Linking Power Cables

When running power to all your parts is there a "best" way to do it? Like should i run power to my raedon and my cdrw driver on the same cable? How many should i link to each cable? I have a lot of extra cables inside, do I need them all? Are they limiting power to other parts? Just trying to get the best setup inside.

MB ASUS P4P800 DELUXE SPRINGDALE RT

POWER SUPPLY ANTEC TRUE430 ATX RTL

CPU P4/2.4CGHz 800M 478P/512K HT RT

DDRAM 512MBTWINX512-3200C2 COR RT

HD 120GB|WD 72R WD1200JB 8MB-CACHE%

HD 36GB|WD 10,000 WD360GD 8MB

CDRW LITEON|52X32X52X LTR-52327S BK

SOUND BLASTER|AUDIGY 2 PCI SB0244 %

CPUFAN COOLERMASTER ISB-V73 AR4 RT

Raedon 9800 Pro 128 MB

 

I removed a lot of the wires that i thought were just clutter or didnt really serve any purpose and connected a bunch of other wires to each other. Now my comp seems to be running a little warmer than usual and sluggish in some loading areas. Plus my ASUS monitor keeps warning me that my CPU fan is below threshold. What does that mean and what do I do?

 

Is there a difference between the white and the black power connectors?

 

Errr.... okay I'll answer the first question.

I wouldn't connect one power cord up to two high current draw componenets, simply because the wire might heat up too much and melt the insulation (unlikley, but possible).

You can run 2 Hard Drives from one molex connector, but I wouldn't connect a graphics card and a hard drive on the same wire.