Case Inside

When the case was opened, the first thing that caught my eyes was the side cooling fan. The fan is mounted in a rectangular Aluminum case, which vents air out of the back of the case. There are three 120 mm fans in the case; one in the rear exhaust, one on the back of the case which acts as a intake, and one is also located on the hard drive rack.


The PC-A16's front panel is a little different to most cases where the whole front consists of 5.25" drive bays. There is a small outer panel that borders all the drive bay, and is removable. It is held on by 4 clips, and it very easy and convenient to remove. Once removed, the 5.25" drive plates can be removed by simply squeezing the edges of them.


Every drive bay is removable, and this allows for the HDD rack to be put in any position one so desires as show earlier in the review.


On the top of the PC-A16, the I/O panel and power/reset switches are found. Lian Li provided plenty of wire to route through the case and get to the needed position on the motherboard. There are three headers - One for USB, Firewire and Audio. Each header also has extra wires coming off of the headers; these are just encase a motherboard doesn't follow the full header design. In other words - compatibility.


The PC-A16 features a removable motherboard tray, something I believe all cases should have. This makes installation of the board easier, and also the rest of the components installation easier.