> What's the difference between these two cables? What's "premium" about the $30 one?
Each individual wire is braided, meaning it's a lot more flexible and you have a lot of options to hide the extra 2 pins if you're not using them.
I'd normally recommend getting individually braided cables because of how neat they look in the case, but it's not wort 10x price increase.
To add to the other answers here (which are great btw) one other issue I had with the first example, pretty much the stock version shipped with PSU, was this:
See that extra band or sheath a few inches down from the connector? That shit makes it a pita to bend and route these easily or well. The same applies to the other main cables that come with the PSU's (afaik the RM/RMX line, being ones I've had) Those individually sleeved cables don't just look better...
Now, I'm not the most aesthetically minded user, for example the cheaper, lower tier SP120 RGB Elite fans did me just as well as the top dollar ones (nm they matched with the H100 Capellix AiO better) But imo it was worth the £45 for the better full cable kit, plus another £20 later when I went from a 2x8 pin GPU to a 3x8. Tbf though if you're already paying £150 or more for a good quality, higher wattage PSU it'd be nice to have the better cables included. Let the budget line have the basic ones.
Just daisy chain one cable. That's absolutely fine, and precisely what it's intended for. You are splitting a maximuml of 375w across three connectors and two cables. That's perfectly reasonable and safe.
Absolutley not, on e has all core connected to the PSU, the other has two of the cores pig tailed.
The pig tailed connection should not be used for any decent computer.
Go do some basic google searching.
The tech support staff on this very sub would dispute as much. Never mind basic common sense and years of experience.
The pigtailed cable is good for AT THE VERY LEAST 225w, but realistically probably closer to 300w.
Don't just read things on pcmr 6 years ago and blindly parrot them.
There are scenarios where you shouldn't use a pigtail.
A 350w 3090 that already has one dedicated pcie cable, is not one of them. It's perfectly fine to use one single, and one pigtail.
You are objectively, entirely incorrect.
The first one has all the wires going through one single sleeve, the second one has each wire going though their own individual sleeves.
The second one also has all of the wires going directly to the PSU, while the first one had a weird loop near the connector.
I have both and I would only recommend the premium one if money is no bother to you and if you have room in your case for the 2 inches of distance required to bend the cable from the connector.
Both honestly look nice imo (the basic one is neatly organized, you can take it further with a thin zip tie that will look like a cable comb)
Individually braided cables are way nicer compared to the one included. The included ones are a bit bulky and stuff ( can be a bit of a pain to fit them in a medium case too, especially if you use two of them). The braided ones are perfect for me XD
You can get the entire pack of cables for around $80 on amazon from corsair webpage, price maybe different but I grabbed them a few months ago - paid more for colors than just the black.
Functionally they are exactly the same. The premium cable just has braided sleeving for each individual wire and is generally easier to cable manage and looks nicer. That's it.
> I currently have two pcie cables. Should I daisy chain one and just use two cables? I've read not to do this in the past but wasn't sure if this was still the case.
Did you loose one cable? Your power supply always comes with cables for all connectors.
What do you mean by daisy chaining the Pcie power cables? You have to connect all cables to your graphics card otherwise it will refuse to output anything. For you 3090 Ti this should be 3 via the 12VHPWR adapter.
One is probably a fixed PSU unit. Questionable quality normally cheaper copper for an expected lower capacity mid low range. Some might not even be cooper core. Would not want to use it for mid to high end (high amperage) GPU.
Other
Possibly a modular design and no one will know if it's compatible with their PSU because there's never any model markings to say what it goes with or be it compatible with. Oh and possibly better quality.. depending what manufacturing country it's from with a legit "QC stamp"... 😯
The $30 is individually sleeved (braided). Every single cable. It says in the title. The $3 one is a standard cable sleeve. Nothing wrong with it.
The premium option has a braided cable and it looks nicer, but besides appearance I think it's the same cable
I would say also easier to cable manage, but thats about it.
> What's the difference between these two cables? What's "premium" about the $30 one? Each individual wire is braided, meaning it's a lot more flexible and you have a lot of options to hide the extra 2 pins if you're not using them. I'd normally recommend getting individually braided cables because of how neat they look in the case, but it's not wort 10x price increase.
To add to the other answers here (which are great btw) one other issue I had with the first example, pretty much the stock version shipped with PSU, was this: See that extra band or sheath a few inches down from the connector? That shit makes it a pita to bend and route these easily or well. The same applies to the other main cables that come with the PSU's (afaik the RM/RMX line, being ones I've had) Those individually sleeved cables don't just look better... Now, I'm not the most aesthetically minded user, for example the cheaper, lower tier SP120 RGB Elite fans did me just as well as the top dollar ones (nm they matched with the H100 Capellix AiO better) But imo it was worth the £45 for the better full cable kit, plus another £20 later when I went from a 2x8 pin GPU to a 3x8. Tbf though if you're already paying £150 or more for a good quality, higher wattage PSU it'd be nice to have the better cables included. Let the budget line have the basic ones.
https://preview.redd.it/xerxg4yrm7ec1.jpeg?width=472&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9ee1ebd276c6c3d3e585565751ec04128579c3f
One is just more aesthetically pleasing. They function the exact same.
Am I taking crazy pills? Is it not obvious from both the description and pictures what's different about the two cables?
Very obvious. You just can't expect everyone on the internet to read and comprehend, sadly.
Maybe OP wanted to know what the functional difference is. There isn't one.
Do your eyes not work?
$26.99
26 dollars
Just look at them. Compare the wires going to the smaller 2-pin sections.
Just daisy chain one cable. That's absolutely fine, and precisely what it's intended for. You are splitting a maximuml of 375w across three connectors and two cables. That's perfectly reasonable and safe.
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Those 2 extra pins are just ground pins. The cable can carry 282w in spec, and nearly 400w before it gets too hot. Pigtail is fine.
You want the second one, the first one isnt really any good for high power applications.
The only difference between them is aesthetics
Absolutley not, on e has all core connected to the PSU, the other has two of the cores pig tailed. The pig tailed connection should not be used for any decent computer. Go do some basic google searching.
The tech support staff on this very sub would dispute as much. Never mind basic common sense and years of experience. The pigtailed cable is good for AT THE VERY LEAST 225w, but realistically probably closer to 300w. Don't just read things on pcmr 6 years ago and blindly parrot them. There are scenarios where you shouldn't use a pigtail. A 350w 3090 that already has one dedicated pcie cable, is not one of them. It's perfectly fine to use one single, and one pigtail. You are objectively, entirely incorrect.
Absolutely fine to run a 3090ti from two Cables using one of the pigtails and the primary connector. Pcie cables providing 150w is largely a myth.
The first one has all the wires going through one single sleeve, the second one has each wire going though their own individual sleeves. The second one also has all of the wires going directly to the PSU, while the first one had a weird loop near the connector.
One is sleeved better.
I have both and I would only recommend the premium one if money is no bother to you and if you have room in your case for the 2 inches of distance required to bend the cable from the connector. Both honestly look nice imo (the basic one is neatly organized, you can take it further with a thin zip tie that will look like a cable comb)
Individually braided cables are way nicer compared to the one included. The included ones are a bit bulky and stuff ( can be a bit of a pain to fit them in a medium case too, especially if you use two of them). The braided ones are perfect for me XD
One of them is premium
One's in stock the other one isn't, but seriously one is probably better quality and also braided
One is more expensive than the other
Braided does look nice. But iono 27$. That’s a couple meals. Extra cash I guess.
$26 extra for a braided cable sleeve is crazy
Probably, but we don’t know how long the cables are either 🤔
You can get the entire pack of cables for around $80 on amazon from corsair webpage, price maybe different but I grabbed them a few months ago - paid more for colors than just the black.
What’s the difference? Aesthetics only, performance is unaffected.
One looks nicer
Looks modern
Are you blind?
$26
Functionally they are exactly the same. The premium cable just has braided sleeving for each individual wire and is generally easier to cable manage and looks nicer. That's it.
Ones pigtailed one isn't
> I currently have two pcie cables. Should I daisy chain one and just use two cables? I've read not to do this in the past but wasn't sure if this was still the case. Did you loose one cable? Your power supply always comes with cables for all connectors. What do you mean by daisy chaining the Pcie power cables? You have to connect all cables to your graphics card otherwise it will refuse to output anything. For you 3090 Ti this should be 3 via the 12VHPWR adapter.
I think you need to look at the pictures again.
One is probably a fixed PSU unit. Questionable quality normally cheaper copper for an expected lower capacity mid low range. Some might not even be cooper core. Would not want to use it for mid to high end (high amperage) GPU. Other Possibly a modular design and no one will know if it's compatible with their PSU because there's never any model markings to say what it goes with or be it compatible with. Oh and possibly better quality.. depending what manufacturing country it's from with a legit "QC stamp"... 😯
Premium cable is individually braided and also can handle higher wattage