this actually cleared up A LOT of things for me wow....thank you!!! im gonna be building a pc for the first time but often on build guides they dont really go over these cables so i was a bit anxious but i feel much more confident now!....also straight to the point and easy explanation love it!
liked subbed, you need more support, there are to many people out here clueless about pc wiring and terrified to build vs buying those gross pre builts... most of the big channels assume you already know what all these are and how they are used. 10/10 performance sir
Thanks for the video, I would like to mention that SATA is a data cable i.e. it transfers data and has nothing to do with power. Hence, it's better to avoid using the terminology "SATA Power". There is another cable to provide power to the drive, so basically there are two cables for every drive whether it's HD or SDD: one for the power and the other for data.
thats what everyone thinks when they hear *BUILDING A PC* and they think about the cables and think there are like over 100 parts u have to plug each one correctly while it is as easy as building legos i will literally teach my young brother and make him build his pc at the age of 13. ill be waiting for that day
24 Pin or 20+4- PIn, powers motherboard 4 Pin or 8 Pin CPU Power, commonly found top left of motherboard PCI-E 6 or 8 Pin or 6 + 2 Pin for powering graphics card Molex, for old stuff but still used if needed
Max's Tech no the small desktop business pc. I’ve been wanting to upgrade but don’t have the money. So I upgraded a little bit with a graphics card. Now my pc won’t turn on. The psu is fine and all idk what happened help. (I used dual psu to power my graphics card) (it worked for a month then my screen went blank and now it won’t work help please!!!)
Are you able to plug in your monitors directly to your motherboard? Try that, if it works than the issue is with your graphics card. Possibly not receiving enough power
Max's Tech alr so I took my graphics card out. Then I plugged the hdmi into the motherboard and nothing worked. Like when I turn my pc on it blinks then doesn’t work
Having a problem. Put in a new psu and my pc isn’t getting any power at all, I’ve checked all my connections and the only thing I would think would be the molex connector
If you dont have a gpu or some optical drivers and only one hard drive than yes. But you need to connect the 8 pin and the 24 pin to at least make the pc work
What is the best source of info as it relates to what cables are necessary. I am a first time builder and have a basic understanding of how it works I just want to make sure I am not screwing it up by leaving cables out that are needed
Well every component needs power. So your motherboard will take the 24pin/ top left cpu power (the 4 or 8, some have even more, depends on the board), harddrives and DVD roms need sata power, and if your graphics card requires power you'll need to plug whatever it needs into it. Might be a 6 or 8 pin, depends on the graphics card.
I've been looking for this for ages bro max may I ask where does the 8 pin connector go I put the male bit into the gpu 8 pin but I don't know where to put the other end
That will go into your power supply. Usually its labeled on the supply itself, if not it only fits into one slot so you can just try whichever one fits :)
Hey Max, LOVE your vids...VERY helpful....speaking to THIS vid....can you please explain WHY a ASUS ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME ENCORE MB ....seems all "fully modern"....BUT....has a MOLEX power connector, bottom "left"....to AD power to the PCIE lanes.....I don't get it....AND....I don't get why it's MOLEX (which doesn't FIT anyway....)
Huh...well thats the first I've heard of something like that. The first thing that comes to mind is cost, perhaps it was just easier/cheaper to design that way. I would need to look more into it, seems useless since you can give video cards more power directly.
why does some graphics cards have two holes for the PCI-E and some only have one? I have a rtx 2060 super which is not working really good with onle 6 pin but there is just one hole is there anyway to fix this please help!
Some cards require more power than others. Are you using a 6 pin power directly from your P/S? Or did you get a molex to 6 lin adapter? If you find your pc crashing in high graphic intense applications it may not be getting enough power, could be your P/S or if you used an adapter as mentioned before.
@@MaxsTech If it is wrong on the P/S how do I fix that? I dont understand much at all about computers the only thing I am concerned after is that i bought a graphics card which doesn` fill the fps that other people gets. I just wonder if it is some kind of thing to do to fix so that i can have more watts in the Graphics card. At the moment i onle have one 6 pin and a displayport in the graphics card if it could be something with that.
PC PART PICKER- The Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard has an additional 4-pin ATX power connector but the Corsair CX 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply does not. This connector is used to supply additional 12V current to the motherboard. While the system will likely still run without it, higher current demands such as extreme overclocking or large video card current draws may require it. Please explain this message. Thanks
So its basically saying the power the board offers would be limited. So the 4 pin is *additional* power. Where your cpu will have plenty of power to run without it, but the board is offering extra power if you decide to overclock the chip. You can still O.C. the chip but eventually you will be limited by the amount of power, this extra 4 pin power gives you extra room to O.C. even further if you want
@@MaxsTech But this message is not popping up when I change my motherboard to any other B550. It's just with this ROG board. And When I see the details of this ROG on it's website, I don't see anything different. SHould I ignore this message completely or should I select some other brand's MOBO? My question might be dumb however. Please excuse me for that. And thanks for your reply as well.
@@ARCHILAKHAN Do the other boards have the extra 4 pin power on them? Also that could just be a fault of the website. its not perfect. If you dont plan on doing some crazzzzzzyyyyy overclocks, youll be totally fine.
my PSU has both sata and molex connectors in the same line (molex then sata) the motherboard i'm aiming for has 8pin but i only have 4 pin. could i run a molex to 4 pin eps adapter through the molex? also can those connectors handle a graphics card?
I’m pulling on a cable that I’m trying to take out and it ain’t coming out, what should I do it looks like the moles except is has six slot but only four are being used
My power supply does not have a 24 or 20 pin connector. It has a slot for it on the motherboard. It has a 2x 12 pin connectors that fit the slot but then nothing gets power. The motherboard is fine and was tested OK and on the front disply on the case it shows that its getting power from the power supply (its using a different connector) .What do I do?
CAREFULL this issue not clear on google but you CAN plug pcie 6 pin in cpu 8 pin slot and it will click in and leave out 2 pin blank ( 2 pin on the left side when the clip is on the top) and bad psu may supply the power anyway and fry your components. Decent power supply have a fuse or smart detect a short and wont give power so be carefull
I have this stereo i wanna power and I have a evga 600w power supply and all the cables are black for the 24 pin and I've tried looking at other videos but they use the ones with color and since all my cables are black I can't find which ones the video takes about and I need serious help
this video feels like it was made in 2012 with those rage faces
Nonetheless it's still usefull))) And it depends on what audience is it aimed at
Short, sweet, and clear. Thanks.
I opened the box to my power supply, saw 100000 cables, and said
NOPE
No music.. straight to point.. good presentation
this actually cleared up A LOT of things for me wow....thank you!!! im gonna be building a pc for the first time but often on build guides they dont really go over these cables so i was a bit anxious but i feel much more confident now!....also straight to the point and easy explanation love it!
How did it go
@@Duif684 went very well! i had no complications when i built my pc a year ago!
@@constellation007 noice
@@constellation007 can i know ur specs?
@@ikram2512 ryzen 5 3600, GTX 1660Ti, micro atx!...still going strong LOL...kinda wanna upgrade tho
I was in the mood to refresh my memory on the different power supply cables and this definitely helped
Thank you! Nobody has simple videos on this and I've been racking my brain on this psu.
FANTASTIC, straight to the point and most important, very informative. Max, you are a rare breed...Thank you!!!
I’m a beginner when it comes to hardware, and I learned so much from this video! Very clear and concise. Also, the rage faces were a nice touch. 😂
That’s a great explanation video. I’m taking a Comp Science course and didn’t know what SATA was used for, helped me out tremendously!
Thanks!
liked subbed, you need more support, there are to many people out here clueless about pc wiring and terrified to build vs buying those gross pre builts... most of the big channels assume you already know what all these are and how they are used. 10/10 performance sir
raw information no bullshit talk.. thats what i needed.. thanks
I replaced my PSU yesterday these videos are very helpful .
Finally! The channel that shows directly its topic. New subscriber! Thanks!
Thanks for the video, I would like to mention that SATA is a data cable i.e. it transfers data and has nothing to do with power. Hence, it's better to avoid using the terminology "SATA Power". There is another cable to provide power to the drive, so basically there are two cables for every drive whether it's HD or SDD: one for the power and the other for data.
Thanks for the quick guide, I’m building a PC very soon and just needed to refresh my brain
your explanation is clear and fast. Thanks for uploading a video on this topic!
Thank u so much i was missing 1 8 pin power cable for my motherboard board, your vid explained it perfectly
Perfectly simplified. Thanks.
Thanks for this, simple and without annoying intro or music
Finally someone to explain this right !
This channel need to be shared and noticed ❤️
Thanks for your digest. It's quite short and clear.
Thanks this helped. I have a better understanding of the wiring. !!
I love those characters coming out
Building a new PC soon. So this was helpful 😊👍
Super cool.. thank for explaining for dummies what works for what haha...
This is like discovering a bicycle for me right now haha...
That’s it? I thought it would be more complicated lol
Yep, same here :D
thats what everyone thinks when they hear *BUILDING A PC* and they think about the cables and think there are like over 100 parts u have to plug each one correctly
while it is as easy as building legos
i will literally teach my young brother and make him build his pc at the age of 13. ill be waiting for that day
Great, thanks
Great video dude, thanks for the simplification !
I loved this vid and it single handed out saved my ass
Thank you man for explaining i had problems finding wich is wich
your channel kicks ass man!
Thx!
Simple, learning for exam 👌
short and sweet.
straight and to the point. thanks.
Here to figure out what cable extensions I'm gonna need for my next build
Really really needed this thank you so much!!!! Such a big help
2012 rage comic memes, wow I can feel the nostalgia
Fast and well explained, thank you sir!!
thanks for the guide, simple, straight to the point and the best of all, rage memes
Great vid you deserve more views
Thank you!
Was a great help. Have the same issue. Thanks.
Thank u man this was so helpful
This video helped a lot
Thank you so much for this
Thank you it help alot 😊
Thanks so much, concise and helpful!!
Thanks this really helped
24 Pin or 20+4- PIn, powers motherboard
4 Pin or 8 Pin CPU Power, commonly found top left of motherboard
PCI-E 6 or 8 Pin or 6 + 2 Pin for powering graphics card
Molex, for old stuff but still used if needed
Awesome thanks for the specifications👍
Omg I watched so many video and yours finally helped me understand the cords 2 am finished my pc now 8 have to wait until tomorrow to play -_-
Nice explanation
You just saved me so hard
Thank you, you were a hige help
Thank You!
thank you very much!
I have a dell Inspiron and I’m looking to upgrade the psu, but there is no 24 pin
the laptop?
Max's Tech no the small desktop business pc. I’ve been wanting to upgrade but don’t have the money. So I upgraded a little bit with a graphics card. Now my pc won’t turn on. The psu is fine and all idk what happened help. (I used dual psu to power my graphics card) (it worked for a month then my screen went blank and now it won’t work help please!!!)
Are you able to plug in your monitors directly to your motherboard? Try that, if it works than the issue is with your graphics card. Possibly not receiving enough power
What graphics card did you get?
Max's Tech alr so I took my graphics card out. Then I plugged the hdmi into the motherboard and nothing worked. Like when I turn my pc on it blinks then doesn’t work
Great video.
Having a problem. Put in a new psu and my pc isn’t getting any power at all, I’ve checked all my connections and the only thing I would think would be the molex connector
Make sure you power button is connected correctly, could be as simple as swapping the neg/pos and its not turning it on.
Does psu usually come with extra cables that may not be needed?
If you dont have a gpu or some optical drivers and only one hard drive than yes. But you need to connect the 8 pin and the 24 pin to at least make the pc work
What about the Eagle MT Motherboards that Dell uses in their Inspiron series that only have an 8-pin cable and not a 20/24 pin one?
Thank u SO MUCH..! 👍🤸😁
Thx for this
Thanks a lot❤️
You are amazing
Excellent!
I just learned today that I can split my pins. I was already sad thinking that I bought the wrong type of psu
What is the best source of info as it relates to what cables are necessary. I am a first time builder and have a basic understanding of how it works I just want to make sure I am not screwing it up by leaving cables out that are needed
Well every component needs power. So your motherboard will take the 24pin/ top left cpu power (the 4 or 8, some have even more, depends on the board), harddrives and DVD roms need sata power, and if your graphics card requires power you'll need to plug whatever it needs into it. Might be a 6 or 8 pin, depends on the graphics card.
Best video really helped
very nice video.
Perfect, ty
Good stuff
Great video sir. Building my first mining rig and this is a must know topic. Thanks. New subscriber.
I've been looking for this for ages bro max may I ask where does the 8 pin connector go I put the male bit into the gpu 8 pin but I don't know where to put the other end
That will go into your power supply. Usually its labeled on the supply itself, if not it only fits into one slot so you can just try whichever one fits :)
@@MaxsTech thank u
Thanks
I really needes this
Hey Max, LOVE your vids...VERY helpful....speaking to THIS vid....can you please explain WHY a ASUS ROG RAMPAGE VI EXTREME ENCORE MB ....seems all "fully modern"....BUT....has a MOLEX power connector, bottom "left"....to AD power to the PCIE lanes.....I don't get it....AND....I don't get why it's MOLEX (which doesn't FIT anyway....)
Huh...well thats the first I've heard of something like that. The first thing that comes to mind is cost, perhaps it was just easier/cheaper to design that way. I would need to look more into it, seems useless since you can give video cards more power directly.
Very nice.
THANKS :)
why does some graphics cards have two holes for the PCI-E and some only have one? I have a rtx 2060 super which is not working really good with onle 6 pin but there is just one hole is there anyway to fix this please help!
Some cards require more power than others. Are you using a 6 pin power directly from your P/S? Or did you get a molex to 6 lin adapter? If you find your pc crashing in high graphic intense applications it may not be getting enough power, could be your P/S or if you used an adapter as mentioned before.
@@MaxsTech If it is wrong on the P/S how do I fix that? I dont understand much at all about computers the only thing I am concerned after is that i bought a graphics card which doesn` fill the fps that other people gets. I just wonder if it is some kind of thing to do to fix so that i can have more watts in the Graphics card. At the moment i onle have one 6 pin and a displayport in the graphics card if it could be something with that.
Thankyou .
My gpu doesn't have pins on it. What do I do, where do I connect on motherboard
It will draw the power it needs from the pcie lane. Not all gpus require extra power from the power supply.
Thanks :)
PC PART PICKER- The Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard has an additional 4-pin ATX power connector but the Corsair CX 600 W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-modular ATX Power Supply does not. This connector is used to supply additional 12V current to the motherboard. While the system will likely still run without it, higher current demands such as extreme overclocking or large video card current draws may require it. Please explain this message. Thanks
So its basically saying the power the board offers would be limited. So the 4 pin is *additional* power. Where your cpu will have plenty of power to run without it, but the board is offering extra power if you decide to overclock the chip. You can still O.C. the chip but eventually you will be limited by the amount of power, this extra 4 pin power gives you extra room to O.C. even further if you want
@@MaxsTech But this message is not popping up when I change my motherboard to any other B550. It's just with this ROG board. And When I see the details of this ROG on it's website, I don't see anything different. SHould I ignore this message completely or should I select some other brand's MOBO? My question might be dumb however. Please excuse me for that. And thanks for your reply as well.
@@ARCHILAKHAN Do the other boards have the extra 4 pin power on them? Also that could just be a fault of the website. its not perfect. If you dont plan on doing some crazzzzzzyyyyy overclocks, youll be totally fine.
@@MaxsTech cool
my PSU has both sata and molex connectors in the same line (molex then sata) the motherboard i'm aiming for has 8pin but i only have 4 pin. could i run a molex to 4 pin eps adapter through the molex? also can those connectors handle a graphics card?
I’m pulling on a cable that I’m trying to take out and it ain’t coming out, what should I do it looks like the moles except is has six slot but only four are being used
My CPU cable dosent have the same pattern as where you plug it into the board
Hi the 6 pin cables from my power supply are white at the end and my graphics card won’t register
My power supply does not have a 24 or 20 pin connector. It has a slot for it on the motherboard. It has a 2x 12 pin connectors that fit the slot but then nothing gets power. The motherboard is fine and was tested OK and on the front disply on the case it shows that its getting power from the power supply (its using a different connector) .What do I do?
Great video
For 8 months now I still can't put my sleeved 24 pin extensions, since I can't remove the freaking thing!
Great vid 🙂
How much voltage is output on the green wire
CAREFULL this issue not clear on google but you CAN plug pcie 6 pin in cpu 8 pin slot and it will click in and leave out 2 pin blank ( 2 pin on the left side when the clip is on the top) and bad psu may supply the power anyway and fry your components. Decent power supply have a fuse or smart detect a short and wont give power so be carefull
I have this stereo i wanna power and I have a evga 600w power supply and all the cables are black for the 24 pin and I've tried looking at other videos but they use the ones with color and since all my cables are black I can't find which ones the video takes about and I need serious help
I just got a rtx 1060 and my power supple didn’t have these cables what should i do ?
what type of cable or where can i buy the pcie cable ? 18awg ul1007 6p parallel flat cable black/yellow