Wall mountable case

Rusty2012

Rusty2012

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I'm in the middle of renovating my house and my man cave is about to become a nursery :eek:
I'm now having to relocate to the lounge. As the area I have is much smaller I'm looking for a gaming case that can be wall mountable. This is going to be a complete new build so open to suggestions I would like to water cool so things dont get too noisey and I only plan on running with 1 gpu.
The only cases I have seen so far that fit the bill are the lian li o series and the thermaltake core p5.
I'm swaying towards the lian li pc-07s but I can't find prices anywhere. I'm not in a great rush either probably looking to start the build October or November as I plan on giving my current rig to my nephew before Christmas.

Any ideas or advice is greatly appreciated!
 
I'm planning the same kind of build and have only found the Thermaltake Core P5 and the Lian Li PC-05 and 07.
 
P3 looks a very interesting case. Not sure how dusty it will get over time though, and I don't mean with fans/filters, I just mean dust settling on things. Would definitely need a can of compressed air handy!
 
lian li looks like some support rads... so water cooling is possible in some of them

I've seen a couple of others but they're really slim line mitx ones which wouldn't cover watercooling. Are you sure you need water cooling
 
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The Lian Li range can be seen in video below.

The problem for me is price... the PC-O6SX is around the £300 mark, which is just nuts for an M-ATX case! I can't see pricing for the O7 yet, but it will north of that, probably £350 at least. I see no justification for this whatsoever when the Core P5 is £105 and the upcoming Core P3 is only £85... and these are both ATX compatible!! The Lian Li is also quite limited for watercooling (if required), with no obvious pump/res mounting, and even with air cooling you have less space to work with due to the narrower width. Also, the PCI-riser draping over half the motherboard to the card at the bottom of the case is not particularly elegant, something which I think the Core P5/P3 does better. The price is the biggest problem though, just WAYYY too much for what it is IMO.



Edit: I see OCUK have the O7 priced at £350, just out of stock. Mad, but it is unique.
 
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Thanks everyone for your advice. The reason I liked the lian li is because of the design. Yes there's limited water cooling potential but I have done a quick search and it has been done. I guess it just needs more planning due to being so narrow.
I want my system to be as quiet as possible as it's in the lounge so water cooling is a priority.
As for the thermaltake P3 I dont like the way the gpu overlaps the fans for the rad in the pictures I've seen.
However taking price into account the O7 is just ridiculously overpriced and as much as I like it its about £100 more than I'd be willing to pay.
I might have a look at the O6 and see if watercooling is viable if not I'll have a bit of a dilemma in a case I'm not keen on or spending more than I'd like :rolleyes:
 
Maybe this is a stupid suggestion but aren't almost all cases wall-mountable with a trivial amount of modding/diy? Just find one you like and bolt it to the wall.
 
Rusty2012 said:
Thanks everyone for your advice. The reason I liked the lian li is because of the design. Yes there's limited water cooling potential but I have done a quick search and it has been done. I guess it just needs more planning due to being so narrow.
I want my system to be as quiet as possible as it's in the lounge so water cooling is a priority.
As for the thermaltake P3 I dont like the way the gpu overlaps the fans for the rad in the pictures I've seen.
However taking price into account the O7 is just ridiculously overpriced and as much as I like it its about £100 more than I'd be willing to pay.
I might have a look at the O6 and see if watercooling is viable if not I'll have a bit of a dilemma in a case I'm not keen on or spending more than I'd like :rolleyes:
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The O6 is only £50 less than the O7... still insane if you ask me, but it is very nice. Just looking at the Core P3 though and I don't see the issue with the GPU overlapping the fans... you can see where the motherboard ends, and that's just over 24cm (ATX)... a 1070/1080 (for example) is just over 26cm long, and there's easily more than 2cm gap before the fans there. It will be close, but unless you're using a really long card, it shouldn't overlap.
 
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