Solved! Few questions about Corsair RM550x

[WitheredRose]

Hey, I just got mine Corsair RM550x today and I have a few questions.

1)What is this thing? It has a texture of small rocks.

2)What is this bulge near the end of 24pin cable? Is it the capacitor in the cable? Other cables have similar ones in the end, although they are smaller.

3)Can 24pin cable be twisted like this? The 8pin CPU cable connected to PSU is twisted in similar manner, it won't be any problem for the cables?

4)Can a side case panel have a little bulge? Pretty small one, and the panel is made of steel I assume. The RMx's cables are so freaking stiff.

5)There were 2 sata cables included and both are angled. Are both supposed to be angled?

Rest of the compenents just in case:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
Cooler: SilentiumPC Fera 3
Motherboard: MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX
Ram: Patriot 16GB (2x8GB) 3200MHz CL16 Viper 4
SSD: Crucial 500GB 2,5" SATA SSD MX500
GPU: Sapphire Radeon RX 5600 XT PULSE 6GB GDDR6
Case: SilentiumPC Regnum RG6V TG Pure Black

 

[UsandThem]

Hey, I just got mine Corsair RM550x today and I have a few questions.

1)What is this thing? It has a texture of small rocks.

It's a PSU Pop Rocks packet.

It's just a packet to absorb moisture. They get put into many different kinds of electronic equipment (and many other things that are packed in a plastic bag).

2)What is this bulge near the end of 24pin cable? Is it the capacitor in the cable? Other cables have similar ones in the end, although they are smaller.

In cable capacitors.

3)Can 24pin cable be twisted like this? The 8pin CPU cable connected to PSU is twisted in similar manner, it won't be any problem for the cables?

It's OK although most people don't do that as I imagine it places some unnecessary tension on the cable and socket.

4)Can a side case panel have a little bulge? Pretty small one, and the panel is made of steel I assume. The RMx's cables are so freaking stiff.

Not a problem.

5)There were 2 sata cables included and both are angled. Are both supposed to be angled?

It doesn't matter the style. Some include two straight cables, some include one of each. Yours gave you two angled. They do the same thing

 

[WitheredRose]

It's a PSU Pop Rocks packet.

It's just a packet to absorb moisture. They get put into many different kinds of electronic equipment (and many other things that are packed in a plastic bag).


In cable capacitors.


It's OK although most people don't do that as I imagine it places some unnecessary tension on the cable and socket.


Not a problem.


It doesn't matter the style. Some include two straight cables, some include one of each. Yours gave you two angled. They do the same thing

Thanks for the help.

 

[aleader]

It doesn't matter the style. Some include two straight cables, some include one of each. Yours gave you two angled. They do the same thing

This particular issue is why Corsair came off my list of PSU's when I recently bought one. If you have SATA SSD's that mount vertically on the back of your case (i.e. Fractal Design Meshify C), these cables won't work, you need the straight ones.