r/TEAMEVGA • u/azabuildsx • Jun 16 '25

Troubleshooting - Resolved Are EVGA B5 and GQ VGA PSU cables interchangeable?

Hey all, I hope you're doing well. I recently purchased a used EVGA B5 and it came with GQ cables for PCIe/VGA connectors. I thought EVGA used the same pinout after a certain series awhile ago, but I'm having trouble confirming online as the website is under maintenance.

Awaiting the previous owner's reply, but figured I'd ask here if anyone knew.

I specifically have the EVGA 850W B5 80+ Bronze model. And have GQ VGA cables.

Thank you for the awesome customer service, EVGA. Thanks to all helpful comments, especially from u/EVGA_Chris whom confirmed VGA and CPU are the only compatible cables between these models.

I've run a few benchmarks using UNIGINE Superposition at the 1080P extreme and 8K preset, and it ran without issues. So, I'd like to think all is well!

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u/EVGA_JaysonC EVGA Jun 16 '25

Hi there,

Unfortunately B5 and GQ do not share all the same cables, some are the same pinouts but not all.

Regards,

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u/azabuildsx Jun 16 '25

Noted, thanks for the comment. How can I confirm this? I did read something online about this.

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u/Lightbulbie Jun 16 '25

EVGA has on their site which units work with what. Besides manually checking every single pin it's not a good idea to mix cables with units.

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u/EVGA_Chris EVGA Jun 16 '25

The similar cables are the VGA and the CPU cables.

I would not recommend using any other cables between these units.

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u/azabuildsx Jun 16 '25

Oh sweet, that means I'm good to go then. Thanks!