#include <vector>
#include <iostream>
#include <algorithm>
using namespace std;

struct edge
{
	int l,a,b;
};

bool cmp(const edge &a, const edge &b)
{
    return a.l < b.l;
}

int main()
{
	int m, n;
	cin >> n >> m;

	vector < edge > g(m);

	for (int i = 0; i < m; i++)
	{
		int a, b, l;
		cin >> a >> b >>l;
		edge e;
                e.l = l; e.a= a-1; e.b = b-1;
		g[i] = e;
	}
	long long cost = 0;
	vector < pair<int, int> > res;

	sort(g.begin(), g.end(),cmp);
	vector<int> tree_id(n);
	for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
		tree_id[i] = i;
	for (int i = 0; i < m; ++i)
	{
		int a = g[i].a, b = g[i].b, l = g[i].l;
		if (tree_id[a] != tree_id[b])
		{        

			res.push_back(make_pair(a, b));
			int old_id = tree_id[b], new_id = tree_id[a];
			for (int j = 0; j < n; ++j)
				if (tree_id[j] == old_id)
					tree_id[j] = new_id;
		}
	}

	cout << cost;
	return 0;
}