Features:
I was pleasantly surprised from the moment I popped open on the box of the Rocketeer. Compared to almost all other power supplies that I have reviewed in the past, this supply comes with a nice bundle of extra items. You receive a bag of mounting screws, four black zip ties and five velcro cable bands in the box. Having priced the same kind of Velcro cable bands individually in the past I can tell you that they're around $1.50 Canadian each. Getting five of them plus the zip ties which allows me to neatly tie the power supply wires was a very nice bonus!

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The external size of the power supply is fairly average in size so it should be compatible with every standard ATX case on the market. Cooling is provided by the single 120mm blue LED fan on the bottom of the power supply. Large vents in the back not only look very cool but also help exhaust the heated air efficiently with little resistance. Of course with the exterior being nickel plated it adds a very nice "bling factor" for those with windowed cases.

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Spire's choice of cable organization also appealed to me quite a bit. Instead of the standard bunch of cables coming from your power supply all being cable tied together in their strands, they've taken a different method. As you can see in the pictures, each wire strand is very tightly wound and the occasional black cable tie to help hold the strand neatly together. The shorter wires going between plugs also follow the same wound pattern.

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Let's look at the cable selection we have coming from the power supply. One ATX end is both 20 and 24-pin compatible with the last 4 pins unclipping to switch to 20-pin compatibility. The ATX wire strand also has a black wire sleeving over it, as does the four wires going to the detachable 4 pins which are a separate bundle for some reason. Two SATA power cables are provided on one strand. I personally think adding another two would be beneficial being as SATA is becoming increasingly popular and many enthusiasts are starting to run more than 2 hard drives. Although not advertised as being SLI/Crossfire compatible, the Rocketeer IV has two PCI-E power cables coming from it, both with dark blue ends labeled appropriately for easy identification. The two light blue 4-pin connectors are the ATX 12V lines, and for server motherboards the two ends slide together to form one 8-pin connector. Regular motherboards only require one of the 4-pin ends. The last two strands each have three molex connectors on them and one floppy power connector each.

Installation:
Installation of the Rocketeer into my Silverstone LC20 case went without a hitch. Being a standard sized power supply, as I mentioned earlier, you shouldn't have any compatibility issues with ATX form factor cases.