My new love for lian li

collisster · 30 Sep 2006 at 19:27

I really want to get a lian li as you may know as I used to be anti li now I'm all or getting one.
It needs to be a midi tower
Black
No door
Side panel available
good cooling
quiet
well built
only has to take no more than 3 HDD
Less than 120 pounds for case and window

also I'm looking at the Pc 7+ is the Pc 60 any better?

jellybeard999 · 30 Sep 2006 at 19:55

PC60 = slightly more refined PC7 ... tbh the removable mobo tray is the only real improvement, and not worth paying for IMO...

PC7+ is THE best value for money case around IMO

Messiah Khan · 30 Sep 2006 at 19:55

That price, those specs... PC7. For more money... V1000+

collisster · 30 Sep 2006 at 19:56

The v1000 got a window available?

Day03 · 30 Sep 2006 at 20:35

You can get the window for around £50 which is quite a bit. I wasn't prepared to pay for it so I done it myself.

Socaddict · 30 Sep 2006 at 21:59

PC-7+. got one in silver with a side panel. lovely piece of kit

Massive Attack · 30 Sep 2006 at 22:40

Day03 said:
You can get the window for around £50 which is quite a bit. I wasn't prepared to pay for it so I done it myself.

got any pics m8

Day03 · 30 Sep 2006 at 22:43

Here is my PC

Messiah Khan · 30 Sep 2006 at 22:55

Great job you have done there, very neat. Any tricks you want to share on how you did it?

Day03 · 30 Sep 2006 at 23:04

Not many tricks really, just use a lot of masking tape so that you do not scratch the surface and then use a jigsaw to cut it out. To finish off the edges you can use a dremel or I prefered a sharp hand file as it gives even neater finish. To fix the perspex I used the rivets as I quite like the look of them.

Messiah Khan · 30 Sep 2006 at 23:10

Yeah, I have to say im quite a fan of rivets.

So is the perspex the same shape as the window or is it simply a rectangle? How did you cut the perspex? Have you used washers behind the rivets to spread the load? Sorry for all the questions, but im going to need to do my v2000 sometime in the future, and I would be quite happy if it turned out like yours. Im not going to go for the standard shape LianLi window as I want the lower compartment showing as well.

Day03 · 30 Sep 2006 at 23:21

The perspex is just a rectangle. I cut it with the jigsaw. The quality of the acrylic wasn't that good, i got it from B&Q, 3mm thick. It is quite brittle and there were tiny cracks appearing on the edges when I was cutting it. I didn't use any washers but it's a good idea to have them, the shop didn't have long enough rivets at the time so I couldn't use washers but it still worked fine.

Day03 · 30 Sep 2006 at 23:24

On the V2000 you might want to use 5mm acrylic as the surface area will be huge and the window might otherwise become wobbly.

Massive Attack · 1 Oct 2006 at 00:36

nice mod m8, very well done also looks good with the rivits although i tend to get carried away when using the rivit gun

CrazyMonkey · 1 Oct 2006 at 18:33

Day03 said:
Not many tricks really, just use a lot of masking tape so that you do not scratch the surface and then use a jigsaw to cut it out. To finish off the edges you can use a dremel or I prefered a sharp hand file as it gives even neater finish. To fix the perspex I used the rivets as I quite like the look of them.

Thanks just considering buying one of these over the TT Armour not to sure what to pick but i might do what youve done and do window myself, well get my dad to help (only 15

) and i dunno where the hell my dad keeps tools so yeah ty, those reivets looks amazing!