Assembly

Assembling all the necessary parts within the Lab is quite easy. First off I have placed the 3.5 inch hard drive in the only available slot in the front. Above that I have inserted the optical drive. A black one was used for good measure, as it fits nicely with the identically colored Lab.


The power supply is simply inserted into the rear right corner of the unit and secured with the power connector facing toward the front. This means that all internal cables run out the back of the rack, which should make it easy to hide any unnecessary cables and thus reduce clutter.


The next step is pushing the white plastic mainboard spacers into the appropriate holes on the upper shelf of the Lab. These are larger than the usual ones used in enclosures and seem to hold quite well. Now everything is ready to place the motherboard on top of the Lab and to connect things.

Finished Looks

The last step consists of placement of the mainboard along with the expansion cards. As you can see these are not secured in any way, so you want to be careful when attaching or detaching any cables while the system is up and running. All other racks or bench tables we have reviewed in the past have offered a possibility to screw these down, which I do see as a necessity instead of a simple bonus feature.