What do you personally call those PCIe power cables that split.

[DeScruff]

I was helping a friend install a new graphics card over a video call on discord, and it kinda hit me, I don't know what, or if there is a term for those PCIe that split at the end to a second plug.
You know the kind I'm talking about. Every PSU has them. They look ugly when you have a GPU that only uses 1 plug.

Do they even have a technical name?  What do you personally refer to them as?

Personally Ive called them "Hoop Doops" - I think I got that from a BitWit Kyle video a long time ago in a video giving tips to make your PC look better.

[Enderman]

They're just dual 8 pin or dual 6+2 pin cables.

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

2 minutes ago, DeScruff said:

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6+2 pin PCI-e power

[Moonzy]

5 minutes ago, DeScruff said:

They look ugly when you have a GPU that only uses 1 plug.

i use 1 on the GPU, 1 to prop the GPU on my drive bay to counter the sag _{Engineering 100}

i call them dual 6+2pins

[WereCat]

20 minutes ago, Moonzy said:

i use 1 on the GPU, 1 to prop the GPU on my drive bay to counter the sag _{Engineering 100}

Casual 

[WereCat]

1 minute ago, CircleTech said:

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Regarding the 6+2 connector, I've seen people calling it a piggy tail 8-pin

[Moonzy]

3 minutes ago, WereCat said:

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[Guest]

Break away connectors.

[Ankerson]

1 hour ago, DeScruff said:

I was helping a friend install a new graphics card over a video call on discord, and it kinda hit me, I don't know what, or if there is a term for those PCIe that split at the end to a second plug.
You know the kind I'm talking about. Every PSU has them. They look ugly when you have a GPU that only uses 1 plug.

Do they even have a technical name?  What do you personally refer to them as?

Personally Ive called them "Hoop Doops" - I think I got that from a BitWit Kyle video a long time ago in a video giving tips to make your PC look better.

 

CRAP, junk, trash........ Yeah, that's what I call them...

 

Not all PSU's have them however, some come with the single connector cables.

 

If they are going to put that crap, garbage in the box they need to include single connector cables too.

 

 

[nightmarevoid]

1 hour ago, DeScruff said:

I was helping a friend install a new graphics card over a video call on discord, and it kinda hit me, I don't know what, or if there is a term for those PCIe that split at the end to a second plug.
You know the kind I'm talking about. Every PSU has them. They look ugly when you have a GPU that only uses 1 plug.

 

I call them, "PCIe 6+2 pin connectors with a piggy-back" which is pretty long, but I think is clear.