Tagan Monolith

INTRODUCTION

In today's world of ultra mobility, technology companies seem almost uniformly focused on developing smaller components designed to accompany us just about everywhere. Remember the early mobile phones? For those of us old enough to remember, the first commercially available cell phone came out in 1983 - the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x. It weighed in at a hefty 28 ounces and measured 13" x 1.75" x 3.5". Talk time was about 30 minutes, it took roughly 10 hours to recharge, and could go a whole 8 hours between between charges! And by the way, this "little" beauty could be purchased for just shy of $4,000 U.S. when it hit the market on March 6th, 1983. What a bargain!

What the heck does this have to do with computer cases, you ask? Well think about cell phones today - so tiny that we end up spending about half our lives trying to find them! A far cry from the giant brick released back in the days when an awesome little band called "Journey" ruled the world and Steve Perry was King. In an age where smaller is better (at least for technology!), it's interesting to see the ongoing evolution of computer cases where once again "big" seems to be making a comeback. Case in point (pun intentional), the Tagan A+ CS-Monolith "Super Tower"
case.

Make no mistake, this thing is big. You can see the full details in the specifications section of this review, but suffice it to say this case is appropriately named. According to Dictionary.com, "Monolith" is defined as:

1. an obelisk, column, large statue, etc., formed of a single block of stone.
2. a single block or piece of stone of considerable size, esp. when used in architecture or sculpture.
3. something having a uniform, massive, redoubtable, or inflexible quality or character.

("Monolith." Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1). Random House, Inc. 30 Jun. 2008.
<Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Monolith>.)

ABOUT TAGAN

Tagan started out with a group of technology professionals from different countries (Germany, Japan, and the United States) who met in 2001 at Taipei's Computex show. They quickly realized that they had something in common - frustration with the existing design of PC power supplies. With their combined experience and expertise, the group set out to develop the best devices available. After more than a year of extensive research, design and testing, this team of international experts produced some of the best and most reliable power supplies for the PC and other systems. Ultimately, they became the founders of Tagan.

Since it's birth, Tagan's spirit and philosophy has been to produce the best quality power supplies using state-of-the-art technologies and make them accessible to all users. They've taken this same approach to expanding the product line, which now includes computer cases and storage devices. For more on this innovative company, please visit www.tagan.com.