JayJapanB Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 Hey guys, I have been wanting to pick up an AX850 and a white sleeved cable set to replace my HX850(which is working fine I might add) just for the fully sleeved cables. Problem is the corsair shop says the set comes with only two 6+2 pin pci cables. I run sli GTX 460s and need four pci cables in total. I thought buying an AX1200 set would solve my problem though I quickly found out that those cables are proprietary to the 1200. When the shop says two 6+2 cables does it mean two 12 pin to 2x6+2 pin or only two 6+2 pin cables? Thanks! (Also, on a side note it seems strange that the AX1200 would have a different pin layout when one of the main reasons (I thought) of the AX fully modular psus was that they could be replaced without changing any cable routing.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G50EED Posted February 16, 2012 Share Posted February 16, 2012 (Also, on a side note it seems strange that the AX1200 would have a different pin layout when one of the main reasons (I thought) of the AX fully modular psus was that they could be replaced without changing any cable routing.) Totally different. I had the AX850 and upgraded to the AX1200. The PCI-E cables for the AX850 are 2 6+2 connectors joined to a single 12-pin connector that plugs into the PSU. For the AX1200 each 6+2 PCI-E connector is a single cable with an 8-pin connector that plugs into the PSU. Once I saw that when I received my AX1200 I wondered how the AX850 powered the 6+2 PCI-E connectors like that (i.e., 16 pins with only 12 to the PSU). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJapanB Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 In that case I really hope the kit has two 12 pin cables. Because the AX1200 says it has 6, which would make sense if all the cables were individual 8pin ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJapanB Posted February 16, 2012 Author Share Posted February 16, 2012 I believe I have found my answer in pictures on Drako.it who apparently are resellers of the cables (either way I bought from the corsair shop), showing two dual pci cables. I think I was getting mixed up in that they are two cables with four 6+2 pin connectors in total. Unless anyone has any information to say otherwise I think this is all cleared up. I look forward to a sexy sleeved psu in the post :D Edit: Sorry for the double post. I probably should have edited my last one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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