Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 650W

Supplied Cables

PSU Tethered:
• One 60cm 20+4-pin ATX cable
  
• One 75cm PSU fan RPM cable
  
  Optional cables:
  
• One 120cm SATA and Molex cable with SATA connectors at 60cm and 75cm, and Molex at 90cm and 105cm and finally a floppy connector at 120cm.
  
• One 105cm Molex cable with connectors at 60cm, 75cm, 90cm and 105cm.
  
• One 105cm SATA power cable with connectors at 60cm, 75cm, 90cm and 105cm.
  
• Two 60cm 6+2-pin PCI-Express cables.
  
• One 60cm 8-pin EPS 12V power cable.
  
• One 60cm 4-pin EPS 12V power cable.
  
• One 60cm 6-pin EPS 12V power cable.
  
• One 60cm single connector Molex cable (for optional motherboard sockets)
  
• Four fan cables with a Molex connector at 60cm and 3-pin fan connector at 75cm.
  
• Two 50cm single connector SATA power cable
  
• One 50cm single connector Molex power cable.

There are not only plenty of cables provided but Be Quiet! has also included plenty of variety too - a key feature to a good modular PSU. Not only are there some varying lengths but there are also a couple of single ended cables because not all of us have multiple hard drives or optical drives, or sometimes an optimal case layout means one piece of hardware sits on its own. After all, many of us are modders so orthodox is boring.

Be Quiet! has done something clever and mixed SATA and Molex connectors on one cable so in some situations you can string optical and hard drives together on a single cable, minimising mess! Of those connectors that are strung along the cable, they are all at 90 degrees to it as well, in order to ensure the cabling looks less intrusive when installed. Continually, the attention to detail on almost every factor of this unit's design is evident.


The only plugs that are a pain to get to are the two-pin fan plugs as they're tightly packed near the ATX cable, but they're still easy enough to yank out though. While a nice idea, we find the fan cables a bit "messy", although we're not sure what to suggest in order to make them look tidier.


Be Quiet! labels every major cable so even the most uneducated PC builder can intuitively follow exactly what each does. They look ugly as sin dangling away in a case and are prone to being easily ripped off, so if you don't need them, whip them off! It fits with the overall user-friendliness and we feel it’s better to have them and not need them than wonder where the hell everything goes and get it wrong. Remember, we were all newbies once...