When my old (about 4 years old) power supply failed, I pulled it out and discovered that it was an Antec TruePower II 550W power supply. Now, there are two things about power supplies, one, they rarely fail, and two, when they fail it's probably because they were overloaded. I knew that Antec had a good reputation for power supplies (along with Corsair, PC Power and Cooling, and some others), so I included it in my search for a replacement.
One thing I found out was that Antec has by far the best website among power supply companies. Good or bad, I knew exactly what I was getting, including how many cables the unit had, of what type, etc. Without this information, it's very difficult to buy a power supply.
The Antec power supply is somewhat "modular" in that it has a few cables (four) which can be plugged in to the power supply or left uninstalled, as needed. I installed only one of these cables, and that one only to power the cooling system. Thus, by far the majority of cables are permanently attached to the power supply, making it less modular than one might believe. Some information suggests that modularity (in the form of plug-in cables) is not a good idea anyway, because of the added electrical resistance, but it does keep your installation somewhat cleaner.
I should mention that all the wires are grouped into connector groups and bound together with mesh cable protectors, a system I found much easier to deal with than tie-wrapped wires. I used only a couple of large removable wraps to keep the cables in place: the manufacturer's cable protectors did everything else.
It's difficult to be satisfied or not with a power supply until several years have passed. I am satisfied for the present, but if this unit fails in less than five years, I will probably try another make.Get more detail about Antec Truepower 23754 TP-750 BLUE LED 750-Watt PSU NVIDIA SLI Certified 80 Plus Bronze Advanced Hybrid Cable Management Power Supply.
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