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Warning: Power Supply Opening Non-Standard
- Pros: Nice materials and manufacture.
- Cons: I bought a PC Power & Cooling, Silencer PPCS370X 370W ATX, power supply for this case; only the power chord connector doesn't fit through the opening the back of the case as the top right corner of the opening is curved and smaller than standard. Also, the screw holes in the power supply won't line up with the case screw holes. I am going to have to cut out a proper opening for the connector and make new screw holes. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS CONSIDERING THE PRICE OF THE CASE.
- Other Thoughts: It's the last time I buy product from Lian Li. Also, the support from Lian Li is, essentially, non-existent. This is the first, and the last time I'll be burned by them.
You get what you pay for, and you paid for awesomeness
- Pros: If Lord Xenu had to buy a microATX case he would pick the LIAN LI PC-V351. And since he is probably a pretty stylish guy, what with the love of volcanos and all, I'm guessing he would buy it in black.
As one would expect from a Lian Li, everything is designed with a PC builder in mind:
- Being able to take out the mobo tray, which prevented many an expletive and hand cramp.
- Spares of all the important parts.
- No sharp edges
- cables are nicely bound.
- Well designed air flow: intake on the bottom half (almost literally) of the front with the two 120mm's blowing over the mobo, the rear 80mm exhaust on the top part of the back (exhaust fan right behind the hard drives)
The pre-installed fans run quietly and everything has been cool since the get go.
- Cons: The hard drive cables had to be a little squished when I put the exhaust fan back, but it caused no problems at all.
Since it's a small case you have to take off the side panels to do anything and unlike other Lian Li cases these aren't held by thumb screws. This means that when you turn on your PC and hear the CPU fan getting rowdy with the power cable that you foolishly didn't tuck away properly you have to unscrew 6 little screws with... with a SCREWDRIVER. I know rite?
- Other Thoughts: It's always a fun game to look for the bag-o-goodies and screws (spoiler: it's hidden inside of the external drive bay slots.)
You can pick which side to put your external drives, but I don't really understand why you would want to have them anywhere other than the right hand side (which already has your audio/usb/firewire ports). *shrug*
I debated between this and the red one, but literally every one of my friends called me an idiot for considering a more expensive, uglier version. Also I was reminded that most external drives don't come in red. I'm really glad I stuck with black.
Mid-Tower Square
- Pros: Very light weight. Well built. Functionality is *mostly* high. Fit and finish is very good. Love the aluminum!
- Cons: Side access to media drives is the only option. This feature has more inconveniences than conveniences. Poor design choice, Lian Li.
- Other Thoughts: Upon seeing the case on my desk, it is larger than I had visualised. Be warned that this is more like a mid-mini tower case reshaped into a nearly square box. Had I to do it again, I'd have gone with a mini-ITX for my purposes.
| Model |
| Brand |
LIAN LI |
| Model |
PC-V351B |
| Spec |
| Type |
MicroATX Desktop |
| Color |
Black |
| Case Material |
Aluminum |
| With Power Supply |
No |
| Motherboard Compatibility |
MicroATX |
| Expansion |
| External 5.25" Drive Bays |
2 |
| External 3.5" Drive Bays |
1 |
| Internal 3.5" Drive Bays |
2 |
| Expansion Slots |
4 |
| Front Ports |
| Front Ports |
USB, Audio, IEEE 1394 |
| Cooling System |
| 80mm Fans |
1 x 80mm rear fan |
| 120mm Fans |
2 x 120mm front fans |
| Side Air duct |
No |
| Physical Spec |
| Dimensions(L x W x H) |
14.69" x 10.98" x 10.31" |
| Features |
| Features |
Lian Li Fine Craftmanship Product
Handcrafted with high quality alumium sheet materal, with one line of diamond cut, it is a simple, minimalism design art work.
Motherboard tray can be easy slide out of the chassis, user don't need to work in a narrow space inside the case.
PC-V351 is designed for your living room, it can fit a standard Micro ATX system into this tiny chassis and a standard ATX P/S2 power supply, still has good performance of thermal system. |
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Reviewed By: on 11/19/2009
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
