#include<iostream>
#include<queue>
#include<algorithm>
#include<set>
#include<cmath>
#include<vector>
#include<map>
#include<stack>
#include<bitset>
#include<cstdio>
#include<cstring>
//---------------------------------Sexy operation--------------------------//
#define cini(n) scanf("%d",&n)
#define cinl(n) scanf("%lld",&n)
#define cinc(n) scanf("%c",&n)
#define cins(s) scanf("%s",s)
#define coui(n) printf("%d",n)
#define couc(n) printf("%c",n)
#define coul(n) printf("%lld",n)
#define debug(n) printf("%d_________________________________\n",n);
#define speed ios_base::sync_with_stdio(0)
#define file freopen("input.txt","r",stdin);freopen("output.txt","w",stdout)
//-------------------------------Actual option------------------------------//
#define rep(i,a,n) for(int i=a;i<=n;i++)
#define per(i,n,a) for(int i=n;i>=a;i--)
#define Swap(a,b) a^=b^=a^=b
#define Max(a,b) (a>b?a:b)
#define Min(a,b) a<b?a:b
#define mem(n,x) memset(n,x,sizeof(n))
#define mp(a,b) make_pair(a,b)
#define pb(n) push_back(n)
#define dis(a,b,c,d) ((double)sqrt((a-c)*(a-c)+(b-d)*(b-d)))
//--------------------------------constant----------------------------------//
#define INF 0x3f3f3f3f
#define esp 1e-9
#define PI acos(-1)
using namespace std;
typedef pair<int,int>PII;
typedef pair<string,int>PSI;
typedef long long ll;
//___________________________Dividing Line__________________________________/
int n,m;
int father[1100000];
struct node
{
int x;
int y;
int k;
}Q[1100000];
int find(int x)
{
if(father[x]==x)
return x;
return father[x]=find(father[x]);
}
bool cmp(node a,node b)
{
return a.k<b.k;
}
int main()
{
while(~scanf("%d %d",&n,&m))
{
int cont=0,sum=0,st=0;
for(int i=0;i<m;i++)
{
scanf("%d %d %d",&Q[i].x,&Q[i].y,&Q[i].k);
cont+=Q[i].k;
}
sort(Q,Q+m,cmp);
for(int i=1;i<=n;i++) father[i]=i;
for(int i=0;i<m;i++)
{
int tx=find(Q[i].x);
int ty=find(Q[i].y);
if(tx!=ty)
{
sum+=Q[i].k;
st++;
father[tx]=ty;
if(st==n-1)
break;
}
}
printf("%d\n",sum);
}
return 0;
}
