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1 minute ago, 2018amdbuild said:

each cable has multiple sata connector heads, can i use one cable to connect two hdd's to the psu or should i be using separate cables for reach hdd?

You can use all the connectors, if it fits, it sits, and it should work.

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The 6-pin goes into the PSU.

The other ones are SATA power connectors, mainly used for HDD's

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so im not sure what the first one is but the second is sata which is for hard drives they usally say what type of cable it is on the black plastics

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Just now, 2018amdbuild said:

so is this cable used to power hdd's?

If the HDD uses sata, yes then it can be used for that.

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As others said, the 3x2 pin (6 pin plug) is just what Corsair uses on many of their PSU's, the other end is SATA power typically used by hard drives, (not M.2) SSD's and optical drives (DVD, Blu ray players). Sometimes other peripherals like fan hubs or RGB lighting controllers use it too.

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Just now, 2018amdbuild said:

so is this cable used to power hdd's?

yes hdd's and ssd's and potentially some internal peripherals or accessories. 

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1 minute ago, 2018amdbuild said:

each cable has multiple sata connector heads, can i use one cable to connect two hdd's to the psu or should i be using separate cables for reach hdd?

You can use all the connectors, if it fits, it sits, and it should work.

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