[SOLVED] Are daisy chained PCIe cables okay to use?

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I'm not fully aware of daisy chaining means in terms of PCIe cables, but what I'm thinking it is is 1 cable with another cable that is coming out of the PCIe connector head. The cable is 1 cable with 2 6 + 2 connectors attached. If that's what daisy chaining is then that's the cable I can on the thermaltake GF3 page that comes with it.
OK, let's use images to make it clear. One PCIe power cable provided by the PSU looks like the Y character, with a chunk connected to the PSU and two branches(each branch is 6+2pin) connecting to PCIe devices.

TT GF3 have 5 slots for CPU&PCIe cable, even if you use two cable for motherboard's CPU power slot, you can still connect three "Y"-like PCIe cables to your 7800xt's three power slots...
daisy-chaining the third&second slot is OK, second&first is NOT OK.
TT GF3 offers 1 12vhpwr and 5 CPU/PCIe power cable, there's no necessity for daisy chaining.

I'm not fully aware of daisy chaining means in terms of PCIe cables, but what I'm thinking it is is 1 cable with another cable that is coming out of the PCIe connector head. The cable is 1 cable with 2 6 + 2 connectors attached. If that's what daisy chaining is then that's the cable I can on the thermaltake GF3 page that comes with it.
 
I'm not fully aware of daisy chaining means in terms of PCIe cables, but what I'm thinking it is is 1 cable with another cable that is coming out of the PCIe connector head. The cable is 1 cable with 2 6 + 2 connectors attached. If that's what daisy chaining is then that's the cable I can on the thermaltake GF3 page that comes with it.
OK, let's use images to make it clear. One PCIe power cable provided by the PSU looks like the Y character, with a chunk connected to the PSU and two branches(each branch is 6+2pin) connecting to PCIe devices.

TT GF3 have 5 slots for CPU&PCIe cable, even if you use two cable for motherboard's CPU power slot, you can still connect three "Y"-like PCIe cables to your 7800xt's three power slots, and there's no need for connecting one single PCIe power cable's two branch to the card(yes, that's what I thought representing daisy-chaining), you should only use one branch and left another branch not used. It's the most safe way!
 
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