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Here's the breakdown
once you get all the packaging open. From the thumb screws to the
individually wrapped power leads, the Mach 1 series is definitely
high class. Even the main utility power cable itself is very heavy
duty with thick insulation.

As I've already mentioned,
the Mach 1 carries the coveted nVidia SLI Ready seal of approval.
That means you can expect to see more than one PCI Express power
plug on the power supply. Here, we see two of the standard 6-pin PCI
Express plugs.

However, since the high
end cards like the 8800GTX require two power plugs all by
themselves, you could need as many as four PCI Express plugs to
power your SLI rig. So naturally, Kingwin will supply you with
enough power plugs to make that happen. In fact, the power leads
that carry the additional PCI Express power plugs are setup in a 6+2
configuration. Of course, you'll run out of plugs if you are setting
up a TRI SLI configuration with three 8800GTX cards.

There are two sets of power
leads configured with Molex type connectors and each set has 4 Molex
connectors on it. One set even has an extra 4-pin floppy type
connector. If you do intend to Tri-SLI three 8800GTX cards together,
you'll have to use the Molex > PCI-e adapters that should accompany
the video card.

Kingwin is also well aware
that Serial ATA devices are becoming much more dominant over PATA.
Especially since Intel has quit supporting PATA natively in their
chipsets. So to power a multi-drive RAID array and a full compliment
of optical drives, you'll need more SATA power connectors than most
older power supplies offered. The Mach 1 series will ship with two
SATA leads, each with four power
connectors on it.
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