Introduction

I would like to thank Lian Li for providing the review sample.



Back in January, Lian Li showed this case at CES. Although it was originally designed for show purposes only, Lian Li received such a favorable response to the design that they decided to produce it for the masses.

Features:

• Hand Crafted, Made in Taiwan
• Hair Line Brushed Anodized Aluminum Finishing
• Freedom of Hardware Setup
• Huge Internal Space for Extended ATX Motherboard
• Graphics Card Holder
• Support up to 220mm Long Power Supply Unit
• Three Red LED Intake Fans in The Front
• Support Liquid Cooling System
• Rear 12cm Red LED Exhaust Fan
• Linear Fan Speed Controller
• Built-in Easy Clean Air Filter
• Top Mount 14cm Red LED Fan
• Removable Top Cover
• Easy Detachable Front Panel Door
• Removable Motherboard Tray Design
• Sound Insulation Rubber Strip in the Door
• Anti-Vibration Kit on Chassis
• HDD Mounting kit with Tool-less Anti-Vibration Design
• Multi-Media I/O Ports with Dust Free cover
• High Quality Aluminum Case Stand with Anti-Vibration Rubber Pad
• Multi-Door Swing Direction Design
• Top Cover with Sound Dampening Cover
• Security Lock on Door Panel
• Theme Side Panel

Specifications:

Model:	Armorsuit PC-P80R
Case Type:	Super Full Tower
Dimensions:	220 x 633 x 610mm (W, H, D)
Front Bezel Material:	Aluminum
Color:	Red
Side Panel:	ATI CrossFire X Theme side window
Body Material:	Aluminum
5.25" Drive Bays (External):	12
3.5" Dive Bays (External):	0
3.5" Drive Bays (Internal):	6 (using 6 x 5.25" bays)
Expansion Slots:	12
Motherboard:	EATX, ATX, mATX
System Fan (Front):	3 x 14cm LED fan (800~1180 RPM)
System Fan (Top):	1 x 14cm LED fan (800~1180 RPM)
System Fan (Rear):	1 x 12cm LED fan (1020~1500 RPM)
I/O Ports:	USB 2.0 x 4, IEEE1394 x 1, E-SATA x 1, HD+AC97 Audio

Packaging & Contents

The Lian Li PC-P80R comes in a standard Lian Li full-color box with plenty of images on the front and detailed specifications on the side. Inside, the case is protected with a heavy-duty plastic bag and some dense foam.


Included with the case are a thick manual and two promotional product flyers. Inside a small white box are the expansion card support brackets, dual Xeon backplate, all the mounting accessories and a small plastic container for holding leftover screws. There is also a nut-driver that Lian Li includes to install motherboard stand-offs.

A Closer Look

The Lian Li PC-P80R is the special AMD Spider/ATI CrossFireX version of the PC-P80B case. There is a huge spider design cut into the side panel, and there is an ATI CrossFireX logo at the top right corner. Behind the spider design is a sheet of clear acrylic that has some additional design details to highlight the spider. The entire case is anodized red, except for a few small black accent pieces.


In front at the top of the case are the Power & Reset buttons and a small door. This location provides the four USB 2.0 ports, one FireWire port, one eSATA port and HD+AC97 Audio headphone and mic jacks.


The Armorsuit series features a vented front panel with fans located in the door. In this case, the PC-P80R has three 140mm red LED fans, all attached to a fan speed controller behind the front door. There is a removable fan filter located inside the door, but for some reason on this unit the filter would not come out all the way. I could only get it to come up about the height of one fan, which leads me to believe it was getting caught on the bracket. The entire door can be switched from left-opening to right-opening, but it would take a bit of work to do so. Behind the door are twelve 5.25" drive bays with perforated bezels.


At the back of case a fairly standard arrangement can be seen. At the top there is a removable power supply bracket, and just below that is a 120mm red LED fan. At the bottom of the case there are a total of ten PCI slots filled with black vented covers, which allows additional ventilation out of the case. Some additional features on the back are a security loop, four pass-through holes for water tubing and two places where an optional PCI Cooling Kit (BS-03) can be installed.