Lian Li PC-6087A Aluminum PC Case Video Review

[Ioman]

"With a see through window and colored front door it's a much more current look for Lian Li. The appearance might have changed; however, you can expect the same quality and performance with this product." ~3dGameMan.com



Direct URL: http://www.3dgameman.com/vr/lianli/lian_li_6087a/video_review.htm

[TStarnes]

Does anyone have this case? I am planning on buying a new case, and this is one of the ones I have been looking at. How is the cooling in it really. I have 3 fans in my current one, and it still gets darn hot.

[Ioman]

What sort of price range are you trying to stay in? This case is actually pretty old, so you may be able to get a newer case depending on your budget.

[TStarnes]

preferable in the sub $100 range...I had looked at a wide range tho. I am doing a slow upgrade of my wholse system, and just dropped a ton of dough on a motherboard and cpu. The case looked nice, and it seemed like it had good cooling. any suggestions?

[Ioman]

Do you prefer a silver looking case? Check out this bad boy, I am in love with this case.

http://www.directron.com/va3000sna.html

[llbbl]

this is back before we learned what 3dgame man was really all about.)

nice case Ioman

[TStarnes]

I have seen that one before. Man, that is a lovely case. However, it looks like it has just two fans. Need more cooling then that. hmmmm.

[Ioman]

You could always just buy a couple more fans and slap them in. Fans are pretty inexpensive.

[TStarnes]

well thats true...How important for cooling do you think a side fan is? or would a couple of front and back offer similer cooling?

[Ioman]

You could always try the fans that come with it and then add more if you need to. If you will be putting in a new high-end video card, then you probably will want more cooling in the system.

[TStarnes]

I am running a 500w power supply, a Radeon 9800 pro 256, an AMD 64. That all puts out some serious heat. In my current old case, I have to leave the side off and keep a small desk fan on it to keep the heat down. Crazy I know. I need something that will let me seal my case back up and keep it from overheating. And I really dont want to mess with water cooling or that kind of stuff. I understand that just having an aluminum case will help alot, but, I want all I can get in the way of fans.

I really am curious if anyone out there has used a case with a side fan. If so, did you notice a signifigantly better cooling, then with just front and rear. Is a side fan a big deal, and a important feature, or just something that doesnt really matter?

[Ioman]

Ah, then yes I recommend some more cooling. I have a Pentium 4 Prescott 2.8GHz, Nvidia 6800 and 1GB of memory in my system and I have two rear fans for an exhaust and one fan in the front, and my system seems to do fine. Oh and I have a 550-Watt Antec PSU.

[TStarnes]

hmm. Ok, so three Fans. All 8mm, or do you have 12mm? Also, what, in your view is the beifit of having a side case fan? Is it for anything more then looks.

I am currious, what case are you useing?

[Ioman]

Well I don't know if you need a side fan, I am not using one. A regular 20mm fan should work for you. I have a Chieftec case.