Lian Li Case - Help

[GavX]

Which one indeed?

I plan to stick my file server in a Lian Li and sell off this Antec 900 soon, and was looking at initially the PC 7B but it does seem a touch cramped, and I do use 3 optical drives and 3 hard drives so that might be an issue.

I was hoping to (now here comes the impossible part) watercool this one day, but keep it in the mid tower section (sub £100, the cheaper, the better...) so any suggestions?

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Lian-Li-PCA09B-Aluminium-Black

This bad boy only costs £62 and I was on the verge of getting his bigger brother for my main rig but at the last minute opted for a TJ07. I think if I do move over to watercooling on the file server I could easily add a radiator and a bay res/pump, but for now air cooling in this seems good enough. Any input? I plan to spend about £100 in total MAX, and I think getting some Lian Li wheels for this (£25 from Kustom PCs) still keeps it fairly low.

Any other ideas?

Edit: The above just seems like a PC7 with a different face, so might just revert to the PC7...

 

[Thanh55]

I like this one: http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/acatalog/info_1139.html

just another £3.00. I think its should be easy later for you to set up water cooling.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Id say the a70, it has loads of hdd mount options, can get a pa120.2 in the front, and one in the roof too. For the money its awesome and gives so much scope to upgrade.

The pc7, a17 and the A09 are all varients on the same basic chassis.

Like the A70 and the A71, A77 ect

Need any help gavX then we can have a chat on msn

 

[GavX]

Think I will go ahead with the A70, it does seem a nice case, but the front is a bit ugly but I imagine with say red on the mesh it will look great I fear this might be over my £100 limit, but hey, who needs food anyway?

 

[tinytomlogan]

dont give the details away! Ive said I will sort it for you matey, I do have the payment scheme, it doesnt have to be paid in one hit

I know times are hard so its cool.

Same for everyone else, pay as you mod scheme, contact me for details.

 

[VonBlade]

So why would/did you choose the A70 over the V2010? I think the 2010 looks gorgeous, but as you have the experience of using them I'm interested in why the 70 is so nice to work with.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Big open case, plenty of mod options, I make a plate to adapt the front to fit a thermochill pa120.2. You can get a pa120.3 in the roof, and can hide the cables much easier. Also the a70 has many more options for hdd's.

V2010 looks ok, buts its £100 more aswell

 

[BloomerzUK]

http://www.aqua-pcs.co.uk/lian-li-a16-black-sale-585-p.asp

I prefer that case.

 

[tinytomlogan]

Thats the same size as a pc7 dude