The idea is good: control the mess of computer components without having to endure the hassle of a metalworking project with lots of screws all over, trying to muck about inside a metal box etc. Trouble is, HSPC Tech Station is a bad execution of a good idea. The thing is dated for one thing. It will not accomodate the enormous heat sinks modern processors need, because the space between the shelves is too short. Construction is mechanically weak and what you have is essentially a shelf, and a rickety one at that. There is no diagonal stiffening. The rear strip that supports the standing cards is wiggly plastic, and the screws into it are plastic as well. There is an attempt to have a rack for hard drives, made, oddly, from acrylic, which is pretty frangible stuff. The holes on mine were drilled off-kilter so they would not line up with each other. Ho hum, it still works, sort of. There is no attempt to help manage the plethora of wires. There is no attempt to provide a tie-down for the auxiliary boxes: power supply, DVD etc. I find it minimally meets the advertised intent, but unimpressively. The door is open for a competitor to follow through on the concept with a more satisfying product. One could do better by himself: go down to Home Depot and buy a couple plastic kitchen cutting boards, some aluminum strip, some wooden dowels, and a few drywall screws. With a few tools, you really could build a better example yourself for a lot less. I would like to encourage the company to keep trying because the concept is right, though the execution was weak.
