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Mobo PSU wire length?

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I am thinking about getting this power supply.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341018

It is only 51$ after the promo code and rebate, but i am hesitant about the motherboard power connector. I read a review or 2 about it being to short, normally this wouldn't worry me, but i just bought this pc case.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811146058&cm_re=nzxt-_-11-146-058-_-Product

It is only a mid tower, but the power supply is at the bottom instead and my motherboard power connector is up at the top right. I would prefer to route the cable behind the motherboard as well since this case has the capability of doing that.

So if anybody knows the actual length of the motherboard wire it would be greatly appreciated. I haven't been able to find any specs or anything about it. just some crummy youtube video that really doesn't show the length of it.

I am open to suggestions for other modular power supplies as well. Want to keep this build neat and cheap. None of that buy this 100$+ power supply, you won't regret it. I bought an OCZ 700W for 115$ a few years ago and it died in about a year or so. Oh and don't say i should of went corsair, which i probably should of.
 
Are both of those really enough wattage? I guess i never said what i plan on using my PSU with. Will be going with a q6600 system, maybe 2 video cards in the future, for now just one. Would a 520 watt power supply be able to manage that?
 
520W will be enough for a Q6600 with a pair of video cards with fairly low power consumption and with limited overclocking. If you plan on going with a power-hungry multi-GPU configuration, you'll have to increase your budget a bit.
 
Well that is why i was thinking about that 700 watt modular OCZ PSU. It is on the cheap and seems to be pretty good. Or does OCZ have that big of a failure rate?
 
That OCZ PSU is not pretty good. That's why I provided you with other recommendations.
 
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