Lian Li Tyr PC-X500

Darksaber · Oct 6, 2008

The X500 is the shrunk version of the already awesome Tyr PC-X2000 case by Lian Li. The larger brother already blew our socks off, featuring a unique layout, great design and lots of features. We take a close look at the Tyr PC-X500 in the hopes to find the same great feature set in a more compact enclosure.

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3dchipset · Nov 6, 2008

When you say the side panels was hard to fit on is it because of the wiring behind the mobo after the install? Do you see any bending because of it?

How where the sound dynamics? Any vibrations? A lot of noise?

Darksaber · Nov 6, 2008

3dchipset said:
When you say the side panels was hard to fit on is it because of the wiring behind the mobo after the install? Do you see any bending because of it?

How where the sound dynamics? Any vibrations? A lot of noise?

Hi!
No vibrations at all. AT first fitting the panel did not work out, because some cables were in the way. The locking mechanism is very unforgiving, meaning: even if the hooks do not line up perfectly (due to bending) it will not lock. So after rearranging the cabeling a bit, the door fit perfectly without any bending.

This may be a bigger issue on the X2000 as the door is larger, but not for the X500.

I have been using this case for my main rig for about a month now. Great case!

cheers
DS

cheesemonkey · Nov 7, 2008

are the fans quiet? making it an all round really quiet case?

im planning to get this for my core i7 build!!

WhiteLotus · Nov 7, 2008

Looks like a nice case, and after a few months when the initial high price falls i may look into getting such a clean cut case.

theJesus · Nov 7, 2008

This is a really nice-looking case. I absolutely love the idea and design of it!

@cheesemonkey: If the fans are anything like the ones that came with my friend's PC-A70B, they're extremely quiet :toast:

noahhomsky · Nov 7, 2008

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Form Factor EATX, CEB, ATX, M-ATX
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Can EATX really fits in this case? I need two small cases for workstations with Intel s5000xvn motherboards. But at Lian-Li site in specifications of Tyr PC-X500: M-ATX, ATX only.

tzitzibp · Nov 8, 2008

Great design !

superb black finish throughout!

limiting storage slots, though!

I believe this could be a fantastic mod base..... :cool:

System Name	Corsair 2000D Silent Gaming Rig
Processor	Intel Core i5-14600K
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix Z790-i Gaming Wifi
Cooling	Corsair iCUE H150i Black
Memory	Corsair 64 GB 6000 MHz DDR5
Video Card(s)	Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Phoenix GS
Storage	TeamGroup 1TB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Gigabyte 32" M32U
Case	Corsair 2000D
Power Supply	Corsair 850 W SFX
Mouse	Logitech MX
Keyboard	Sharkoon PureWriter TKL

System Name	Corsair 2000D Silent Gaming Rig
Processor	Intel Core i5-14600K
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix Z790-i Gaming Wifi
Cooling	Corsair iCUE H150i Black
Memory	Corsair 64 GB 6000 MHz DDR5
Video Card(s)	Gainward GeForce RTX 4080 Phoenix GS
Storage	TeamGroup 1TB NVMe SSD
Display(s)	Gigabyte 32" M32U
Case	Corsair 2000D
Power Supply	Corsair 850 W SFX
Mouse	Logitech MX
Keyboard	Sharkoon PureWriter TKL

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Processor	Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4GHz
Motherboard	ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe
Cooling	Default/TT Cyclo Fan
Memory	elixir 2x1gb DDR2 667MHz
Video Card(s)	XFX GeForce 8800 GTS (G92) 512MB (180.48)
Storage	Seagate 320GB 16mb
Display(s)	Samsung Sync Master 710v 17" TFT
Case	Thermaltake Armor Jr
Audio Device(s)	Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio Sound Card
Power Supply	HEC-550TD-PTE 550w
Software	Windows Vista 32bit
Benchmark Scores	FC2 (Long) Max Settings 2xAA 1280x1024 Avg FPS: 28.38

System Name	Vintage
Processor	i7 - 3770K @ Stock
Cooling	Scythe Zipang II
Memory	2x4GB Crucial DDR3
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX970
Storage	M4 124GB SSD// WD Black 640GB// WD Black 1TB//Samsung F3 1.5TB
Display(s)	Samsung SM223BW 21.6"
Case	Generic
Power Supply	Corsair HX 520W
Software	Windows 7

System Name	Desktop\|\| Virtual Host 0
Processor	Intel Core i5 2500-K @ 4.3ghz \|\| 2x Xeon L5630 (total 8 cores, 16 threads)
Motherboard	ASUS P8Z68-V \|\| Dell PowerEdge R710 (Intel 5520 chipset)
Cooling	Corsair Hydro H100 \|\| Stock hotplug fans and passive heatsinks
Memory	4x4gb Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 \|\| 12x4gb Hynix DDR3 1066 FB-DIMMs
Video Card(s)	MSI GTX 760 Gaming Twin Frozr 4GB OC \|\| Don't know, don't care
Storage	Hitachi 7K3000 2TB \|\| 6x300gb 15k rpm SAS internal hotswap, 12x3tb Seagate NAS drives in enclosure
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Mouse	Logitech G500 \|\| remote iDRAC KVM console
Keyboard	Logitech G510 \|\| remote iDRAC KVM console
Software	Win7 Ultimate x64 \|\| VMware vSphere 6.0 with vCenter Server 6.0
Benchmark Scores	Over 9000 on the scouter

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Motherboard	P8Z77-V LX
Cooling	1x custom W/C loop/ inflow:6x120 /outflow:4x120, 2x200
Memory	Viper 3 Black Mamba (4x4GB)
Video Card(s)	Powercolor LCS 5870
Storage	1X 128GB OCZ, 2 x 1.500 Gb Seagate
Display(s)	Samsung 24" LC24F396
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Power Supply	Tagan 900 watt
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