QUESTION: Cable Pin outs from gpu to psu

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Hello my knowledgeable friends, if you take a look at this diagram from Big Elf @ overclock.net, you will notice that for the 4+4pin/6+2pin modular cables, one entire line is ground and one entire line is 12v. 

 

 

my question is if this means that the GPU, a reference 780ti in this case, using the one complete 6+2 pin and another 6+2 (without the 2) pin is entirely connected by ground lines on the top and connected by 12v lines in the bottom (when the GPU is installed in a regular type tower case)

 

if this is the case, when i go and resleeve my psu, i can just connect any 12v line to a 12v port and any ground line to a ground port. because corsair currently have their cables pinned as such:

 

PSU side connector                                                                  Component side connector

[GNDa][GNDb][GNDc][GNDd+e]                                               [GNDc][GNDb][GNDa][GNDd]    

[12Va ][12Vb ][12Vc ][empty]                                                    [12Vc ][12Va ][12Vb ][GNDe]

 

i feel like it should be okay for me to rearrange these to make it abcd=abcd rather than abcd=cabd right? as long as 12v is still a 12v and ground is still a ground it will be okay right?

 

thank you for any help in advance. 

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As long as a 12v is plugged into a 12v and a ground is plugged into a ground, it should in theory be right. although I'd plug it in the same way as you found it just to be on the safe side.

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As long as a 12v is plugged into a 12v and a ground is plugged into a ground, it should in theory be right. although I'd plug it in the same way as you found it just to be on the safe side.

 

 

Thats the problem, i know it would be theoretically correct, i also know it would be safer, but it just plain impractical. also it makes for ugly wires

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I don't see how it makes for uglier wires? The 6+2 Pin standard is 3 12V Lines and 5 Ground Lines. Just have 2 pins coming out of one of the Power Supply Grounds Lines.

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I don't see how it makes for uglier wires? The 6+2 Pin standard is 3 12V Lines and 5 Ground Lines. Just have 2 pins coming out of one of the Power Supply Grounds Lines.

 

the double line is not the problem, the problem is when the abcd=cadb arrangement