Saturday, August 27, 2022 11:08 AM
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Hello all,
I plan on building a new system soon and was wondering if the 650gq and 750gq use the same cables. I know they are not compatible with other PSUs outside of their product line, but I don't know if they're ok to use within the same product line.
I did buy a 750gq years ago and changed out my old broken 650gq but didn't change the cables, and it has been working fine, but I recently discovered that cable capability is not always a thing and can break components. As I said, there have been no problems so far, but the last thing I want to do is use my 750 PSU with 650 cables in my new system and break something. Unfortunately, I kept my 650gq cables in the same place as my 750gq cables, and they've been mixed together, so I don't know which ones came from which.
I've tried reading around, and someone reported swapping from a 750gq to an 850gq didn't work, but I couldn't find out if this was because of a change unique to the 850, not the 650/750. Also, it could have been due to faulty cables, not the PSU change, as changing the cables did fix the issue.
If anyone has experience or some concrete information on the similarities/differences between the different GQ cables, I'd really appreciate it, as I'd rather not have to buy a new PSU when I have a perfectly functional one available.
Thanks for any help you can offer.