Lian-Li XB-01 Xbox 360 Case Review 18

Lian-Li XB-01 Xbox 360 Case Review

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Value and Conclusion

  • The Lian-Li XB-01 sells for around 90 €, expect a similar price, but in US Dollars for the States.
  • Nice outer, Lian-Li design
  • Works for both Xbox 360 types (with or without HDMI)
  • Can be used for every Xbox 360 revision
  • Very detailed manual
  • X Clamps included on the board
  • Ring Of Light works well
  • 120 mm fan
  • Water cooling ready
  • Sound dampening materials around the drives
  • Large air vent up front
  • Pricey, the entire console only costs double that.
  • One memory card will no longer fit
  • Hard drive can no longer be taken off easily
  • Sound dampening gets in the way of the chassis
  • DVD eject & pairing buttons do not reach properly
  • Case is much larger than the Xbox 360 original
  • Not that much quieter than the original chassis
  • USB 2.0 door just as large as optical drive bay, bare USB plugs look ugly when opened
  • Loss of warranty on your console
  • Rear AV connector opening only covered by a thick sticker
  • No vibration dampening on the optical drive
Sure the Lian-Li XB-01 looks great. It did already turn some heads at Computex, where it was shown off to the public as a prototype. But even the reviewed product, which is intended to be a retail unit, has obvious design flaws. There is not just one flaw and the slew of problems make this unit hard to recommend. Starting from the size, noise level, inability to use more than one memory cards, large openings for USB. When first seeing the unit, it does look great and it has the outer build quality and the attributes we expect from Lian-Li, but as it stands now, the XB-01 creates more problems than it solves - if any - it feels incredibly rushed to market, making this hard to recommend. Maybe waiting for the new revision, which may fix some or all of the problems is the best choice in this case.
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