To answer your questions, yes they're standard cables (although I always buy the Enermax cables as they're of good quality) and yes, they clip into the PSU so I'm not worried about them once set up and tested. I don't really monkey with my modular PSU's unless I'm adding hard drives (so I'm adding SATA power cable bundles), so I'm also not worried that I'll wear out the clips either. It's nice to be able to have *only* the plugs I need coming from my PSU into my case (I'm pretty ridiculous about cable management, airflow, and neatness in a case, so this also appeals to my obsessive-compulsive case management as well).

I would go with the ThermalTake Thoughpower W0178RU 850W

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16817153072

It has everything but the kitchen sink. I am running this

ASUS P5E Deluxe x48

Intel Q9550 Quadcore

Corsair PC2-6400

I can bump my FSB to 450 and CPU Core voltate at 1.25 and run the Intel Burn Test 25 times at max with no errors.

Love this beast.

Edit: Its modular and Active PFC too!

Edited October 7, 200817 yr by Anheuser