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So this is the 5th LiLi I've owned. By far the worst designed case I've ever owned.
Good things:
Awesome looking case. Classy and sleek. One of the best looking, if not the best looking case I've owned.
Things to be aware of:
1) there is a specific order of things you have to put into the case
Hard drives generally first, remove the drive cage for the CD drive, put it back in, mobo next, then PSU, then CPU/hsf, ram, finally video card.
Almost any deviation from this order will give you a migraine and an innate desire to toss the thing out the window.
2) big video cards will not fit. Period.
3) your heatsink must be less than 100mm tall otherwise you'll hit the top fan, or just not be able to put the top on the case.
4) the internal LiLi multi hard drive cage ex-34a/b does not fit at all, and the ex-23n/b does not fit unless someone has invented a 90-degree 24-pin power connector(which I would buy in a second, mind you, I have one of these cages collecting dust)
5) the power cable is marginally incompatible with Corsair power supplies (the plug is "upside down") it will work, but it's not elegant.
6) the thumbscrews for the slotcovers are a little hard to get at.
I'm mostly writing this because there were all of two threads on the forums about this case, and one was in FS/FT. Just a general "warning" for anyone considering buying this case. You will hate it, and you will love it when you're not working on it.
Good things:
Awesome looking case. Classy and sleek. One of the best looking, if not the best looking case I've owned.
Things to be aware of:
1) there is a specific order of things you have to put into the case
Hard drives generally first, remove the drive cage for the CD drive, put it back in, mobo next, then PSU, then CPU/hsf, ram, finally video card.
Almost any deviation from this order will give you a migraine and an innate desire to toss the thing out the window.
2) big video cards will not fit. Period.
3) your heatsink must be less than 100mm tall otherwise you'll hit the top fan, or just not be able to put the top on the case.
4) the internal LiLi multi hard drive cage ex-34a/b does not fit at all, and the ex-23n/b does not fit unless someone has invented a 90-degree 24-pin power connector(which I would buy in a second, mind you, I have one of these cages collecting dust)
5) the power cable is marginally incompatible with Corsair power supplies (the plug is "upside down") it will work, but it's not elegant.
6) the thumbscrews for the slotcovers are a little hard to get at.
I'm mostly writing this because there were all of two threads on the forums about this case, and one was in FS/FT. Just a general "warning" for anyone considering buying this case. You will hate it, and you will love it when you're not working on it.