Installing Hardware

From this point on, the installation of the hardware was quite simple and straight forward. Anyone who has built a system before, will know what to do right away. The mainboard is placed on the standoff and secured in place. Then the add-in cards can be inserted and secured on the white plastic bar, just as they would be in a traditional case.


The next step would be to install the ATX connector kit. Just plug the right parts into the appropriate front panel connector on your mainboard, it's as simple as that.


The hard drive slides in quite nicely and there is just enough play on either side of the drive. Any optical and floppy drives are stacked on the included antistatic pad. The power supply can be placed anywhere on the bottom shelf as well. You are completely free to arrange the parts to best fit your needs or add additional components for watercooling for example.

Finished Look

Once all components were setup in a way that worked best for me, the station was picked up and placed at the intended corner of my test bench. Even when filled with hardware, the construction of the Top Deck Tech Station did not budge or bend at all during transportation. As mentioned before, the fan has been placed in a fashion to blow across the underside of the upper shelf.

To show you how much weight the Tech Station can carry, W1zzard made me stand on top of it.

As you can see the TechStation didn't break down from my 75 kilos, the top shelf did flex a little bit but once I stepped off it bent back and looks like new.