Lian Li PC-V350

[Pardus]

The Lian Li PC-V350 seems to be the best looking mini-cube case, does not come with a power supply, but it isn't made of cheap aluminum like some other brands are.

Comes in all silver or all black. Specs here Holds 2-5 1/4" external and 2-3.5"" internal and 3 nice size fans too. Measures 11"w x 10 1/4"h x 14 3/4"d. Uses thumbscrews to gain access. Releases on Sept. 24th.

The one in all black looks sweet, looks nice on any desk. Here is a review of the PC V300 model, not sure what the difference is between the two.

 

[Remedy]

The chassis horrible. Just the internal design alone tells me they're struggling innovation wise. Chenming got it right with the mATX 118 platform. The PC-V300 was a decent try when I had it. But, this one is just ridiculous.

 

[Pardus]

The Chenming MATX-118 has a side window that isn't needed, the case itself it made out of cheap aluminum and the included ps isn't any good. What is it that you don't like about the V350-- Lian Li usually makes very good cases.

 

[VinDSL]

Um...

Which side is the front?

Is the left-side the front, or is the front on the right-side?

Bah! n/m

 

[Remedy]

Originally posted by: ActiveX
The Chenming MATX-118 has a side window that isn't needed, the case itself it made out of cheap aluminum and the included ps isn't any good. What is it that you don't like about the V350-- Lian Li usually makes very good cases.

The Cheming window is an option, not a standard. It's a marketing option for select demographic.

The problem with the PC-V300 and V350 is the internal design. They tried to make it small but it is still bigger than a mATX 118 and a Silverstone SG01 & 02. Which do the exact samething, but are smaller.

The HD local is horrible. Who would put a pair of HD's over the PCi components generate just as much TDP as the CPU does?

They Optical drive lay out is just as bad. Using that butterfly technique to conserve the volume didn't benefit much. So it becomes unnecessary in design.

The exhaust system is also under spec with today's processors and graphics solutions.

So, in my opinion, the design poor in comparison to the Chenming 118, who got it right the first time out. It looks like they started a design sometime ago and got caught with an expensive layout that couldn't be altered without additional investment. Thus, making the chassis expensive in retail. Which it shouldn't have been anyway.

If they;

1) Move the power supply over the PCI components. It would make sense air flow wise as the PSU's 80,120,140mm Fan can suck the hot air off the PCI components and exhaust it out with minimal noise.

2) Move the HD's to the back of the PSU so that they are now situated closer to the ceiling of the chassis (because heat rises to the top), the aluminum of the chassis will absorb that heat from the HD (think 150GB Raptors ), it wouldn't need any necessary forced induction on it. Thus, less moving parts = less noise.

3)Having said that about the PSU re-local. The Optical drive orientation can situated back to the front position as the PSU's previous area is now vacant and gives enough space of 122mm+ in depth.

4) The PSU being relocated and the area being open, the exhaust system can now have a bigger fan installed. A 120mm fan in that location will do wonders for air flow and noise.

To me, this is all common logic. A company like lian-li should have figured it out by now. IMHO...

EDIT: Someone actually modded it similar to what I was stating, here

 

[LOUISSSSS]

Originally posted by: Remedy

If they;

1) Move the power supply over the PCI components. It would make sense air flow wise as the PSU's 80,120,140mm Fan can suck the hot air off the PCI components and exhaust it out with minimal noise.

2) Move the HD's to the back of the PSU so that they are now situated closer to the ceiling of the chassis (because heat rises to the top), the aluminum of the chassis will absorb that heat from the HD (think 150GB Raptors ), it wouldn't need any necessary forced induction on it. Thus, less moving parts = less noise.

To me, this is all common logic. A company like lian-li should have figured it out by now. IMHO...

1. assuming ur using stock hs/f (which most people actually use with m-atx boards. why would u want a psu over the stock cooling? why would u want heat from cpu drawing into your psu, the most important component in your system.

2. aluminum doesn't actually "absorb" heat if there is no real contact. in this case, they aren't trying to use the case as a heatsink. if u were aiming for dual 150gb raptors, you'd probably know to get something that has active cooling over the hdd's. it doesn't really matter where the hdd's are located (bottom of case or top) heat will still go up and w/e little heat from hdd's will get exhausted through fans and gaps in case.


doesn't make too much sense. u saying that u can design a better case than Lian Li?


i feel this case is design very well for its purpose (a great looking, high quality, classic case for the m-atx user)

 

[Remedy]

1. assuming ur using stock hs/f (which most people actually use with m-atx boards. why would u want a psu over the stock cooling? why would u want heat from cpu drawing into your psu, the most important component in your system.

Did you even bother to read what I posted? I never stated that. Here is what I posted;

1) Move the power supply over the PCI components. It would make sense air flow wise as the PSU's 80,120,140mm Fan can suck the hot air off the PCI components and exhaust it out with minimal noise.

If you move the PSU over the PCI components (As demonstrated in the link I posted), rather than have 2 hot HDD's over those PCI components, you move the hot air from that zone by means of the PSU's fan and not just nothing at all as seen with the factory design. This is exactly what Chenming did with the mATX 118. That's why it's such a great chassis, regardless of the aesthetics.

2. aluminum doesn't actually "absorb" heat if there is no real contact. in this case, they aren't trying to use the case as a heatsink. if u were aiming for dual 150gb raptors, you'd probably know to get something that has active cooling over the hdd's. it doesn't really matter where the hdd's are located (bottom of case or top) heat will still go up and w/e little heat from hdd's will get exhausted through fans and gaps in case.

It doesn't matter if the HDD's are 10k or 7.2k. The Drives will get hot in their original location as seen in the benchmarks before on the chassis. You don't need active cooling as the Chenming 118 design has already shown. Placing the HD in back of the PSU (it has more than enough clearance) would make sense as they wouldn't need active cooling and they would not be in the way of the other components as they are in the original design.

i feel this case is design very well for its purpose (a great looking, high quality, classic case for the m-atx user)

You don't have experience in dealing with this particular chassis, so your opinion isn't warranted about the quality since it's already bias.

 

[smthmlk]

They're pretty close with the design of the v300; it's too bad about the psu placement.