Installation & Finished Look

The included screw driver made mounting the stand-offs incredibly easy. Once I inserted the mainboard, I noticed the ample amount of space to work with. That was a bit surprising considering the minuscule appearance of the case. While the hard drive cage can be removed, once it is filled with three drives, it cannot be screwed into place anymore, as the drive end covers the screw holes. So you have to leave the cage in the case and install your drives the old fashioned way.


Once everything was installed, the first thing I noticed, was the amount of screws Lian Li decided to include. I secured every drive with the maximum amount of screws, but still had a few screws left over. The case looks quite full, but the area over and around the CPU fan and the expansion cards is quite free. The modular Tagan power supply has sleeved cables which do not bend very easily. I routed them under the hard drive cage and around the back. You can see the PSU fan clearly with the case closed. Bigger (even 1000W) power supplies will fit the case without any problems. Both fans were connected directly to the mainboard, as Lian Li leaves the user the choice how to power them.


The drives fit quite nicely. Note the afore mentioned MF-515B converter in the bottom drive bay, which houses the black floppy drive. Lian Li also has drive covers for some models, if you are looking to give your case a complete uniform look. The back is now filled as well. If you look closely you can see my hand and camera reflected in the bracket covers. ;)

Once the system was turned on, I was surprised at the clean and quite sound the fans have. The system is running with four 12cm fans and one 8cm fan on the GPU and is still incredibly quiet. Simply stunning!