A Closer Look

As we received the "Titanium" color, there is a subtle difference in hue between the aluminium and stainless steel parts. There is still a larger handle on the top to easily carry the unit around in one piece. In the rear is quite a bit of additional engineering revolving around retention pieces for the screws to mount onto, all of which will not be visible when using the table fully assembled.


The OC TV, HWBOT, and Streacom labels have also been printed onto the sandblasted aluminium. Speaking of which, the manufacturing and engineering details of the BC1 V2 are intricate, and quite fascinating to look at.


Going over the various parts embedded within the BC1 V2, the bottom section holds the four pins for the expansion slots. In the center, you will find the two feet which each hold various spacers for both the expansion slots and motherboard. In the top third are ten thumb screws at the edges, five on either side. Look closely and you will notice that these have different finishes on the thick end so that you may easily differentiate between fine and coarse threads without having to look too closely—what a cool little touch!


Before assembling the bench table, simply detach all parts. The first of these clearly are the feet held in place by thumb screws, which are later used to secure the feet to the main deck. With those removed, you may detach the four brackets for fans or an AIO. Streacom redesigned these to be dual-layered. You may keep them as is or split them for the most flexible compatibility to whatever cooling solution you are attaching to the BC1 V2. Next, there are the long pins for the expansion slots. While you do have access to all seven slots of an ATX motherboard, only four such pins are included, which will be more than enough for most modern motherboard, as those skip expansion slots in favor of NVMe drive slots.


Lastly, there are the thumb screws with different threads, which you may detach for access, too. As their storage points are at the edge of the main deck, you will always have direct access even with a fully assembled bench table. Even the two stands hold parts: eight standoffs of two different types, of which seven are for the expansion slots and eight push pin standoffs for the motherboard. That math leaves that eighth expansion slot stand-off, which will be used to pin down the center of the motherboard.