Assembly

Installing the mainboard outside the case is a breeze. Simply place the mainboard spacers and place the board on them. Lian-Li has included a tool to secure the spacers unto the tray. Thanks to the traditional size of these, you may use the tool for other cases as well. After the board, memory and cooler are installed, simply flip the tray back up into the case and replace the thumb screws. The image above shows the result. As you can see, the I/O cables are fairly long, long enough for some creative cable routing.


To get the hard drive ready, simply install four of the special screws, which hold the rubber rings in place. These are intended to eliminate any vibration coming from the hard drive. Simply slide the hard drives into place and you are done in that departement. The optical drives on the other hand are still secured by traditional screws.


The power supply can either be installed directly without removing the frame in the rear or, in case it is longer than the standard variety, you may use the frame to insert the unit from the rear instead of the side. As you can see, the ledge holds the PSU nicely.


Now to that card holding mechanism I mentioned earlier. Once the cards are installed, add the plastic spacers and push it unto the card with one of the long screws within the box of contents. This does hold large card in place well. Lian-Li has given you the choice of two possible locations for this bar, making sure that it will not get in the way of any PCIe power plugs. The image above shows the bar moved over about an inch to the right, giving way to these connectors. The inner fan is mounted on the upper porting of the support beam. It creates airflow over the memory, blowing toward the rear of the case.