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1 minute ago, minimalist said:

Sorry, I meant 2 cables 1x8

so you're asking about the cables that have 2 8-pin plugs daisy chained? They can work, but quite a bit of testing has shown a slight performance hit over having 2 separate full cables from the PSU.

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I'm going to be "upgrading" my cables and was wondering, does it matter if there is 1 cable with 2x8 pin connectors or 2 cables with 1x4 pin connector each.  Anything positive or negative that can come from either set up? 

Case: NZXT H500i. Motherboard: Asus Prime Z390-A. CPU: i7 9700k OC @ 5.0GHz. GPU: EVGA 2080 FTW3 CPU Cooler: NZXT X62. Memory: G. Skill Ripjaws 32Gb 3200mhz. Storage: 1TB Samsung 840 EVO SSD /  120GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD  /  WD Caviar Black 3TB / WD Caviar Green 4TB. . PSU: Corsair AX760. Monitor: 2x Acer XB270HU. Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB. Mouse: Corsair Glaive. 

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54 minutes ago, minimalist said:

I'm going to be "upgrading" my cables and was wondering, does it matter if there is 1 cable with 2x8 pin connectors or 2 cables with 1x4 pin connector each.  Anything positive or negative that can come from either set up? 

PCI-E power cables are either 6 pin or 8pin (or a 6+2 combo). There is no 4 pin PCI-E power cable.

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3 minutes ago, Kalm_Traveler1 said:

PCI-E power cables are either 6 pin or 8pin (or a 6+2 combo). There is no 4 pin PCI-E power cable.

Sorry, I meant 2 cables 1x8

Case: NZXT H500i. Motherboard: Asus Prime Z390-A. CPU: i7 9700k OC @ 5.0GHz. GPU: EVGA 2080 FTW3 CPU Cooler: NZXT X62. Memory: G. Skill Ripjaws 32Gb 3200mhz. Storage: 1TB Samsung 840 EVO SSD /  120GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD  /  WD Caviar Black 3TB / WD Caviar Green 4TB. . PSU: Corsair AX760. Monitor: 2x Acer XB270HU. Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB. Mouse: Corsair Glaive. 

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1 minute ago, minimalist said:

Sorry, I meant 2 cables 1x8

so you're asking about the cables that have 2 8-pin plugs daisy chained? They can work, but quite a bit of testing has shown a slight performance hit over having 2 separate full cables from the PSU.

HEDT: i9 10980XE @ 4.9 gHz, 64GB @ 3600mHz CL14 G.Skill Trident-Z DDR4, 2x Nvidia Titan RTX NVLink SLI, Corsair AX1600i, Samsung 960 Pro 2TB OS/apps, Samsung 850 EVO 4TB media, LG 38GL950G-B monitor, Drop CTRL keyboard, Decus Respec mouse

Laptop: Razer Blade Pro 2019 9750H model, 32GB @ 3200mHz CL18 G.Skill Ripjaws DDR4, 2x Samsung 960 Pro 1TB RAID0, repasted with Thermal Grizzly Kryonaut
Gaming Rig: i9 9900ks @ 5.2ghz, 32GB @ 4000mHz CL17 G.Skill Trident-Z DDR4, EVGA RTX 2080 Ti Kingpin, Corsair HX1200, Samsung 970 EVO Plus 2TB, Asus PG348Q monitor, Corsair K70 LUX RGB keyboard, Corsair Ironclaw mouse
HTPC: i7 7700 (delidded + LM), 16GB @ 2666mHz CL15 Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4, MSI Geforce GTX 1070 Gaming X, Corsair SFX 600, Samsung 850 Pro 512gb, Samsung Q55R TV, Filco Majestouch Convertible 2 TKL keyboard, Logitech G403 wireless mouse

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1 minute ago, Kalm_Traveler1 said:

so you're asking about the cables that have 2 8-pin plugs daisy chained? They can work, but quite a bit of testing has shown a slight performance hit over having 2 separate full cables from the PSU.

Perfect.  That's all I needed to know.  2 - 8 pin cables it is!

Case: NZXT H500i. Motherboard: Asus Prime Z390-A. CPU: i7 9700k OC @ 5.0GHz. GPU: EVGA 2080 FTW3 CPU Cooler: NZXT X62. Memory: G. Skill Ripjaws 32Gb 3200mhz. Storage: 1TB Samsung 840 EVO SSD /  120GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD  /  WD Caviar Black 3TB / WD Caviar Green 4TB. . PSU: Corsair AX760. Monitor: 2x Acer XB270HU. Keyboard: Corsair K70 RGB. Mouse: Corsair Glaive. 

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