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LIAN LI PC-100 Black Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

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good, 4.5 eggs

“Great attention to detail. Thumbscrews everywhere, a plastic container for extra screws, rubber mounting system for drives, ...”

— 5/10/2012

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The LIAN Li PC-100 Mid tower chassis is a brilliant combination of appearance, quality and inside performance. This mighty arsenal comes equipped with one 120mm front fan and two 140mm rear fans for superior cooling performance. Access your motherboard I/O ports easily with rotated motherboard design. The removable hard drive tray and cable management system make installation easy, fast and clutter-free.

The LIAN Li PC-100 supports 220mm long power supply and up to 400mm long video card, which is ideal for the latest high performance components in combination with the best thermal dynamics.

Rotated motherboard design The new internal layout has the motherboard towards the front, which allows for easier access to the motherboard I/O ports.
Thermal-Flow Intake the cool air through the front 120mm cooling fan, and exhaust the heat out by the rear two 140mm fan. With two liquid cooling holes, the LIAN LI PC-100 also supports liquid cooling for scalable cooling performance.
Removable hard drive tray The LIAN LI PC-100 supports six of 3.5” HDDs and six of 2.5” HDDs (up to eight 2.5” HDDs using 3.5” HDD space). The removable hard drive tray allows for easy installation and services.
Computer cable management Cable-management kit allows cables to pass through for convenient cable management.
Maximum Video Card Size You have space for installing high-end video cards with length up to 400mm. the LIAN LI PC-100 also supports PSU length up to 220mm.
Washable air filter and silent operation Air filter is included for the intake fan, and the filter can be removed for easy cleaning. To reduce the vibration from HDD,Lian Li included HDD anti-vibration kit which is using the rubber strip to absorb the vibration to reduce the noise. Four high quality aluminum case stands not only look good, they also have rubber pads to absorb the vibration, and prevent scratch to the equipment under.

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Model

Brand: LIAN LI

Model: PC-100

Spec

Type: ATX Mid Tower

Color: Black

Case Material: Aluminum

With Power Supply: No

Power Supply Mounted: Top

Motherboard Compatibility: Micro ATX / ATX

With Side Panel Window: No

Expansion

External 5.25" Drive Bays: 2

Internal 3.5" Drive Bays: 3.5-Inch HDD x6 / 2.5-Inch HDD x8 (Using 3.5-inch Bays)

Expansion Slots: 8

Cooling System

80mm Fans: No

120mm Fans: 1 x 120mm Front Fan

140mm Fans: 2 x 140mm Rear Fan

Side Air duct: No

Physical Spec

Dimensions: 20.87" x 8.27" x 18.58"

Weight: 13.12 lbs

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5/10/2012 2:04:34 AM
Tech Level: 4/5
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Rating: 5/5good, 4.5 eggs

Pros: Great attention to detail. Thumbscrews everywhere, a plastic container for extra screws, rubber mounting system for drives, and there's a matching bezel available to cover optical drive bays. This is beyond great fit and finish.

Airflow is excellent, noise is low (but not completely absent), cable management is good and the case looks nice.

I really like the rotated motherboard design, since I'll never have an obsolete front IO panel. And I think it looks cool. There really is something to having a unique chassis. Did I mention I'm not going to be stuck with obsolete front ports, but do get to have good ol' firewire there? Or thunderbolt in a couple years? I love it.

This is really a professional case, capable of handling and cooling SSI EEB motherboards. Numerous review sites have mentioned that the real dual 140mm fans would be great for water cooling, but that's not my expertise. I do know it's very spacious inside thanks to the hard drive mounting system.

Cons: Price. I managed to snag it during one of the low blips, and I probably wouldn't get it otherwise.

The layout does not work and play well with "blower"-style centrifugal fan graphics cards, since the air goes out the front and gets sucked back in. But normal downfan cards are fine.

The case has a graphics card support brace, which is actually very nice, since it takes the strain off the PCI slot. I have a small (8") card and the brace provides noticeable support...

However the brace can impinge on large CPU coolers. I have a CM Hyper 212 Plus, which is a relatively narrow cooler with a 120mm fan, and the fan has to go on the "push" side because of the brace. I guess I could just leave it out and have it be like a normal chassis, but I think they could have redesigned it to give a few cm more clearance...

There are no tie-downs for cables on the backside of the motherboard tray (I just let them dangle and it's fine) and the aluminum also tends to take fingerprints.

Other Thoughts: I really like this case, largely for aesthetic reasons. So many cases are either plain white/black/black with a silver front/ black with trim/whatever boxes, or freakish mesh monstrosities.

Looking at one of the monstrosities get taken apart in a review, I realized the work done on the underlying metal to allow the mounting of the silly parts, the holes and connectors, was actually rather interesting to look at. I call this the "high tech" aesthetic.

This is different from the cheesy "look ma, I'm a Cylon!" parody of high tech, but much more in line with the architectural movement. I find this case is a good example of this aesthetic applied.

That is because of the rotated motherboard design combined with the aluminum grating. The effect is that the connectors, cables, etc are visible but veiled. So the experience of seeing the "tubes" is there, but there is still a nice sleek wrapper keeping the lines clean and the experience subdued.

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