Soldato
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- 3 Oct 2006
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so I'm here, in SFF, it's taken a while but I've got away from the flashy giganto cases and I'm ready for something a little more refined, modern and space saving. 2 years ago I had a thermaltake armour LCS (piece of crap) currently i am in a lian li A05B (a very nice case but still too big) and I'm ready to downsize again, look what's just come through the door;
a lian li pc v351r and a gigabyte G41M ES2L.
I initially wanted the pc08 for a case after having completed a build in it's smaller sibling the pc07 but I couldn't find a single retailer in the UK stocking the black version and I'll be buggered if I spend more than £100 (red version) on a case again (screw you thermaltake!), and then I found the red v351 on offer on ocuk, a quick google for reviews and pictures made me want it and a quick check of the account balance revealed I could have it (and have it I did!)
so i'll open it up
standard lian li fare, plastic sheet protecting the case from scratches and two blocks of polystyrene preventing any real damage to the case
a helpful sheet of lian li accessories (most of which are either a; incompatible with this case, or b; like hens teeth in the UK) and the instructions (which i carefully threw aside like any real man should).
the case from a couple of angles.
and the inside, I've carefully removed the HDD tray, it'll allow more airflow to the rear exhaust and will allow for more modding. In all seriousness though, rivets lian li? can't you just make them modular?
the colour is interesting, it's not man red (you know, Ferraris, big red buttons etc) but at least it's not proper gay hot pink red, it'll do i suppose, at least it's a nice finish (of course it is, it's lian li).
that's it for now, the spec will be my existing kit which is as follows;
intel core 2 duo E5200
2x2GB OCZ gold edition 800mhz
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB
some 160gb SATA second hand hard drive
cheap SATA LG dvd drive
corsair HX520
this is currently in here:
that's it, nothing fancy, I've really only been using my PC as a media centre for the last year or so, I have a 360 for games and my current hardware can more than adequately handle the few PC game I like to play.
so questions to OcUK;
my CPU is currently cooled by a thermalright ultra120 (which i know is overkill), the layout of the v351 means it's not going to fit without making a custom backplate and swapping the PSU and exhaust fan mounts over, is this really something i want to burden myself with or should i just buy a scythe shuriken big (or other top down cooler), or even just use the intel stock cooler?
i'm also considering a few small upgrades, i need a new hard drive, it doesn't need to be big, about the size i have now, but it needs to be quiet and have good performance, i'm also thinking of launching myself in to the present and buying a blu ray drive, which does the OcUK community recommend? Are there any other upgrades you lot would recommend?
i'd like to make another order tomorrow (payday, yippee!) so let me know
a lian li pc v351r and a gigabyte G41M ES2L.
I initially wanted the pc08 for a case after having completed a build in it's smaller sibling the pc07 but I couldn't find a single retailer in the UK stocking the black version and I'll be buggered if I spend more than £100 (red version) on a case again (screw you thermaltake!), and then I found the red v351 on offer on ocuk, a quick google for reviews and pictures made me want it and a quick check of the account balance revealed I could have it (and have it I did!)
so i'll open it up
standard lian li fare, plastic sheet protecting the case from scratches and two blocks of polystyrene preventing any real damage to the case
a helpful sheet of lian li accessories (most of which are either a; incompatible with this case, or b; like hens teeth in the UK) and the instructions (which i carefully threw aside like any real man should).
the case from a couple of angles.
and the inside, I've carefully removed the HDD tray, it'll allow more airflow to the rear exhaust and will allow for more modding. In all seriousness though, rivets lian li? can't you just make them modular?
the colour is interesting, it's not man red (you know, Ferraris, big red buttons etc) but at least it's not proper gay hot pink red, it'll do i suppose, at least it's a nice finish (of course it is, it's lian li).
that's it for now, the spec will be my existing kit which is as follows;
intel core 2 duo E5200
2x2GB OCZ gold edition 800mhz
XFX ATI Radeon HD 4830 512MB
some 160gb SATA second hand hard drive
cheap SATA LG dvd drive
corsair HX520
this is currently in here:
that's it, nothing fancy, I've really only been using my PC as a media centre for the last year or so, I have a 360 for games and my current hardware can more than adequately handle the few PC game I like to play.
so questions to OcUK;
my CPU is currently cooled by a thermalright ultra120 (which i know is overkill), the layout of the v351 means it's not going to fit without making a custom backplate and swapping the PSU and exhaust fan mounts over, is this really something i want to burden myself with or should i just buy a scythe shuriken big (or other top down cooler), or even just use the intel stock cooler?
i'm also considering a few small upgrades, i need a new hard drive, it doesn't need to be big, about the size i have now, but it needs to be quiet and have good performance, i'm also thinking of launching myself in to the present and buying a blu ray drive, which does the OcUK community recommend? Are there any other upgrades you lot would recommend?
i'd like to make another order tomorrow (payday, yippee!) so let me know
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