Hello this is the Provoked Prawn and this is the Corsair rm750 this is a modular power
supply unit and in this video I'm going to be talking to you about how to install this PSU
where you connect the various cables and how to set it up in your case to make sure everything's
running nicely so I'm going to show you what's included in the box and talk to you about the
various cables that you need to use where to plug them in and demonstrate inside and
outside the case to make your life a little bit easier and show what's what now obviously I am
from England so I have a British plug included in my box you might get a different power cable plug
so don't panic if yours is different depending on your mains power supply but you should also
get a nice bag chock full of cables and a variety of different ones some cable ties and some screws
and I'll show you the logic for those later on but for the moment I'm just going to unbox the power
supply unit and show you what's what there and also obviously get all the cables out there are
a lot of cables here which might seem intimidating you might not need them all so don't panic if you
have any left over by the end I will show you what you need to connect up and this will vary
depending on your motherboard and your graphics card as well so it's worth bearing that in mind
and if you're not sure on the wattage of power supply unit that you need be sure to check out
the link in the description to the PSU calculator which allows you to work out the levels of PSU and
make sure you actually have the right size this is a 750 watt should be enough for my system but you
need to make sure that your components included in your machine that you have the right power supply
in order to power them so it's pretty important but I'm assuming that you have that knowledge
already so here we're going to talk about what you do with this one so this is a modular power
supply unit which means you only need to plug in the cables you need which is obviously great for
cable management makes life a lot easier on the power supply unit you'll find various markings for
what cables go where and on the cables themselves you'll also find markings for which cable is what
and where they plug in essentially that makes your life fairly straightforward so this large one this
is the chunkiest one and quite possibly the most important one you'll plug in this is the 24 pin
power supply unit cable and you can see it plugs in on the top right it's actually split into two
but it plugs in where the motherboard markings are and you can't get this the wrong way around
because there's a clip on top which clicks into the little hole above all the different pins so
there are two parts to this and obviously on the other end you have one single connection with the
24 pins but you notice on the power supply end it's split now I'm going to show you where to
plug it in on the motherboard so this obviously is my motherboard but usually on the right hand side
roughly in the middle is where you'll find the same connection you wouldn't plug this in
outside the case normally I'm just demonstrating it where it is because it's cleaner view for you
to see here and you can see that plugs in it can be a little bit fiddly and it's also very
difficult to get back off again worth bearing in mind but I just wanted to show how to do
it now this is inside the Corsair 4000d airflow and you can see things are a little bit tighter
once you've actually run the cables from the rear of the case which I'll show you later on
but you can manipulate this cable around is a little bit fiddly and not that neat so you might
want to consider cable extensions or some fancier cables but the standard cables are pretty flexible
once you've got the hang of it now you'll also find some pretty important CPU cables these also
plug into the top of the motherboard to make sure that your motherboard has enough power for the CPU
again you'll find markings on the cables that say their CPU and also on the power supply unit
if you look closely you'll see ports with CPU markings on them you should find three cables
in the bag which have the same labeling so all three of them are CPU and you can see PCIe
CPU markings on the bottom right so you can plug in two of them there and if you need a
third one you'll notice on the top left next to the SATA pattern ones there's also another PCIe
CPU connection up there and also on the bottom right where I've already plugged in those two
there's another two next to that which also will potentially take them so you have a variety of
places to plug these in now this is important usually you'll only find two power cables two
eight pin power cables that will run at the back of your case and you need to run them
up to the top and usually on the left hand side or on the right in this case you're looking at
it from the rear so run them around to the back tie them up tidy them up and get them ready for
when you've installed the motherboard and put that into place so here you can see the final
point now this motherboard requires three eight pin CPU power connections that's fairly unusual
but just be sure to check your motherboard and your motherboard manual to see which ones you
need to plug in and where they are sometimes you might find these are at the bottom of the
motherboard for example so it's worth bearing that in mind but here you can see again outside
the case I'm plugging them into the motherboard just to demonstrate where they go again you can't
get this wrong as long as you use the cables that are marked CPU and you plug them into the
CPU part of the power supply unit you then plug them into the top of the motherboard and they will
fit because it's impossible to plug these in incorrectly but just don't confuse them with the
PCIe cables which are for a different use which I'll show you in a second so again that's the
setup for that but again you would do it when it's in the case you'll see it's a lot more complicated
and this will vary depending on your case but in this case for example it's important to plug these
cables in before you mount any radiators to the top of the case or any fans because if you get
to that stage you'll find that it's very fiddly and it's quite difficult to get your hand behind
the radiator or underneath the fans in order to manipulate the cables into the motherboard which
can be a pain this will vary depending on your case but also the size of the motherboard so
this is an e8x motherboard so it's quite a large one takes up a lot of room in a smaller case which
makes it a little bit more difficult something to bear in mind just when you're going through
the installation process and the build if you're interested I've done a build guide on this case in
a variety of different setups I'll link to those videos in the description so you can find out
more on how that works but just demonstrating the process here and it's roughly the same as I said
usually most motherboards will just have two eight pin CPU connections at the top and then the 24 pin
on the right hand side so that is the motherboard power setup and that's fairly straightforward the
next step is to set up the rest of the parts for your build the next cable that we're going to be
using here is the SATA connection so this is a flat power connection and it's daisy chainable
so you'll see that at one end you have that connection that you've already seen plugged into
the power supply unit and then throughout the rest of the cable you have a number of other flat clips
this is used for basically other connections with SATA logic so you can see it plugs into the top
left and then it will control things like fan control boxes so you can see here Commander Core
or Commander Pro as a fan controller you can basically connect up the flat connector up
to your power supply unit that way and it's daisy chainable so you can actually connect
multiple devices to the same cable so this will be powering a lots of fans in the case but you
can also plug in other things so another example of something you might connect up SATA power to
is a hard disk drive so if you have a platter hard disk drive or a 2.5 inch SSD those require the
same sort of power again the flat power connector and you'll find this has an l shape to it so it's
actually difficult slash impossible to plug it in the wrong way around because of the way that sits
but here you can see I've plugged it in when it's in the case and you'll see that daisy chainable
effect with multiple cables coming out of it so a bit further on into the build now we've got both
the fan controller and the hard disk drive plugged into the same cable so you don't need multiple
SATA cables if you're plugging in multiple devices this makes things a little bit neater and makes
life a little bit easier when you're going through the build process so just bear that
in mind depending on what you're plugging in now the next one which is very important if you're a
PC gamer is the PCIe connection this will give you the power for your graphics card again you'll find
the markings on the power supply unit for this I'm using that one in the top left but there's also
one where my thumb is it has that marking for PCIe CPU so depending on which connections you're using
and how many you need so in this instance I'm using a NVIDIA Founder's Edition card this is
a 3060 Ti and that has a single connection on it it also has that adapter that you'll find with the
founders edition card so you need that and then you need the single 8 pin connection and PCIe
again make sure this is the PCIe labeled cable and this end of it plugs in there now what you'll
find is this cable split into two parts obviously you then have an extra part that you don't need
but you might find that you have a larger more power hungry graphics card so here is the gigabyte
overclock vision graphics card this is a 3090 and actually requires two of those connections
now these are slightly different power cables but the logic is the same these are the premium
individually sleeved power supply unit cables from Corsair which are an additional purchase
they're separate but you can see they're nicer looking cables and they're a bit easier to
make look snazzy and here I'm plugging in two lots of a pin connections it's the same logic
it's the same setup at the other end you plug them into the power supply unit but then you have two
connections to plug into your graphics card for the more hungry graphics cards you might also find
sometimes you have the need for three eight pin power connections and you will find the
cables for this in the box so just find another spare PCIe connection on your PSU and plug it
in there the next one is the pattern now this is fairly unusual but again look for those SATA slash
pattern markings and this will be required for other accessories things like a liquid cooling
pump so you can see this is liquid cooling pump reservoir combo and on the bottom of that
is this connection which fairly stands out as being quite unique from the others quite a chunky
thing and a little bit fiddly but this requires that power so make sure you plug those in so we've
got most of that set up now and I would recommend I highly recommend plugging in all the cables that
you're going to need before you try installing the power supply unit in your case this is especially
important if you have a smaller case that you're building in you don't have a full tower
because it makes it much much easier to manipulate all those cables around inside the build rather
than having to wedge your hand in a tiny gap in order to plug them in where you won't be able
to see what cables plug in where so it makes life easier just to plug in all the cables beforehand
and then seat and set up the power supply unit and screw it into place also note when you're going
about the installation process that you want to make sure the fan on the power supply unit
has access to a port so in this case it's facing downwards because that bottom fan sucks in cold
air into the power supply you need to keep it cool and then exhaust the hot air through the back
where your power cable plugs into it so just bear that in mind during the build it's going to vary
on a case-by-case basis but it usually faces the bottom once that's done obviously I've
done this in a bit of a weird order but I want to demonstrate the logic for it and to show where the
cables go so hopefully it's been a bit clear but then plugging that all in and then screwing it in
with the four screws included and you'll find the little points on the back of the case where these
will screw into the holes and then obviously use all those to secure it into place and then run
the cables through through the various points as I showed you at the back and plug them in to those
various sockets and there you have it that is the finished product you are now away obviously then
plug in the extra cable to the mains and turn it on and job done this has been the Provoked Prawn
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