Someone sanity check me please

Vertigo · 9 Dec 2023 at 11:02

So I'm moving from a Corsair Type 3 to a Type 4 PSU.

Can someone please sanity check me that the only difference with the cables between types 3 & 4 is the 24-pin ATX?

I have a set of custom Cablemod cables I want to re-use and am thinking I can use all except the 24-pin?

Vertigo · 9 Dec 2023 at 12:03

Ah missed that, thanks

Vertigo · 9 Dec 2023 at 22:08

What I don't understand is why the non-24-pin connections appear different on these two pages:

Corsair® PSU Type 3 Cables Pinout

Type 3 cables are compatible with the following Corsair® PSUs: AXi (Except AX1600i) HXi HX (GOLD) RM (previous to 2019 version) Limited compatibility: Only compatible with 24pin ATX cable: AX1200 Only compatible with 8pin PCI-E, 4pin Power and 5pin SATA Power cables: CS-M CX-M TX-M...

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Corsair® PSU Type 4 Cables Pinout

Type 4 cables are compatible with the following Corsair® PSUs: AX1600i (TITANIUM) AX (TITANIUM) HX (PLATINUM) RM (2019) RMi RMx SF Limited compatibility: Only compatible with 8pin PCI-E, 4pin Power and 5pin SATA Power cables: CS-M CX-M TX-M (GOLD & BRONZE) VENGEANCE-M (BRONZE & SILVER)...

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On closer inspection, it seems that, for all cables other than the ATX 24-pin, the cables are compatible, in that the right voltages are on the right pins, but the actual wiring appears different.
So clearly they are compatible but I'm wondering why Corsair decided to rearrange the wiring and whether this means that "genuine" Type 4 cables are better in same way than older type 3, even though they'd both work.