Power for a mining rig

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Hi there,

i was hoping to see if I could get a little help or suggestions, maybe a really noob question and I can;t see any answer out there and thing I have seen don't seem safe :S

I'm just in the process of getting a few cubes setup but am curious about powering the units.
I have got a Corsair RM1000, but is the only ways to power the everything to either have it plugged into a motherboard or short out the connection for the board?

I hope that makes sense? but up until now I've either had usb miners or blades connected to a backplane and server power.

Thank you in advance for any help.