Lian-Li V1000 accessories?

WJA96 · 19 Feb 2007 at 13:13

simonnance said:
thats a shame, though you have to admit, £70 for a front for a case costing £80-£100 is quite a lot for just a new front (£50 is more reasonable though)! Akasa have really missed a trick, as they are a very popular case, so if they did it themselves they would find it a lot easier that you or i.

That said, kudos for trying. And the Mirage thing..... god i hate it when reviewers BS like that!

Well, I've just resurrected this project slightly. Would you pay Lian Li V1000 Money (£150) for a completely aluminium Akasa Case with a front like a PC-7, using Lian-Li bezels and taking all the Lian-li front panel fitments?

simonnance · 19 Feb 2007 at 16:20

if i didnt already HAVE an Eclipse....... probably!

WJA96 · 19 Feb 2007 at 17:22

simonnance said:
if i didnt already HAVE an Eclipse....... probably!

Yes, but if you start with the basis than an Eclipse is available retail for £85 and you'd pay £150 for an Eclipse type case with an aluminium front then that would leave £65 for the front panel, which is doable.

Once you strip away the front and make use of the Lian Li accessories, then you can stand a triple radiator in the front and still have room for 2 conventionally mounted optical drives and two 3.5" external drive bays in a vertical configuration. Or a double radiator with 5 optical drives or 2 optical drives and 4 HDD in the A16 carrier. Very, very flexible. It would look like a classy Antec 900.

simonnance · 19 Feb 2007 at 17:57

so are you talknig about remaking the chassis behind the bezel? a 120.3 would physicaly fit the front, however there is the break between the 5 1/4" bays and the 120mm front which has the 3 1/2's, not exactly prime for another 120mm.

any chance of some rough sketches to give an idea of what the setup'd be?

WJA96 · 19 Feb 2007 at 18:50

simonnance said:
so are you talknig about remaking the chassis behind the bezel? a 120.3 would physicaly fit the front, however there is the break between the 5 1/4" bays and the 120mm front which has the 3 1/2's, not exactly prime for another 120mm.

any chance of some rough sketches to give an idea of what the setup'd be?

The 3.5" bays just pop out and it would need about a 25mm bite out of the 5.25" baseplate, that's all.

No diagrams. I don't do diagrams. The Aluminium people have CAD/CAM for diagrams.