Assembly

Installing the parts in the Lancool Dragonlord K62 is refreshingly easy, as the only part that requires screws is the mainboard. As you can see, there is plenty of space for large CPU coolers as well as large GPUs. Due to the eighth bracket in the back, there is some space between the PSU and mainboard as well. The one downside was the fairly short audio cable to connect the front microphone & headphone jack. It would never reach the left area of the installed board.


Our passive graphics card was held perfectly in place by the extremely high quality metal locks. Even though this GPU is fairly small you can rest assured, that even large cards will not move at all. This system stems from Lian-Li and it is great to see it in a chassis of this price point.


Installing the hard drive is done easily as well. Simply place it in the tray, push the plastic locks on both sides into place and slide it into the appropriate slot. Finally, push down the vertical lock and you are ready to go. The trays are rubber mounted, thus no vibration here either and they are ready for 2.5 inch drives or SSDs as well.


Installing an optical drive is done without the use of any tools as well and it actually works too! Simply slide the device into place, push the bar back so that it locks into place and it is secured in place with just a tad of play. Now for the real kicker: screw-less power supply installation. Considering that the PSU is by far the heaviest part of a system I was a bit skeptical about the approach Lancool has taken here, but my worries were unfounded. Placing the metal clip across the PSU and locking it into place requires a lot of force. For comparison, take the force required to install one of those old Socket A CPU coolers with a flat head screw driver and pretty much triple or quadruple that force required, then add the fact that this lock is made of metal and has a foam lining to hold the PSU firmly in place. I was not able to push the unit out of position at all. In fact, the rear air vent of the PSU started bending inward instead.


After filling the chassis with all the major parts, it is clear that there is still plenty of space to work in. All the major connections and slots are easily accessible. You should be able to hide most of your excess cables behind the four hard drive trays.

Finished Looks

The last step meant placing both side panels back on the Dragonlord K58 and turning it on. This is not nearly as eventful with this case in comparison with the K62. There is no window and there are no blue LED fans. So you will not really know if the system is on unless you listen closely to the fans spin or take a close look at the small power LED up top. Luckily, the power button is right next to this light emitting diode, so you will not hit that button by mistake and turn off the system.