Packaging

Akasa ships the unit in a compact small package. It comes with a very solid plastic handle, so you can easily carry it home. This is a nice feature, even when you consider the size as it would be no problem at all, carrying it home without a handle. The back of the package gives you a quick rundown of all the features with numbers to correspond to the included picture of the device. It also mentions the different colors available.


Pulling the entire contents out of the box is very easy. Just open the top up, after breaking the seal in form of a Akasa sticker and slide out the content. The inner package is made of plastic and you simply remove the clear cover to gain access to the AllInOne and the cables. A panel with so many features also means that you have a large amount of cables. The AllInOne is no exception here.

Contents

Under the plastic package, you will find a CD with drivers for the card reader and a very well written, full color manual in different languages.


One feature of the AllInOne is the routing of internal SATA ports to the front exterior of the case. These are not eSATA connections, but a real internal variant with SATA power as well. This means you can quickly connect any SATA drive without an enclosure or having to open the case. In case your power supply does not have a SATA power connector, Akasa supplies a Molex to SATA adapter to connect to the PSU and the rear of the AllInOne.

The internal USB and Firewire cables are of high quality and you may choose to connect the AllInOne ports directly to the mainboard header or route them through the back of the case to the outside plugs. These cables should be long enough for most cases, even full tower ones. The audio connector needs to be routed out the back to your sound card. There is a simply reason for this. It may be easiest to supply a mainboard header, but would make it impossible to use with a seperate sound card.


The same goes for the microphone cable. It also needs to be routed through the back of the case. The yellow RCA cable also acts as a passthrough from the rear of the device to the back of the computer. Besides that, you will find fan extensions, the power cable and an all internal USB cable. The AllInOne can also display two seperate temperatures and there are two sensor diodes included.

Akasa also decided to include a PCI bracket with a large hole in it, making routing cables out the back as clean as possible. You will also find a small bag with screws and labels for the cables, as well as three zip ties. All these make for a very complete package. Let's take a look at the AllInOne itself.