Swapping the connectors on a power cable

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Krolden

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Hello

I was wondering if it is possible to swap the connecters on the cable (linked below) by the connectors (also linked below), and if it is possible how to do it exactly? If this question has already been answered, I apologize. I wanted to use these cables for my graphics card, but no store in my area had the proper ones. I decided that if they can be swapped (and still work) I could do that.

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Krolden

Cable: http://www.it-service.be/webshop/product_info.php?cPath=29_1681_1685&products_id=1011310
Connectors: http://www.it-service.be/webshop/product_info.php?products_id=1011598
 
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Not 100% sure what you are asking here.
You want to extend the 8Pin PCIe power cable as it isn't long enough to reach your graphics card?

The EPS 8 pin and PCIe 8 pin are separate connectors-
EPS
eps4plus4.jpg

PCIe
pcie8.jpg


They have slightly different shaped pins to avoid people confusing them, it should make it impossible to connect to the wrong place. They are also wired differently.
However, as they are a similar shape, it is possible that such an adaptor would be universal (the google translated description kinda implies such), but due to the poor image quality it's impossible to tell.
 
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Krolden

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I want to remove the black connector that is supposed to go in to the motherboard with the blue connectors, So one end goes into the PSU while the other end should go in the graphics card. The problem is that the not PSU end will not fit in the graphics card because that requires PCIe while the cable offers ATX 8.
 
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Right ok. Well that's kinda two problems.

Despite looking similar, they are not the same. They are wired differently, and you can't really rewire them (EPS has 4 12V pins, 4 ground, PCIe has 3 12V pins, 5 ground).

More importantly, you shouldn't have to. Any modern PSU will come with at least one PCIe connector (most of 500W or greater will have at least two), and while I wouldn't advise using them, most graphics cards come bundled with Molex to PCIe power adaptors which can do the job too.
 
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