Lian Li's new A05 - OCUK?

Danfoss2011 · 4 May 2011 at 09:35

Will OCUK be getting the new Lian Li A05?

joxang · 4 May 2011 at 09:41

Which new A05?

Danfoss2011 · 4 May 2011 at 13:33

2011 version shown at CEBIT

http://www.armygroup.com.tw/shop/goods.php?id=6427

GJ02 · 4 May 2011 at 17:33

still silver inside :rolleyes:

joxang · 4 May 2011 at 18:06

Still pretty much the same as the first one too

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Danfoss2011 · 4 May 2011 at 18:20

joxang said:
Still pretty much the same as the first one too .

Flipped, USB 3, IO's on the front, new led location, new power button location, roof fan, water cooling pass through, new PSU plug location. It's very different

Full size rad's fit in the top without messing about

joxang · 4 May 2011 at 18:34

Danfoss2011 said:
Flipped, USB 3, IO's on the front, new led location, new power button location, roof fan, water cooling pass through, new PSU plug location. It's very different

I guess it's a matter of opinion but apart from the traditional ATX orientation most of those are very minor changes to me

. But no need to change a winning formula I guess.

Full size rad's fit in the top without messing about

Where's the rad mount in the roof? Do you just mean the 1x140mm?

Marvin · 4 May 2011 at 19:17

Smart idea Lian Li. Introduce all the problems you alleviated by flipping the motherboard in the first place (for example, if you want to run CF/SLI now, the PSU will be in the way unless you have a very short unit. Which is unlikely given the multi-card set-up). It'll suffer from many of the same issues as the CM Elite 360 now, whereas before it could take pretty much any hardware.

Icm76 · 4 May 2011 at 19:51

Strange, the changes are so significant it surely deserves a completely new model name? Still, good cases. I've got one of the A05N, remarkably compact for full size ATX mobos.

Danfoss2011 · 4 May 2011 at 20:27

joxang said:
Where's the rad mount in the roof? Do you just mean the 1x140mm?

Nah i mean you havent got to deal with the USB port they put up there which made things tricky

joxang · 4 May 2011 at 20:33

Danfoss2011 said:
Nah i mean you havent got to deal with the USB port they put up there which made things tricky

Ah that is a good point. Nicely spotted.

Danfoss2011 · 4 May 2011 at 20:34

joxang said:
Ah that is a good point. Nicely spotted.

Had 4 A05's, love them! Next one after this is going to be really cool

KiiYzOo · 4 May 2011 at 20:45

I think the upside down motherboard that means you can show off your gpu coolers!

Icm76 · 4 May 2011 at 20:50

the optional 140mm fan top for upside down mobo PC-A05/PC-A05N is really good for the GPU cooling - clean air blown straight onto the graphics card.

Danfoss2011 · 5 May 2011 at 09:13

Yeah if your doing stock air cooling its going to help lots

Number_25 · 5 May 2011 at 10:46

Why are they using inside silver again?

Its the only thing that puts me off buying one.

joxang · 5 May 2011 at 10:57

Number_25 said:
Why are they using inside silver again?

Its the only thing that puts me off buying one.

Lian Li with black on the inside only comes with a few 'premium' cases and one or two mid-cases which all have the 'X' prefix or suffix. You'd be looking for an A05X or an X-A05 or something.

Dark Sun · 5 May 2011 at 11:55

Had the old rev a few years ago and found it a delightful little case.

inogen · 16 May 2011 at 11:20

I prefer the buttons to the right of the front. Never understood them being to the left, considering for ease of access you put this case to the left on a desk.

Might see if they do the new fronts as spares.