Wanting new case - Akasa or Lian Li regardless of price

Fr0dders · 24 Feb 2006 at 09:36

i love my V1000 to death

but theres no denying the air flow on it is useless. Theres no airflow into the chassis apart from the airflow that comes in through the hard disk bay at the bottom and back out of the PSU.

theres an extraction fan at the back (at the bottom, not where all the heat is) and no air intake into the main comparment.

that compounted with the fact that graphics cards will be above the fan, and thus all heat produced by it will rise to the top of the chassis and stay there.

means alltogether its a very bad design. I dont overclock so the lack of airflow doesnt bother as at the end of the day, my CPU never goes over 50 and my GPU never goes above 80 so it cant be that bad.

DELETED_36704 · 24 Feb 2006 at 09:45

kinggost said:
That look so much like the v1000

nope...it looks better

Yewen · 24 Feb 2006 at 12:53

MrLOL said:
i love my V1000 to death

but theres no denying the air flow on it is useless. Theres no airflow into the chassis apart from the airflow that comes in through the hard disk bay at the bottom and back out of the PSU.

theres an extraction fan at the back (at the bottom, not where all the heat is) and no air intake into the main comparment.

that compounted with the fact that graphics cards will be above the fan, and thus all heat produced by it will rise to the top of the chassis and stay there.

means alltogether its a very bad design. I dont overclock so the lack of airflow doesnt bother as at the end of the day, my CPU never goes over 50 and my GPU never goes above 80 so it cant be that bad.

Sorry to say this, but you do realise the 120mm fan on the back is a intake dont you?

Im unsure if this is another case of check the Lian Li airflow diagrams...

Fr0dders · 24 Feb 2006 at 22:42

it doesnt matter which you do

at the end of the day the fan is at the bottom, and heat rises to to the top. And there is only one fan, so there cant be a push/pull air flow through the main compartment

and there is no fan at the top to expel all the hot air that accumulates there.

Yewen · 24 Feb 2006 at 23:13

Yes there is, the blower fan the case ships with.

DaveBennett · 24 Feb 2006 at 23:50

The akasa personally, I always think the Lian-Li's are a bit on the boring side.

Fr0dders · 25 Feb 2006 at 00:30

Yewen said:
Sorry to say this, but you do realise the 120mm fan on the back is a intake dont you?

Im unsure if this is another case of check the Lian Li airflow diagrams...

here it is

as i said, the back fan is for extraction

and the cool air is supposed to enter the case from the front. But there is no intanke fan, so you cant get a proper push pull effect

granted cold air can be sucked in due to negative pressure, but there is no front grill, the top compartment is entirely drive bays.

kinggost · 25 Feb 2006 at 01:18

on the plus version you get the ducting and graphics card fan tho and all extras that pic there is of the normal version. I have the lian li v1000+ black its a really good case.

Yewen · 25 Feb 2006 at 03:11

MrLOL said:
here it is

as i said, the back fan is for extraction

and the cool air is supposed to enter the case from the front. But there is no intanke fan, so you cant get a proper push pull effect

granted cold air can be sucked in due to negative pressure, but there is no front grill, the top compartment is entirely drive bays.

Thats the v1000, the v1000+ has a different diagram, not currently on the site but there used to be a flash animation.

Air comes in by back fan, and out by the blower fan.

DELETED_36704 · 25 Feb 2006 at 11:30

Yewen said:
Sorry to say this, but you do realise the 120mm fan on the back is a intake dont you?

Im unsure if this is another case of check the Lian Li airflow diagrams...

Your talking about the V1000+, he owns the V1000.

Yewen said:
Thats the v1000, the v1000+ has a different diagram, not currently on the site but there used to be a flash animation.

Air comes in by back fan, and out by the blower fan.

Same as above - the airflow on the V1000 is rubbish.

Yewen · 25 Feb 2006 at 13:57

Ahh ok, the bottom one is relevant to the current ones you can buy easily though, so as not to put the OP of buying a v1000+ as they are stunning cases.

I used to have the v1000 and it was ok for the cooling, but I was only running a fx5200 in it at the time

I can imagine it getting toasty with higher end graphics cards.

But I will stress that the v1000+ is far superior to the v1000 and they should be treated as completely different cases.

Fr0dders · 25 Feb 2006 at 21:17

Yewen said:
Ahh ok, the bottom one is relevant to the current ones you can buy easily though, so as not to put the OP of buying a v1000+ as they are stunning cases.

I used to have the v1000 and it was ok for the cooling, but I was only running a fx5200 in it at the time I can imagine it getting toasty with higher end graphics cards.

But I will stress that the v1000+ is far superior to the v1000 and they should be treated as completely different cases.

looking at the diagrams they arent

the V1000 plus has some extra bolt on bits. And in the interesting thing is, my case actually has the duct for the top extraction fan of the 1000 plus, but no fan. Leads me to think i can buy them and bolt it on to make it a V1000 plus if they sell the fan separately.

heres the 1000 plus

and heres the 1000

edit

just found these on Lian Li website. seems they are just 2 separate bolt on bits

http://www.lian-li.com/Product/Accessories/Other.htm

but only problem is, my case doesnt have the screw holes for it though, but since when has that stopped a case modder

RedDwarfUK · 26 Feb 2006 at 18:18

installed the bits in my new case and its very nice indeed. Thanks for all the feedback.

I would highly recommend the Lian Li V1000+ to anyone. The cooling is excellent although stock fans are a little loud.

Next question is water cooling

Yewen · 26 Feb 2006 at 19:18

Glad your happy with it!

(Ticks another one on the tally chart)

kinggost · 26 Feb 2006 at 19:25

i remember takeing your advise on lian li cases yewen and id never go back on it the v1000+ is one amazing case

Yewen · 26 Feb 2006 at 19:28

Only problem is, I have not found a case to move to now

I used to change cases every month / 2 months as I like new ones, sad I know, but bar a new v1000+ or maybe a v1100+ there really is not anything out there I like, the TJ07 is great but overpriced and the cooling is OTT and not entirely needed imo.

Its a curse I say!

kinggost · 26 Feb 2006 at 19:42

Yewen said:
Only problem is, I have not found a case to move to now

I used to change cases every month / 2 months as I like new ones, sad I know, but bar a new v1000+ or maybe a v1100+ there really is not anything out there I like, the TJ07 is great but overpriced and the cooling is OTT and not entirely needed imo.

Its a curse I say!

Wonder when the new lian li cases are out

kinggost · 26 Feb 2006 at 19:43

If any one wants to see the pics of my system i can get some will have to do them with my phone tho

Yewen · 26 Feb 2006 at 21:24

Next month im hoping for the first trickle of the new cases, completely a guesstimate though!

okimanoob · 28 Feb 2006 at 22:14

Anyone had a look at the Lian-Li V2000 yet - this would be my choice
Full Tower, 3 compartments, side panels remove by single thumbsrew fixing
Can take up to 12 HDD's, 7*5.25 Bays, PSU bottom mounted, 2 x 120mm Fans
Like the V1000 also has mesh front and grills on case floor to aid airflow
See these reviews
http://www.gruntville.com/reviews/cases/lian_li_v2000/
http://www.silentpcreview.com/article163-page1.html
All for £ 170.00 - almost £50 cheaper than the Silverstone Temjin TJ07

Just ordered the Black version - to replace my Lian-Li PC6070A case (whixh is nice but a bit cramped for space.