Thermaltake PurePower TWV500W

In the past couple years, the options for someone looking to buy a PC power supply have become much more interesting. Prior to this, power supplies were mostly just plain boxes with a spaghetti-like mess of cables jutting from them. Sure, those are still around and work just fine. But for someone who has spent a lot of time and effort modding a case, putting an ugly, plain box in that case is not a pleasant thought. To the enthusiast and modding community's delight, companies designing power supplies started using fans with LEDs, nicer materials, cable sleeving, and other improvements to spice up the PC's power center.

One of the more recent trends in the power supply market is modular cabling systems. Simply put, a modular power supply allows its user to connect only the cables he or she needs to power up everything in a PC. The cables come disconnected from the power supply, so a modular power supply could be described as one with "some assembly required." This is very simple, though, as it only involves plugging the right cables into the right spots, and in most cases this is error-proofed because most cables' connectors are unique when compared to the others.

Thermaltake is the type of company that doesn't want the enthusiast market to pass them up. That is why the company has introduced a modularized power supply to its PurePower line - the PurePower TWV500W. I was fortunate enough to be able to take a look at this power supply. Read on to find out what it has to offer and why I like it.