en-us http://www.productwiki.com/smk/ Activity feed http://www.productwiki.com/smk/#item-419438 <div><p><em>September 19, 2009 at 2:06 pm</em></p> <img src="http://images.productwiki.com/upload/images/hspc_tech_station-75-75.jpg" border="0"/><ul> <li>disagreed: <em class="statement">&quot;Wont work with large heatsinks. marginal construction. Lackluster.&quot;</em></li> <li>disagreed: <em class="statement">&quot;Wont work with large heatsinks. marginal construction. Lackluster.&quot;</em></li> <li>new pro/con: <em class="new">Wont work with large heatsinks. marginal construction. Lackluster.</em></li> <li>tapped as "have it"</li> <li>untapped as "have it"</li> <li>tapped as "have it"</li></ul></div> Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:06:52 -0400 smk http://www.productwiki.com/smk/#item-419438 http://www.productwiki.com/smk/#item-419435 <div><p><em>September 19, 2009 at 2:01 pm</em></p> <p>"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.&nbsp; Trouble is, HSPC Tech Station is a bad execution of a good idea.&nbsp; The thing is dated for one thing.&nbsp; It will not accomodate the enormous heat sinks modern processors need, because the space between the shelves is too short.&nbsp; Construction is mechanically weak and what you have is essentially a shelf, and a rickety one at that.&nbsp; There is no diagonal stiffening.&nbsp; The rear strip that supports the standing cards is wiggly plastic, and the screws into it are plastic as well.&nbsp; There is an attempt to have a rack for hard drives, made, oddly, from acrylic, which is pretty frangible stuff.&nbsp; The holes on mine were drilled off-kilter so they would not line up with each other.&nbsp; Ho hum, it still works, sort of.&nbsp; There is no attempt to help manage the plethora of wires.&nbsp; There is no attempt to provide a tie-down for the auxiliary boxes: power supply, DVD etc.&nbsp; I find it minimally meets the advertised intent, but unimpressively.&nbsp; The door is open for a competitor to follow through on the concept with a more satisfying product.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; With a few tools, you really could build a better example yourself for a lot less.&nbsp; I would like to encourage the company to keep trying because the concept is right, though the execution was weak."</p></div> Sat, 19 Sep 2009 14:01:57 -0400 smk http://www.productwiki.com/smk/#item-419435 http://www.productwiki.com/smk/#item-419425 <div><p><em>September 19, 2009 at 1:33 pm</em></p></div> Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:33:41 -0400 smk http://www.productwiki.com/smk/#item-419425