Lian Li Tyr PC-X500F
The stock Lian Li 2x120mm exhausts and 3x140mm intakes have been replaced. The front (top) panel ports were replaced to one with an internal USB3 20-pin header. The two removable drive bays (upper left, lower right) can each hold 3x3.5" drives and 1x2.5" drive, all using anti-vibration rubber mounts. There is a built-in 5 fan controller, with the control knob located on the back of the case (upper left).
The tool-less expansion card holder holds the cards securely, but is a real PITA to actually install cards with on motherboards that have capacitors or other raised components on the rear of the board. Often I have to unscrew the entire tool-less assembly and remove it completely before inserting a card. Larger CLCs could pose a problem, with only the front 140mm or rear 120mm available. If one seats the GPU in a lower slot, a 2x140mm may fit (or 2x120mm with adapters as the front intakes are solely 140mm mounts, not 120/140).
There was a expansion card stabilizer that connected vertically across the bottom 2/3 of the case, but couldn't be used with a large CPU cooler (even my old Tuniq 120, let alone a NH-D14/15). The PSU extender is a nice touch (not shown or used) that moves the PSU 65mm out the back of the case. The two 5.25" bays can open to either side of the case.
I would not classify the case as a great cooling case, but it's clean and the extra width makes cable routing behind the mobo tray really nice. I would certainly look for different design choices if I were buying today, but I've been through my fair share of cases and and I'm happy with these. Debatable if they were worth the price - to me they were, but to most probably not.
The front intake fan filter is 2/3 raised.
The fan controller know is located to the left of the top exhaust fan.
For scale: the case on the right is a Lian Li PC-B25 standard ATX midsize tower.
The PC-B25 in the background, with the rears aligned, showing the shorter depth of the 500X.
4790K in blue, 8350 in red.
Intel 4790K
Asus Maximus VI Formula Z87
32GB G.Skill Trident 2400 cas 10 (1.65v)
MSI 780 Lightning
Seasonic 860w Platinum (full modular)
Noctua NH-D15
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB & 256GB
WD 1GB Black & 2GB Green
3x Noctua NF-P14 FLX 140mm fans as intakes
1x Noctua NF-S12A FLX as exhaust (controlled via LL case controller)
1X Noctua NF-S12A PWM as exhaust (controlled via mobo)
AMD 8350
Asus Crosshair V Formula-Z
16Gb G.Skill Ripjaws 1600 cas 9 (1.5v)
Sapphire 7950 Dual-X
Seasonic 650w Gold (full modular)
Noctua NH-D14 (using PWM fans that came with a NH-D14 SE)
Samsung 840 Evo 512GB
WD 1GB Black & 2GB Green
3x LL 140mm fans as intake, 2x LL 120mm fans as exhaust (all controlled via LL case controller)