Which side of the 12V-2x6 cable?

[xmax]

Hi everyone! 

I just got the RM1000e Corsair PSU, which comes with a cable that is 12V-2x6 on both sides, and it's supposed to power the Gpu. I can't figure which end of this cable should go into the PSU and which into the Gpu. One end of the cable has "PCIe" written on the side, and that's it. Both ends fit in the psu, I've already tried.

 

Thanks

[emosun]

do the other cables have the text written on the plug end or the power supply end?

[Hinjima]

35 minutes ago, xmax said:

Hi everyone! 

I just got the RM1000e Corsair PSU, which comes with a cable that is 12V-2x6 on both sides, and it's supposed to power the Gpu. I can't figure which end of this cable should go into the PSU and which into the Gpu. One end of the cable has "PCIe" written on the side, and that's it. Both ends fit in the psu, I've already tried.

 

Thanks

I have a Corsair RM1000x and I have the side with the PCIE on the GPU side.  
Works great.

 

The 12V-2x6 should be symmetrical so it shouldn't matter what side you use.
 

[Hinjima]

41 minutes ago, xmax said:

Hi everyone! 

I just got the RM1000e Corsair PSU, which comes with a cable that is 12V-2x6 on both sides, and it's supposed to power the Gpu. I can't figure which end of this cable should go into the PSU and which into the Gpu. One end of the cable has "PCIe" written on the side, and that's it. Both ends fit in the psu, I've already tried.

 

Thanks

Do you want me to flip my cable around and give it a test? 

So you can be sure it works both ways ?  

[xmax]

@emosun the ones I'm using for the cpu only have "CPU" written on the side that I put in the motherboard. There's another cable in the box with a 12V-2x6 side and two 6+2 ends, and these latter ones have "PCIe" written on them

[xmax]

1 minute ago, Hinjima said:

Do you want me to flip my cable around and give it a test? 

So you can be sure it works both ways ?  

That would be reassuring, thank you so much! 

[Hinjima]

Just now, xmax said:

That would be reassuring, thank you so much! 

Give me about 10 minutes. Going to flip it around, run some games  

Now I can reroute the cable as well as its currently going above the GPU and I want it under.

[Hinjima]

17 minutes ago, xmax said:

That would be reassuring, thank you so much! 

GPU works great  Boosting to its rated clock speed and power draw is accurate, no problems at all.

Just a picture to show that I did infact flip it.  I didnt align it pretty, its 1AM so wanted to get this done quick.

Hope that helps   Just plug it in and off you go. Play some video games!

[xmax]

11 hours ago, Hinjima said:

GPU works great  Boosting to its rated clock speed and power draw is accurate, no problems at all.

Just a picture to show that I did infact flip it.  I didnt align it pretty, its 1AM so wanted to get this done quick.

Hope that helps   Just plug it in and off you go. Play some video games!

Thank you! The Gpu still has to arrive, but I wanted to prepare the other pieces so that I only have to plug it in, everything's ready now

[Hinjima]

3 hours ago, xmax said:

Thank you! The Gpu still has to arrive, but I wanted to prepare the other pieces so that I only have to plug it in, everything's ready now

No problem at all  

Understandable!  What are the full system specs?

[xmax]

On 6/23/2025 at 3:26 PM, Hinjima said:

No problem at all  

Understandable!  What are the full system specs?

These here: https://it.pcpartpicker.com/list/CvKj9C
I've been playing with my laptop for 8 years, I really wanted to upgrade 

[Hinjima]

1 minute ago, xmax said:

These here: https://it.pcpartpicker.com/list/CvKj9C
I've been playing with my laptop for 8 years, I really wanted to upgrade 

Thats a fantastic build!  I run a very similar setup. 

I have a 9800X3D and an RTX 4080 with 32GB of 6000Mhz CL30 RAM as well.

Its absolutely incredible to game with   You are in for a treat.

 

The RM1000e is quite overkill for this setup but having some extra room for future upgrades is nice!

You can always install a 10800X3D ( whenever that comes out ) later and buy a beefier GPU in a couple of years and still be good to go for a while.

I just want to say that you could actually get away with a solid 550w PSU for this setup  

[xmax]

Yeah, I initially wanted to go with an 850w, but 1000w PSUs were very close in price, so I went with that just to be extra safe  I was a bit worried about the 12V-2x6 connector, but my 5070 Ti shouldn't exceed 300W, so it should be safe enough (fingers crossed) considering the upper limit of 600W of that connector

What kind of games are you playing on that beast of yours?