Lian Li PC-V358

Its up on the Lian Li site.

Cant wait to read the reviews of the case.

http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-v358/

My virus scanner blocked Lian Li's page due to malicious content. But that case looks pretty huge for SFF.

It seems they again have excluded many non-reference GPU's from fitting, with about an inch of space between the PCB and the top of the case. I would be amazed if the power connectors would fit without seriously bending the wires. They should also have included a 5th PCI bracket slot to leave some space between multiple GPU's, otherwise there is little reason for going mATX.

Youtube video linked to by LiLi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65Ncj6SAa0s
This case is massive :-|

An interesting design. It can fit up to 330mm cards which is about 13" so of course it is not a small case especially considering it fits matx mobo and water cooling if so desired. It looks like it can fit a lot of features for the size. If you want smaller go mitx.

The Youtube video showed that the "max" dimensions are indeed a little misleading, just like I experienced with my PC-V352:

(don't mind the bad drawing, I did the measurements with more precision)


So you can forget about cards much higher than 150mm and if the PCB is any higher than the standard PCIe specs (like some of the custom PCB ones), you might not be able to insert the power connectors.


So even with a standard size PCB, you're still going to press down the cables.


Another lie is the PSU: they say 200mm max. In this picture they used a 180mm according to the guy in the video. This means the extra 20mm is the space between the PSU and the HDD bracket. So if you want a 200mm PSU, you need to remove one of the HDD brackets.

I'm not saying to not buy the case but be very conscious about the limitations of the case. I have struggled with my PC-V352 because of these hidden limitations as I couldn't even upgrade my Radeon HD 7770 because another card would simply not fit. It was impossible to fit a standard size card with power connectors on top which almost all are.

I also find this cage a lot more ugly in the front, the slimline drive looks awful. The two bars inside the perforated front panel are also very ugly. Ofcourse this is a personal opinion but I don't think this case is a real improvement, except that the hinge is a very welcome feature.

I'm interested to see some reviews of this thing. Yes it's large for mATX (36L). For a case with good watercooling options it's still a decent size (Corsair 350 is 42L).

It looks like if you remove the drive cages you might get another rad in the bottom behind the front fans.

any word on when this will be available in the US?