Pulling it all Together

The Tai-Chi flipped on its back once again and the Caster wheels installed, even though they are made of plastic, they rolled rather easily. With wheels mounted the Tai-Chi sets 2 3/16" (5.56 cm) off the floor increasing the value of the opening in the bottom of the case.


Having cleared everything out of the way, time to slide the motherboard into place and screw down the tray. Now with the motherboard installed we can tackle the rest of our peripherals.


Most readers do not need instructions on installing hard drives but since W1zzard has a thing about installing them in backwards, I saw it as a perfect opportunity to take a swipe at my friend and point out that the fan would negate that practice in this case.


I have completed installing the hard drives, DVD burner, cables and the likes. I might add that it was an extreme pain to get the Radeon X1900 XT into the slot. I would imagine any video card with the dual slot fan setup will be. The dual slots at the top of the card are too close together for the plastic bracket and I had to bend the inside tab of the video card up to get it to go past. Once in the slot the tool free tab securely held the card in place with no further issues.


The radiator would surely make a water block for the GPU rather difficult. Depending upon which block you use, there is clearance on both sides of the 120 cm fans, but I'm really disappointed I will not be able to use the new Danger Den Tyee full cover water block, requiring much more than the 3/8" (0.96 cm) between the top of the card and radiator.