Dan x Lian Li A3 mATX case

The_Arbiter said:
Ordered mine, will report back should i successfully get round to the build :cry:
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I've broken the ice. Picked up the case & PSU this afternoon. Managed to find a Gigabyte UD850M in stock locally so opted for that... That's it! I'm committed now, no turning back...:cry:
Compared to my old CM690 case this is really, really, smol.. Going to have a play, get the measuring tape out then hopefully come up with a cunning plan...

First impressions of the case are good. At the price the quality is excellent, as is the fit and finish (black version) I would probably say it's better than I expected up to yet. Once I start to try and make stuff fit that opinion may change... :cry: :cry:
 
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OC delivered with free next day :)

So i committed to this one today. Disabled two PCs and built this case up. Very impressive for the money, and came with a little screw box with separators, nice touch.

You can route the CPU and MB cable just about round the front of the face plate, so some builds will come out real tidy.

I left one back SSD slot free for potential another drive there, and stuck one up top. No need for 3x fans up there as it would become negative pressure. Cables are a mess, but with some longer satas it would tidy up nice. Not that bothered though ;)


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Yeah there's loads of space, just no good cable routing. But a tiny gap round the front. MB went in a doddle, i ended up sticking that in near last. HDD cables are tight on the case, but that's how they drilled the holes...
PSU is 140x150x86mm
MB is 244mm square

Hope that helps some more.
 
The_Arbiter said:
Yeah there's loads of space, just no good cable routing. But a tiny gap round the front. MB went in a doddle, i ended up sticking that in near last. HDD cables are tight on the case, but that's how they drilled the holes...
PSU is 140x150x86mm
MB is 244mm square

Hope that helps some more.
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My PSU is same size as that. With switching to NVMe that will gain me a little bit more space to squidge the cables in.
 
The_Arbiter said:
OC delivered with free next day :)

So i committed to this one today. Disabled two PCs and built this case up. Very impressive for the money, and came with a little screw box with separators, nice touch.

You can route the CPU and MB cable just about round the front of the face plate, so some builds will come out real tidy.

I left one back SSD slot free for potential another drive there, and stuck one up top. No need for 3x fans up there as it would become negative pressure. Cables are a mess, but with some longer satas it would tidy up nice. Not that bothered though ;)


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Nice to see a small case with an air cooler and full size ATX.
 
Lovely case, easy build. Only issue I have is the USB headers are too short to reach my ITX mobo. Guess I'll need to upgrade to AM5 at some point.
 
OP here. Its great, apart from the front IO cables being a bit short to reach my ITX AM4 board. Plus my ugly inflexible plastic PSU cables are on show. But I think some custom shorter sleeved cables would be really nice in here.
 
I ordered the white a couple of weeks ago and havent built into it yet but I have since seen the new black with wooden panels on pre-order and wished I had waited a while, looks amazing! Might have to sell the white :)
 
anyone have any idea on the pre order ETA?

ordered my wood panel on the 5th and have a pile of components waiting for the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle lol
 
Those who preordered already had theirs delivered, I've got mine and it was in stock left for short time (2nd October). Now you guys are probably waiting for next shipment.
 
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