Inspection (continued):
Thermaltake has included a unit that fits into a standard 5.25" drive bay for power distribution. This is called the Power Station. The front of the unit is pretty plain, with only three LEDs that signify the three main rails, Green (3.3V), Red (5V), and Yellow (12V). There is a slight flaw in the corner next to the LEDs, looks like it was dented a little. I would have really liked to have seen a few other things on the front of the unit. There's just so much wasted space on the front. This is a place that Thermaltake can expand on for future units, perhaps a LCD showing voltages, amount of power being used, or something else. On the back of the unit is where the main action takes place. Thermaltake has provided all the plugs necessary. There is the 8 pin power connection from the power supply, six 4-pin Molex, two 4-pin floppy, and four SATA connections.
 
As I mentioned above, Thermaltake uses two boxes to hold its accessories. These are plain black boxes with white lettering to tell you what is in each box. The big box holds almost all the accessories, while the second box holds the standard power cables and a little bag of four screws.
Other than the modular cables, the additional accessories include the standard power cable, the mini power station, Velcro to mount the mini power station, and the bag of screws.
The mini power station allows you to use one Molex plug to power four devices that use the 4-pin Molex connectors, and two additional devices with the 3-pin fan plug. On the side of the mini power station there is a little warning reminding you that this is not designed for high power consumption items like hard drives, video cards, etc. This is only for lower power consumption devices, such as fans.
 
To make it easier, I have split the modular cables into two groups. The first group includes the 8-pin cables from the power supply to the power station, two 4-pin floppy, and four SATA connections. In the second group, you have the two 6 pin PCI Express cables, three 4-pin Molex (short cables), two 4-pin Molex cables (1 to 3 plugs), and one long 4-pin Molex cable. All of the cables are nicely wrapped in a rubber sheath.
 
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