Corsair RM550 PCI-E connector (PLEASE HELP!?)

[J-Dizzle]

Hi,

I'm a little bit new to this building malarkey and I'm pretty sure that someone on here must be able to help, even if it is Christmas Eve!

I have the Corsair RM550 PSU and with that came one single PCI-E cable. The cable has an 8 pin connector on the end that goes into the PSU and on the opposite end the cables splits into two separate 6+2 pin connectors.

If my GPU requires an 8 pin AND 6+2 pin connection can I use the single cable I described above? Or should I be using something else? As far as I know, the PSU has a single 12V rail. I was really hoping that I could use a single cable for both connections as I only have a small case and would like to keep things to a minimum.

This is what the cable looks like on the end that I believe connects to the GPU:

http://www.corsair.com/Media/catalog/product/c/p/cp-8920114_pci-e_pigtail_conn.png

I hope this isn't too confusing!

 

[Mattios]

Yes the one cable can be used for one GPU.

Merry Christmas!

 

[junkeymonkey]

best I see and for some reason they don't really tell you in the specs is that unit comes with 2 pci-e cables and best I figure is they should be 2 -6+2 pin if so whats the issue ?? you should be covered

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Cases-and-Cooling/Corsair-RM-Series-550W-Power-Supply-Review/Specifications-and-Packaging

 

[J-Dizzle]

best I see and for some reason they don't really tell you in the specs is that unit comes with 2 pci-e cables and best I figure is they should be 2 -6+2 pin if so whats the issue ?? you should be covered

http://www.pcper.com/reviews/Cases-and-Cooling/Corsair-RM-Series-550W-Power-Supply-Review/Specifications-and-Packaging

Thanks, I didn't know there was a/couldn't find the second cable but I will have another look and see what's shakin'!

Both answers very much appreciated