New Case
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I thought i'd add take the time to write down my intial impression,as you'll notice the lian li is quiet abit taller than the akasa so those of you that like putting thier pc under the desk my stuggle to fit it,
it's also narrower than the akasa but unless you have extremely tall cpu hsf it shouldn't be a problem,the side panel are somewhat flimsy not as thick as i would have like them,about same thickness as the akasa,
The front door is solid well constructed,and when you close clicks nicely into place,one minor gripe is that it does open fully like the antec p190's
the top panel is removable and is thin as the side panels
Another cool thing i've noticed is the leds for power and hd on the front door are nice and small both light up blue but when its reading the hd it turn red
Unfortunely the motherboard isn't removable at all,which is baffling as the b71 have it and why they didn't add it to this is just wierd,another cost cutting measure i suppose,noticed the rear fans are both hard mounted no soft mounting at all,it just aswell am ditching them.
So far the most annoying part pc is the pcie tool holder,what seem very straight forward time saving device turn out to be total waste of space
basically the tab don't lock into the upright position leaving me to struggle to hold them up with one hand and install the gpu with the other,removing gpu is even worse.perhaps it just that maybe i got bad one but any how i've tried lian li site and asked for new one also posted in thier forum but i doubt i'll get one seem rather shame for case to be let down for something minor as this.
some more pics
zia
it's also narrower than the akasa but unless you have extremely tall cpu hsf it shouldn't be a problem,the side panel are somewhat flimsy not as thick as i would have like them,about same thickness as the akasa,
The front door is solid well constructed,and when you close clicks nicely into place,one minor gripe is that it does open fully like the antec p190's
the top panel is removable and is thin as the side panels
Another cool thing i've noticed is the leds for power and hd on the front door are nice and small both light up blue but when its reading the hd it turn red
Unfortunely the motherboard isn't removable at all,which is baffling as the b71 have it and why they didn't add it to this is just wierd,another cost cutting measure i suppose,noticed the rear fans are both hard mounted no soft mounting at all,it just aswell am ditching them.
So far the most annoying part pc is the pcie tool holder,what seem very straight forward time saving device turn out to be total waste of space
basically the tab don't lock into the upright position leaving me to struggle to hold them up with one hand and install the gpu with the other,removing gpu is even worse.perhaps it just that maybe i got bad one but any how i've tried lian li site and asked for new one also posted in thier forum but i doubt i'll get one seem rather shame for case to be let down for something minor as this.
some more pics
zia
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the front looks nice on the new case but I have gone off doors I too had an Akasa but the door annoyed me!
+1 for the anti door vote. I've currently got the Akasa (and the same fans as you
)and am on the hunt for a new case, sans door. I'd considered a Lian Li but a lot of people have said that some parts feel flimsy, namely the side panels. It looks much better than your current case however, and I hope you get the issues you've encountered sorted.
I do like your frankness about the good and bad about the case. It's what forums are all about!
)and am on the hunt for a new case, sans door. I'd considered a Lian Li but a lot of people have said that some parts feel flimsy, namely the side panels. It looks much better than your current case however, and I hope you get the issues you've encountered sorted.I do like your frankness about the good and bad about the case. It's what forums are all about!
Motherboard gives only on/off type signal so without any active circuitry it's impossible to use two color LED... probably those "fiber optics" parts are such that light of power LED leaks also to optics of HDD LED.Another cool thing i've noticed is the leds for power and hd on the front door are nice and small both light up blue but when its reading the hd it turn red
yes your probably right looking closely at it,
well another annoyance i've found is the hard drive cage,when installing hds they can only be mounted one way with sata power connection pointing outwards
trying to insert them the other way with connections on the back you hit the cage tab and second grommeted screw worn't go into the runner,and you carn't mount any fans to the outer casing of the hd cage because of the slider would be rendered useless by any screws used to fix the fans to the outside of the cage.
it should be feasible to turn the hd around and mount it so the harddrive connection are on the back but since i don't need it am not going to bother
thank god it can be removed easily
2 front fan are 140mm and run at 1000rpm they are pretty good and seem to shift a lot air into the case
zia
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