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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kevykev - Tuesday, July 26, 2005 - link
I used to be a huge Lian-Li fan but their cases are still stuck in the past. It is nearly impossible to find a mid-tower that actually includes 120mm fans for BOTH the intake and the exhaust. I mean come on... between required active chipset cooling, 80mm fans in PSU's usually, VGA coolers, yadda yadda yadda it is harder and harder to build a computer that doesn't sound like a blender on high. I am afraid that after a year of searching I can only conclude that the Antec Super Lanboy is the only way to go. You get dual 120's, and pair that with whatever psu that has a 120mm fan and Zalman CPU and VGA coolers and a honkin passive northbridge cooler you could quietly air-cool the most power hungry systems today, all with quiet and slow moving fans.drewski - Monday, February 28, 2005 - link
yeah, the pc-60 has 2x80mm up front. i've got a pc-65b and really like it's simple look. i'm thinking of the TT Dream, though for my next system.http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproductdesc.asp?desc...
if only the side window didn't say ThermalTake!
L3p3rM355i4h - Monday, February 28, 2005 - link
Well, at least anand isn't reviewing the riced out cases anymore, but this case doesn't seem to be anything special. My antec SOHO 1040 seems to basically do the same damn thing and its $50 cheaper with a decent 400 watt psu.tonyou - Monday, February 28, 2005 - link
Actually Cooler Master's old ATCS cases had half of Lian-Li's so called, "innvoations" (extensively implemented thumb screws, removable mobo tray, blow holes) before Lian-Li started making aluminum cases.tonyou - Monday, February 28, 2005 - link
crimsonson - Monday, February 28, 2005 - link
Lian-Li was once very innovative company. PC-60 was a forerunner to G5's case. They extensively implemented thumb screws, edgeless designs,removeable mobo trray, removeable HDD rack, system fan speed control, blow holes, etc.And this was several years ago - before G5 and TT [TT was dsigning alien looking case at that time]. Others tried to copy, but usually end up having the looks but not the guts of the PC60.Unfortunately other than the V1000, they have not done much. Given V1000 is a great case.
My current system is a PC60. It is a great case. Very quiet and very cool.
The V1000 is probably going to be my next case. Unless somebody comes up with a better case by then...
Deucer - Sunday, February 27, 2005 - link
Why can't case manufacturers take a hint...Build a classy looking case constructed of brushed aluminum. Incorperate tooless features(maybe just thumbscrews but at least all thumbscrews). Use less 120mm fans, not a bunch of loud 80mm fans. Don't put the front ports at the bottom of the case. Price the case around $100.
Who wouldn't buy that case? Is this harder than I think it is? Are we talking rocket science here? Would manufacturing the case I described be too expensive? Does the case I'm describing exist already and I'm missing it?
epiv - Sunday, February 27, 2005 - link
I actually really like Lian Li's Case. I love the design of the case. It is really easy to work with. I already have a PC 65 and PC 68. I am planing to get a V-series.IceWindius - Sunday, February 27, 2005 - link
Im sorry, but Lian Li's case designs are absolute crap. The only one that looked decent was the PC-68 that I had a few years ago.val - Sunday, February 27, 2005 - link
forget that i installed cross blade fan (30cm) in my cm stacker....