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40 MAXIMUMPC HOLIDAY 2005

$210, www.lian-li.com

LIAN-LI PCV-1100

QUESADILLA

Great cooling, quiet,

elegant, and easy to

build.

CASE-A-DILLAS

No cutting-edge

features.

MAXIM

KICK

ASS

This Lian-Li pro-

vides more than

ample cooling. The

case includes two

super-silent 12cm

fans: one sucks air

in and the other

blows it out.

You can set a

brake to keep

your case from

rolling away,

in the event a

rambunctious

pet slams into

your rig.

Noise-dampening

material installed

on each of the side

doors reduces

noise output.

In this snazzy hard-drive

mounting system, drives

slide into rails which are

then locked down by

plastic tabs that take

only a second to release.

LIAN-LI PCV-1100

Beauty and brawn—this case

has it all

This intimidating all-aluminum enclosure

is attractive on the outside, and equally

tantalizing on the inside.

INSTALLATION

The PCV-1100’s internal layout is similar

to that of the Antec P180, in that it has

a separate chamber at the bottom of

the case for hard drives and the PSU;

unlike the P180, however, this case

sports the newfangled “reverse ATX”

design. Reverse ATX cases mount the

motherboard upside down, and the case

opens on the right side. The interior of

this case isn’t particularly spacious, but

having the hard drives and PSU out of

the way makes installation easier than

it would be in a traditional mid-tower.

Cable routing is required, but the intel-

ligent placement of the routing holes

make this easy to accomplish.

The hard drives use a slick rail-less

mounting system that requires you to

simply install a couple of screws in the

sides of each drive; the screws then slide

into channels in the drive cage and lock

into place. The mounting scheme for PCI

cards and optical drives, on the other

hand, is more conventional.

GOODIES

Lian-Li bills this as a “silent” case, and

it is very quiet. There’s noise-dampen-

ing material on both side doors, and its

12cm intake and exhaust

fans are hushed. Rubber on

the edge of the front door

further stiﬂ es noise from

within, and included rubber

treads can be applied to the

case’s wheels, for both bet-

ter grip and to prevent noise

transfer to a hard surface.

Set the wheel brake and the

case stays right where it is.

This case doesn’t sport

any shiny LEDs or other

adornments that will keep

you awake at night. We’d

have preferred to have the USB and FireWire ports on top of

the case, where access is easiest, but their front-mounted

placement is acceptable. The screws that hold the side panels

remain attached to the panels when unscrewed, which is a nice

touch, and the panels themselves slide on and off with incred-

ible ease. Although there’s no tool tray, swing-out doors, or

other fancy contraptions, the PCV-1100 covers all the bases.

Special thanks to SilverPCs.com for providing our test rig.

The Great CASE RACE

Dark, mysterious, and intimidating, we’re call-

ing Lian-Li’s PCV-1100 “2001: A Case Odyssey.”

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