There are just some things that can make the job of system assembly easier and this is one of them. Since all modern motherboards now have a a 24-pin main power connector, it's nice to see a power supply that doesn't have a split plug in a 20+4 configuration.

     A power supply with this much available power is more than capable of feeding a high performance SLI or Crossfire setup. With the combination of 2x 8-pin and 2x 6-pin and the supplied 8-pin to 6-pin adapters, the Ensemble is more than ready to be the power house in your next gaming box.  That's an important feature because there are a few 200 series cards that do not come with 8-pin PCI-E adapters. 

     Sure a modern CPU is far more efficient than a processor of yester-year, these high-end multi-core CPU's have upped the ante on power demands. While their voltage requirements may be lower, the amount of actual power (amperage) is still quite demanding. Extra 12volt power lines have been used on motherboards now for quite some time. The Ensemble comes equipped with two 4-pin and one 8-pin connectors.

     The Ensemble does come with some extra cables that you might find to be very handy.  There are two 8-pin to 6-pin PCI-E adapters that are only intended to be used to make an 8-pin cable fit into a 6-pin connector and not the other way around.

     I just wanted to make sure you got a good up-close picture of the nylon sleeves. Each strand on the power supply is wrapped in a sleeve which has got a heavy duty heat shrink on it to make sure it doesn't come unraveled. For the folks who don't really go the extra distance to make sure they have clean cable management, consider this a bonus. But for the rest of us, this will help out a lot when it comes time to tidy up the wiring.