Few questions about Corsair RM550x

[WitheredRose]

Hey, I just got mine Corsair RM550x today and I have a few questions.

 

1)What is this thing? It has a texture of small rocks.

 

https://i.imgur.com/M1qHgid.jpg

 

2)What is this bulge near the end of 24pin cable? Is it the capacitor in the cable? Other cables have similar ones in the end, although they are smaller.

 

https://i.imgur.com/g7Vrp8Y.jpg

 

3)Can 24pin cable be twisted like this? The 8pin CPU cable connected to PSU is twisted in similar manner, it won't be any problem for the cables?

 

https://i.imgur.com/jb5OORQ.jpg

 

4)Can a side case panel have a little bulge? Pretty small one, and the panel is made of steel I assume. The RMx's cables are so freaking stiff.

 

5)There were 2 sata cables included and both are angled. Are both supposed to be angled?

 

https://i.imgur.com/ysfScJY.jpg

 

Rest of the compenents just in case:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Cooler: SilentiumPC Fera 3
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX
Ram: Patriot 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz CL16 Viper 4
SSD: Crucial 500GB 2,5" SATA SSD MX500
GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 5600 XT PULSE 6GB GDDR6
Case: SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Pure Black

[8tg]

1) desiccant packet, keeps it dry in shipping

2) it’s a capacitor

3) yes

4) it’s not gonna break anything, just it’ll have a weird little dent

5) yes, for some reason Corsair doesn’t ship the flat sata cable with the lower wattage models, the 650x and up have them, if you need one you can always just order another cable

[akio123008]

1) something that absorbs water. Probably calcium chloride.

2) don't know for sure. Not a capacitor I'd say.

3) no issue

4) no issue

5) is that a problem? 

[WitheredRose]

2 minutes ago, Not Wills said:

1. this is used in packaging to remove moister, you can throw that away.

2. It is most likely a plastic cable tie.

3. yea, it should be fine,

4. yea, but if there is too much bulge you might dent the side panel.

5. yea they are at 90' for things like hard drive caddys. 

 

2 minutes ago, 8tg said:

1) desiccant packet, keeps it dry in shipping

2) it’s a capacitor

3) yes

4) it’s not gonna break anything, just it’ll have a weird little dent

5) yes, for some reason Corsair doesn’t ship the flat sata cable with the lower wattage models, the 650x and up have them, if you need one you can always just order another cable

 

2 minutes ago, akio123008 said:

1) something that absorbs water. Probably calcium chloride.

2) don't know for sure. Not a capacitor I'd say.

3) no issue

4) no issue

Thanks for the help.

 

2 minutes ago, akio123008 said:

5) is that problem? 

For the way I currently keep my SSD, no. But if I were to change its position the flat one would be nice.

[Spotty]

5 hours ago, Not Wills said:

2. It is most likely a plastic cable tie.

 

5 hours ago, akio123008 said:

2) don't know for sure. Not a capacitor I'd say.

It's capacitors

 

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/blog/Explanation-of-RMi-New-Type-4-Cables

[akio123008]

7 hours ago, Spotty said:

 

It's capacitors

 

https://www.corsair.com/us/en/blog/Explanation-of-RMi-New-Type-4-Cables

Oh did not expect that