I've got a beef with Lian Li...

Marvin

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Why do they insist on putting the PSU over the motherboard with their MATX/MITX cube-style cases (thinking the V354, Q07 and Q11)? It creates a massive, very visible cable mess, even with a modular PSU, and prevents side windows and so on.

Why not mount it behind the motherboard tray, and have holes in the tray for the required cables to come through? That way, you can have a side window, the case wouldn't be a mess, there'd be loads of space for cable stashing/putting extra drives and things (or maybe the optical drive on its side, pushed slightly into the space, so the case could be a little shorter overall), and the CPU cooler could potentially be larger or have mesh over it for the down-draft style coolers that are surely better than having a PSU sucking warm air from the CPU?

Maybe I'm no case designer for a reason, but surely that all makes sense? Especially taking the V354 where the PSU fan isn't really needed for ventilation - it's got 2 120mm fans at the front and a fan in the roof...
 
Borden said:
It would also make the case quite a bit wider...

I'm using an SFX PSU with the Lian Li PSU extender and it's made things much neater and cooler. There's also space inside the PSU extender to stuff unwanted cables which is great.
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I'm not convinced it would - look at the V354, the highest point of the mobo-section are the PCI slots, and the PSU is above that, so I don't think it would make it any wider. The only issue would be the rear fan would have to be a bit smaller, but with a roof fan that's not a massive problem.

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I will admit the lack of MB-tray-removal-ness is an issue, but you'd perhaps have more space to begin with?
 
.:SAmSuNG:. said:
If they moved the PSU I couldnt use a big cooler in my Q07 with the Pico.
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I'm not entirely convinced Lian Li put the ATX PSU there to allow the very few people to mount a Pico-PSU to use a massive cooler...

I hear you Guardsmon - I hadn't realised you could get a cooler the size of a TRUE in the V354 in the stock configuration. It would still be nice if they'd consider maybe making a case in the style I suggested once in a while. I reckon it'd work especially well with the V350/351/352 cases.
 
Guardsmon said:
I'll agree with you on the V350/1/2. The V352 is a dreadfully designed case internally. I got send one from a supplier after they couldn't provide the V351 I ordered and OMG there i no space at all for the power cables to run if you use a modular PSU as they stick out too far, but yet there is no space to fit all the cables if its not modular.
They also needed to make it another 1 inch longer or get rid of those stupid flaps on the 5.25" bay which does nothing except jam on cables. Also cut a few more cable holes wouldn't hurt.

Sorry started ranting off topic.
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There's a topic? :confused:

It was a rant thread - you can rant as well - you're ranting about Lian Li's MATX cases, so it's pretty close...

But yeah, the V351 is no better to be honest - I still have one in the loft.

The other problem I have with Lian Li is the finish they use is appalling. Looks amazing for 5 or maybe 6 seconds after removal from the box, then you put a feather on top of the case and thousands of small scratches appear, plus a million smudges from fingers...
 
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