New Case: Lian Li PC-A70F

[Seneker]

Having greatly enjoyed pics of other builds, I thought I'd go ahead and post my own latest setup. Case is the Lian Li PC-A70F recently stocked by OCUK. Not a bad piece of kit I have to say.

The beast within:

Interesting clip design, not bad:

But not really liking the drive cage or what it'll do to case airflow:

Out she goes:

In go the drives, nice and out of the way:

The front, as is:

In goes the Scythe Kama bay for extra air intake (standard fan replaced with the 1600rpm Scythe S-Flex:

In goes the E-ATX Rampage II along with some cable tidying. Very roomy:

In goes the 295:

Case in profile:

Lights:

Action:

In all a very nice case. Pair of 140mms + one 120mm intaking plenty of cool air, which helps with the gfx card. Exhaust is out the top by way of two 120mms.

 

[Seneker]

Chose a full tower for future proofing. The room also gives me quite a few options for messing with internal airflow, which is a big deal because the 295 unhelpfully exhausts hot air into the case itself. Also, the i920 is OCed to 4Ghz. Fortunately, at present, I'm getting temperatures not far from those posted by chaps with full watercooling setups but without any of the associated risks.

The optical drive colour mismatch is a good point, but I kinda like the aesthetic

 

[Seneker]

@zia - thanks. Most challenging part was angling in the card to slot properly into place, but no, no serious issues otherwise. Everything tightly locked down.

 

[Seneker]

I've modified the standard fan setup slightly. I left the front two 140mm intakes alone but added a modified Kama Bay for a third intake. Have two exhausts out the back, one of which is standard. In all, the case is quiet but not silent. It's all subjective but to give you an idea, despite the 6 fans in the box, I can sometimes hear the hard drives. The fan on the graphics card is the loudest component, but only at load. I chose this case over the 71FB exactly for the open front, as I wanted unimpeded airflow. As for overall cooling, I've found this setup to be top notch. Hope this helps.

As for the optical drive colour comments, well, thanks for your thoughts.