The Offical Lian Li PC-A05 Owners Discussion/Modding Thread!

Ev0 · 3 Aug 2009 at 10:13

Tempted to move over from using a Shuttle to one of these, however as above no one has any stock in at the moment!

Eatchipz · 3 Aug 2009 at 10:19

Yea does anyone have any idea when OC is getting these cases back in stock?

Blackhawk47 · 3 Aug 2009 at 18:58

edvb said:
Here are a few more pictures before sending the frame to the anodizer to get it anodized black.

That is going to look awesome. :cool:

raptormonkey · 3 Aug 2009 at 23:09

Eatchipz said:
Yea does anyone have any idea when OC is getting these cases back in stock?

Just posted that question in the shop part. Hope they get some in soon as i am looking for a small case. Noticed a few places that have them in stock. Do you think a Thermalright Tru will fit ok in these cases? Is cable management a problem with this case? Asking as i don't have a modular PSU.

edvb · 4 Aug 2009 at 02:44

I think the modular is the way to go as there is not that much room to hide cables. I have just a little room behind the power supply but that is it. As you can see by the pictures I wont have a lot of stuff installed so I should be able to have a pretty clean install when done. My motherboard was warped so I had to RMA it for another one. Wait till you see the tweak for the fan controller.

Does anone have a picture of the lighted vandel switches for the power and reset on their case?

Borden · 4 Aug 2009 at 21:59

Checked OcUK today to see if they had stock and to my surprise it was listed as having 1 in stock! Snapped it up straight away so it should be with me on thurs.

raptormonkey · 4 Aug 2009 at 22:13

Well, looking around the net there a few places with stock

Would everyone say it is a much better case than the Antec 300?

Blackhawk47 · 5 Aug 2009 at 17:45

raptormonkey said:
Well, looking around the net there a few places with stock

Would everyone say it is a much better case than the Antec 300?

In terms of quality, from what I have heard, it definatly is. Though the Antec 300 is a bit bigger and will offer more space for hard drives and so on. The 300 isn't really that small in my opinion.

raptormonkey · 5 Aug 2009 at 22:06

I much prefer a smaller case at the moment.

Are there any similar cases to the lian Li PC-A05 for size. great cooling?

The other factor is cable routing, or the lack of!

Borden · 6 Aug 2009 at 19:54

Well mine arrived today. It looks great from my first impressions, and much smaller than my V2010! The materials used are thinner than on the V2010 but that's to be expected.

Oh, and it came with the hard drive cage installed upside down

raptormonkey · 6 Aug 2009 at 21:32

Let us know what you think of it and some build pics would be great.

Blackhawk47 · 7 Aug 2009 at 10:20

edvb, if your A05 looks anything like this when you get it back, it will be awesome :cool:

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edvb · 8 Aug 2009 at 04:01

Well I got my case parts back from the anodizer and riveted it back together. It turned out great so now I can move forward.

I am waiting for the Murdermods sleeving so I can do my power supplies 24pin and 8pin connectors.
I will be shortening the 24pin cable and removing the extra 4pin cable as it is not needed.

I also enlarged the hole for the Reset Vandel switch in the front cover so I am ready to go with that part.

My friend who has a CNC milling machine is going to cut the window on Monday for a case of beer.

I will get some pictures posted tomorrow.

raptormonkey · 8 Aug 2009 at 14:45

Nice looking mate. How about cable management? Is that possible with such a small case? My PSU is not modular and it is a superb one. Is it possible to remove any cables i don't use? (Open up PSU and de-solder?)

Borden · 8 Aug 2009 at 17:36

Yes you can remove the cables you don't need. You can desolder them, like you suggested, or cut them at the base. Just make sure to leave the PSU unplugged for at least a day to let the capacitors discharge fully.

edvb · 8 Aug 2009 at 19:32

The i7 build is showing progress. I still have some fan grills to paint black and I am waiting for the Murdermods sleeving so I can start sleeving all the cables.

I need to shorten both the 24pin and 8pin cables and need to get some short SATA cables for the DVD and 128Gig SSD.

Here are some pictures of the build so far.

Ducky Spud · 8 Aug 2009 at 20:29

Looking good!! Always impressed by how much you can still fit in these tiny cases haha

Your right, turned out great!

Still need to get the insides of my case painted black!

edvb · 9 Aug 2009 at 01:54

Thanks

I was able to find some 5" Sata cables so after I shorten and sleeve the other cables it should look neat and clean.

Thanks for the help on this build. It should last me for a while.

I modified a Scythe Kasemaster 3.5 black fan controller and made it fit inside the lian Li 3.5" bezel after drilling and using a file to square up the rectangular hole. It turned out pretty good and looks much better as it matches the rest of the case. I also sanded the knobs down so they did not stick out as far.

I hope the switches will look ok as I am at the point of no return on those.

Blackhawk47 · 9 Aug 2009 at 10:25

Looks awesome mate, the red on the gpu looks great.

edvb · 10 Aug 2009 at 01:29

Well I took all the components out of the case today for the final build.

I got my Vandel switches, Feet and Murdermods sleeving today so now I can get started.

The switches fit perfect and really look nice.

I also install the feet and touched up any spots with black paint around the nuts and threads.

Last thing today was to disassemble the DVD drive and paint the covers black.

Now the hard part of sleeving is next.

I am also picking up my side panel with the window cut out tomorrow. I hope it turns out well.