#include<iostream>
#include<cstring>
#include<algorithm>
using namespace std;
const int N = 500005, mod = 1e9 + 7;
typedef long long ll;
int f[N];
struct E
{
int u, v, w;
}ed[N];
int find(int x)
{
if (x != f[x])
return f[x]=find(f[x]);
return x;
}
bool cmp(E& e1, E& e2)
{
return e1.w > e2.w;
}
int main()
{
std::ios::sync_with_stdio(0);
cin.tie(0);
int n, m;
cin >> n >> m;
for (int i = 1; i<= n; i++)
f[i] = i;
for (int i = 0; i < m; i++)
{
int u, v, w;
cin >> u >> v >> w;
ed[i] = { u,v,w };
}
sort(ed, ed + m,cmp );
ll res = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < m; i++)
{
int u = ed[i].u, v = ed[i].v;
if(find(u)==find(v))
continue;
f[find(u)] = f[find(v)];
res += ed[i].w;
}
cout << res;
return 0;
}