : AC INPUT= 90-264VAC ; INPUT CURRENT = 6-10A; Frequency = 47-63hz; DC OUTPUTS (MAX/MIN) : +3.3V and +5V 20A/120W; +12V 28A/336W ; -12V 0.8A/9.6W; +5VSB 3A/15W link to the product http://www.corsair.com/builder-series-cx430-v2-80plus-certified-power-supply.html. Many thanks to everyone who could help me out and sorry everyone for the lengthy post and rather silly question. On a side note the PSU is an EU model, if that matters