Lian-Li PC7 plus II

[chris_ah1]

Does anyone know what happened to this case? Someone asked me what case they should upgrade to from their current heavy steel antec sonata and I said lian-li PC7 plus II without a moment's thought.

It looks ok, has front 120mm, rear 120mm and a 120mm fan over the GPU area....however, it's no longer on the lian-li site and the person said that they couldn't find it in the stores they checked???? What happened to it, does anyone know where you can get it?

Thanks.

 

[jellybeard999]

Out of politeness, dont mention other companies on EPUK please

 

[chris_ah1]

we can't even mention lian-li??

yeah, sure - PM me the link if you find it somewhere, I wasn't expecting people to post company names here...but the biggest irony is that either most shops haven't updated the 1x120 and 1x80mm spec to 3x120mm....also, I no longer see the Plus 7 II on lian-li's international website even though I have sourced it from some American stores, so i know it exists.

Hmm, well i might've found it but under two new names: the lian-li PC-007 which is the pc-7 plus II without gpu blower but definitely two 120mm fans. The other one has the spruced up front and a slightly modified internal which is the PC-G7.

I really did much prefer the PC7 plus II exterior to the PC-G7. but oh well, not for me!!!

 

[jellybeard999]

Sorry, i meant competitors (though they are companies too )

PC-007 is the PC-7 btw .. the G7 is the latest one, not as nice tho IMO

 

[chris_ah1]

well, sod's law. I found the Second edition of the case for sure - but i made a mistake - no GPU blower unless you buy the lian-li accessory. Well it's been fun indeed tracking this beastie down.

But yeah, G7 doesn't look as nice

Another case i spotted was the NZXT lexa - i'm not sure whether it's ugly or nice. Any thoughts on it? The lian-li looks so much smarter tho.

 

[unreal]

Deffo go for a PC-7, who needs a gpu cooler anyway? Try for the one with 2x120mm fans (I didnt think they did a 3x120mm one, I think they kept to 80mm in the top)

Or go with a V-1000, even more impressive looks and build quality!

 

[chris_ah1]

Thanks for the post - they like the look of the v1100, BUT, it's and inverted layout and their mobo has the heatpipe solution for the chipsets - and I'm not going to install normal passive heatsinks on the board for him just to invert it. If I remember correctly, a lot of people had provlems with the A8n-sli premium in v1000 cases.

I think a case with a fan over the gpu area would be good as they will have a sound card, raid card, tv card and 7950 (yes, i know the 7900 series have problems, but he doesn't care) in close proximity

Yeah, lian-li do three - the G7 has a front 120mm fan, the 'patent blah blah' gpu 120mm fan and a rear fan mount that looks to be 120mm (I hope - asked them).

Or you can get the PC-7 plus SE and add the BS-01 fan.

 

[nick25]

Chris just to let you know about the upside down style case, I have a V1100+ with a A8n sli premium (ie passive chipset) and it stays under 40C.