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Changing the pinout while creating custom cables

Are all +12V pins from the PSU (6+2 & 4+4) created equal?  Rather, for a single 8 wire connector, as long as the 4 ground pins on the PSU are wired to the 4 ground pins on the CPU and the 4 +12V pins on the PSU are wired to the 4 +12V pins on the CPU, does it matter if the wires don't follow the specific, factory pinout?

 

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I'm creating a set of custom PSU cables for my new/first PC build in a Louqe Ghost S1 with Corsair SF600.  I've traced all wires and verified the pinout with multiple other sources (everything agrees with this post).  I've completed my GPU cables and made them exactly the same pinout as the stock wires, putting the twists/crossovers behind the PSU (out of sight, out of mind).  I think I can hide the crossovers in 24-pin cable behind the GPU cable connections on the PSU side.  Where I'm running into the dilemma is the 8 pin CPU cable; due to the orientation of my components if I follow the stock pinout there will be a big ugly twist front and center, no matter where i put it, instead of a showcase of neatly sleeved and organized wires.  Hence my original question.

 

I am fairly certain that it won't matter as these are power delivery and not signal wires.  My guess is that they are probably pinned in the easiest way to split up the stock black ribbons at each connector, but I have never done this before and don't want to fry any components for small vanity.  I have searched all over and the closest answer I could find was a thread where someone talking about how the custom cables they ordered did not match the pinout of their stockcables.  They were told by the creator of said cables that they will work just fine but it was an old post that died out before ever giving a solid answer.

 

Work preview below as tribute.  MDPCX Shade 19, Platinum, and Vanilla Sands, will post full build pics once complete :)

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7 minutes ago, H60Princess said:

Are all +12V pins from the PSU (6+2 & 4+4) created equal? Rather, for a single 8 wire connector, as long as the 4 ground pins on the PSU are wired to the 4 ground pins on the CPU and the 4 +12V pins on the PSU are wired to the 4 +12V pins on the CPU, does it matter if the wires don't follow the specific, factory pinout?

The specific pintout, i.e., where those +12V pins are, should not be assumed to be in the same place from PSU to PSU.

 

Other than that, as long as a +12V pin goes to a +12V pin and a ground goes to a ground, it's fine.

 

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8 hours ago, H60Princess said:

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It varies between PSU manufacture's, but in theory the standard for a single rail PSU is that the pinout is alright to re-arrange given that they are the same 12V and not a sense line. I've done that on an AX760 series to help alleviate some cable cross over as that had a notorious configuration, however be certain to test the and verify everything was connected correctly before hooking it to a system.

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