[SOLVED] corsair rm850x 2018 connectors

Haxorx21

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Hi,
I might be getting a 3080 soon but it will require 3 8 pins and my psu only has 2 cables/connectors for pci. I tried to look at the product page but the way they have it labeled confuses me so I can't tell how many pcie/vga connectors there are and how many cpu ones there are. Could anyone help me with how its labeled?
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Haxorx21

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Cables and connectors are two different things.

The RM850x has 3 PCIe cables. Each cable has 2 connectors on it, for a total of 6 connectors. This means you have 3 x 8 pin (6+2) PCIe cables.
oh when I said that I meant my psu has 2 cables and only 2 connectors for said 2 cables. So the rm850x can use all 3 8 pin cables at the same time? As well as having 2 cables for cpu power as well? Im too used to evga labeling where every connector is labeled so I dont have to guess what the label is over.
 

Haxorx21

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Correct. The CPU and PCIe cables are completely separate.
looking at the picture again, I see 5 8 pin connectors. There are 4 on the bottom row and 1 on the top left. The top left one is different from the bottom 4 which are all identical from what I can see so im assuming its for the cpu. However, if three of those are for pcie, what is the last 8 pin for? Id assume cpu but its different from the one above it. Ill add an imgur link below: View: https://imgur.com/Uj2pQon

Thanks for the help
 

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looking at the picture again, I see 5 8 pin connectors. There are 4 on the bottom row and 1 on the top left. The top left one is different from the bottom 4 which are all identical from what I can see so im assuming its for the cpu. However, if three of those are for pcie, what is the last 8 pin for? Id assume cpu but its different from the one above it. Ill add an imgur link below: View: https://imgur.com/Uj2pQon

Thanks for the help
The top one is upside down from the bottom ones, look at the latch.
 
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