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02-23-2007
 A Really B I G case
I received the Lian Li pc-343 case this week. Although I bought it from another company, it arrived with Frozen CPU shipping tape all over it. Not sure how that works!
First of all - this is a really B I G case! I want to emphasize that again - really BIG! Bigger than I envisioned even when I converted the useless metric dimensions every site lists to good ole British units. It replaces a Yeong Yang cube server case and will have to sit on the floor since it vastly outsizes my workcenter desk space.
Once over the shock of its size, I got down to tearing it apart and really looking it over.
In its default configuration, it is typical of what we expect from Lian Li. Beautiful fit and finish of every part. All pieces fit together with precision tolerance.
I have only a few complaints with this case:
1) The motherboard tray is not removeable. This causes extreme difficulty getting to the interior side of the right 5.25 drive bay. Let me tell you that it is very difficult to secure any item to that interior bay side to ensure correct alignment and secure mounting - a necessity to eliminate vibration and its resultant noise.
2) The drive bays are not removeable. This, coupled with #1 above contributes to the access problems to the interior side of the right drive bay. If the motherboard tray or drive bays were removeable, access and secure peripheral mounting would not be an issue.
3) Lian Li case parts make the price of this case climb into the stratosphere! A simple 120mm fan mount with grill costs around $40! If you are going water cooling and want blanks to close off unused fan holes, another 30 - 40 bucks. Want to buy a window for the left side? 60 bucks. My point is that you can quickly build out this case to well over $500 - so be careful!
The top plate - while clever engineering - is somewhat strange in appearance. It can, of course, be replaced with a Lian Li window but that too raises the cost.
In the end, this is an excellent case for those of us requiring a lot of room for whatever reason - a non-cramped esthetic, big water cooling, etc.
Its overall cost with modest Lian Li accessories and extremely difficult access to the interior right drive bay keep me from giving it a 5 out of 5. |
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