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As you can see in the above picture the power cable is braided. Not only does that look better but it also helps to keep those wires more together, therefore adding to help make the inside of your system look neater. The TrueBlue includes two clear fans with gold colored grills. The rear fan is 80mm while the bottom intake fan is a wide 92mm. That one aids in removing hot air from your case and since it's situated right about the cpu, it also helps to dissipate heat gerated from your cpu.
The blue led lights in the TrueBlue are very bright. If your case if next to a wall you will see a soft blue glow at night on the wall. It isn't bright enough to be any annoyance at all. Same goes for inside the case. If you keep your side panel off or have a case window you'll see just a soft blue glow emitting from the fan enclosure and over the cpu fan. Just adds a nice touch.

What is TruePower?
This from Antec:
In evaluating a power supply, one important thing to look for is the “+3.3V and +5V combined output” rating. The total amount of power you can draw from those two output circuits combined is typically much less than the sum of the individual ratings for 3.3V and 5V listed elsewhere on the box. An example from a competitor’s 430 Watt model:
+3.3V rated 38A = 125.4 Watts
+5V rated 44A = 220.0 Watts
+3.3V plus +5V : 220 (Watts) Max.
Thus, according to the label, if one fully loaded the 5V circuit in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications, there would be essentially no power left on the 3.3V line. Note that the total power available on the 3.3 and 5 volt circuits combined is barely more than half of the 430 Watt rating of the unit as a whole. TruePower has dedicated output circuitry for each voltage line, which means that there is no combined output limit other than, of course, that of the entire power supply. Each voltage line can perform up to the specification on the label, without regard to or interaction with the loads on the other lines, until the full capacity of the power supply itself is reached.
A lot of us have probably had various problems caused by connecting too many things on one line. Antec is saying that is no problem with the TruePower line of power supplies. Not that you should connect everything to one line, but if you have lots of toys as I do such as fan controllers, 9 fans, etcc, this is a major plus. On non-TruePower power supplies connecting too much on one line could lead to assorted fun things like blue screens, reboots, lockups and even a blown power supply or other system components.

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