Internal Design of the PC-60 Plus
As soon as we open the PC-60 Plus, we are taken back to the design of the PC-6070. At the front, the 5-1/4” drive bays are designed the same – as a single piece of metal folded around, which extends all the way to the back of the case at the sides of the power supply mount. None of the drive bays are tool-less, which we weren’t expecting due to Lian Li’s track record for leaving tool-less features out of their products. Each drive requires screws (provided with the case) to be mounted to the drive bays, which proves to be secure and tight to keep the drives from moving around during operation.
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The only change that we see are the two 3-1/2” bays directly under the 5-1/4” bays instead of three as we mentioned earlier. They are meant for floppy drives, memory card readers, etc. - anything that requires external access on the front bezel. The PC-60 had three of these while the PC-60 Plus only has two, which is enough for typical home and business user applications.
The PC-60 Plus also features the same removable HDD cage that we found on the PC-6070. It can hold up to five 3-1/2” HDDs vertically or three HDDs mounted horizontally with the included cage partition. The drive cage is secured to the case by two thumbscrews and can be removed by sliding the cage out through the open side of the case.
As we shift our eyes to the back of the case, we see the expansion slots use thumbscrews to secure any add-in card that we would want to install like our 9800XT video card. One thing we notice is that the frame of the case interferes when using a screwdriver to install or remove these thumbscrews.
It isn’t really a big issue, since they are thumbscrews, but the option to use a screwdriver easily always adds a few points to the final judging of the case.
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val - Sunday, February 27, 2005 - link
btw: when there is CM Stacker case, no other cases are neccessary. Specialy not such acoustic resonators like Lian Lival - Sunday, February 27, 2005 - link
#20Its like in Mockba, you know nothing, but They know everything...
Avalon - Sunday, February 27, 2005 - link
In Soviet Russia, the computer installs YOU!phaxmohdem - Sunday, February 27, 2005 - link
Can somebody explain to me WTF this "In mother Russia" BS is about?? IS it supposed to be funny?ProviaFan - Saturday, February 26, 2005 - link
Well, in that case, cHodAXUK, I can understand your feelings, even though I am almost entirely satisfied with my PC60. I might get the Mac-like case (the V???? series) if I ever get the dual Opteron board I want - the kind that is EATX and won't fit in an ATX case. ;-)For style, subtle works best for me - the wave case by Cooler Master is kind of cool IMHO. :)
natethegreat - Saturday, February 26, 2005 - link
I can't believe nobody has pointed out that this new case by Lian Li is louder than a TT Tsunami!TheInvincibleMustard - Saturday, February 26, 2005 - link
That duct is a nice idea, but how well does it work with different styled motherboards, eg DFI's new nForce4 line?I'm also curious where the intended airflow diagram went (page 4).
You also mention that you were worried about the PSU installation with regards to the top blowhole fan, but never mentioned if it actually turned out to be a problem or not ... did it work fine?
cryptonomicon - Saturday, February 26, 2005 - link
i like the plain case, lian li cases are fun to mod, its easy to chew through the aluminum and widen the fan intakes, ect. the main problem with the PC-60/61 was the front intake. the air hole were too small, and then there was a filter after that. i cut out the entire fan grille, and thew away the filter. so i'm glad this new case has better airflow through the front. i'm not sure if i care for the duct, or the GPU fan. i always window-mod the case, but if you don't have a window mod, i see how this is useful.and as for the sound levels.. doesn't everyone replace their fans with nice ones anyways? if you dont have $10 i understand though.
val - Saturday, February 26, 2005 - link
will never do the mistake to buy Lian Li case again.For that money, in Soviet Russia, You have nice car, and 100l of Vodka.
val - Saturday, February 26, 2005 - link
on photo it may look nice, but in real it is resonating, buttons leaving the holdings and so on :-/.