It always came across as odd to me that test benches (ie: open air desktop cases, often with less panels/materials so as to make the process of swapping out components easily) cost more?
It's like if buying a Jeep without the doors and no roof covers was more expensive than the fully enclosed jeep.
It's a matter of volume. If it was just a normal case with the side panels not in the box it'd probably be cheaper (unless administrative/inventory costs from the low volume product eat the manufacturing savings); but what they're actually doing is designing an all new Jeep that doesn't come with any doors or roof panels as standard equipment and expecting them to only sell in 10% or 1% the volume of existing Jeep Wrangers, so you get stuck with a much larger share of the R&D costs padding the price of each unit sold.
Economies of scale. When you are churning out tens of thousands of something it's easier to make each individual one cheaper than if you are only making tens of them.
Dimastech makes more functional, more customizable, less flashy, and WAY less expensive test stations.
I ordered a few custom powder coated in orange (my corporate color) with a number of accessories including canvas covers for when not in use, for $130/each shipped from Italy years ago. Now they seem even cheaper because they have distribution in the US.
Lian-Li is pricing this thing out of the tiny market it's already in.
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Sarah Terra - Thursday, May 25, 2017 - link
Nice unit, but would have like to have seen it 149 all inJoeyJoJo123 - Thursday, May 25, 2017 - link
It always came across as odd to me that test benches (ie: open air desktop cases, often with less panels/materials so as to make the process of swapping out components easily) cost more?It's like if buying a Jeep without the doors and no roof covers was more expensive than the fully enclosed jeep.
DanNeely - Thursday, May 25, 2017 - link
It's a matter of volume. If it was just a normal case with the side panels not in the box it'd probably be cheaper (unless administrative/inventory costs from the low volume product eat the manufacturing savings); but what they're actually doing is designing an all new Jeep that doesn't come with any doors or roof panels as standard equipment and expecting them to only sell in 10% or 1% the volume of existing Jeep Wrangers, so you get stuck with a much larger share of the R&D costs padding the price of each unit sold.futrtrubl - Thursday, May 25, 2017 - link
Economies of scale. When you are churning out tens of thousands of something it's easier to make each individual one cheaper than if you are only making tens of them.Ro_Ja - Thursday, May 25, 2017 - link
I made my own test bench. It's really budget friendly if you know how to use non-computer hardware.This looks cool though, just pricey.
Samus - Thursday, May 25, 2017 - link
Dimastech makes more functional, more customizable, less flashy, and WAY less expensive test stations.I ordered a few custom powder coated in orange (my corporate color) with a number of accessories including canvas covers for when not in use, for $130/each shipped from Italy years ago. Now they seem even cheaper because they have distribution in the US.
Lian-Li is pricing this thing out of the tiny market it's already in.