Lian Li Brought A Bevy Of New Chassis To Computex

Lian Li showcased (pun intended) big cases, small cases, and everything in between in Taipei, and there was no shortage of tempered glass and aluminum at Lian Li's Computex booth this year.

Let's start things off with the biggest and baddest chassis in the booth, shall we? The PC-V3000 is a large mid-tower chassis with a full-cover tempered glass side panel, eight expansion slots, and support for up to E-ATX motherboards. Top panel I/O consists of one USB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C port, two USB 3.0 ports, and HD audio jacks.

The RGB lighting is controlled by a knob nestled behind the removable aluminum front panel. Other features include mounting locations for nine 3.5" and eight 2.5" hard drives, graphics cards up to 360mm in length, CPU coolers as tall as 170mm, a total of seven 120 / 140mm fans, and radiators up to 420mm.

Next up we have the Alpha 550 and Alpha 330 chassis. Both feature steel construction and tempered glass panels. The Apha 550 sports  tempered glass on the top, front and both sides and the Alpha 330 on three of its six sides (front and both sides). I/O consists of two USB 3.0 ports, and HD audio jacks. Although not as large as the PC-V3000, both chassis are equipped with eight expansion slots, support full-size ATX motherboards, VGA cards up to 350mm, 250mm power supplies, and CPU coolers up to 150mm tall. The cooling system on both chassis supports a total of seven 120 / 140mm fans, and radiators up to 360mm.

The PC-Q50 is a mini-tower chassis that comes in both black and a natural aluminum finish and, thanks to a movable-feet feature, this chassis can be orientated vertically or horizontally. Even though the company is targeting the small form factor crowd, this chassis has plenty of room for dual slot graphics cards up to 330mm in length, CPU coolers up to 150mm, two 2.5" SSDs and a pair of 3.5" spinning disks for storage.  

We reached out to Lian Li for pricing and availability information and were given an “autumn” time frame for launch. Pricing will be revealed closer to launch.  

Photo Credits: Craig Ferguson    

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Header Cell - Column 0 PC-V3000Alpha 550 / 330PC-Q50A (B)
Case SizeMid-TowerMid-TowerMini-Tower
MaterialAluminum, Tempered GlassSECC, ABS, Tempered GlassAluminum
Drive Bays9 x 3.5"8 x 2.5"2 x 3.5"3 x 2.5"2 x 3.5”                2 x 2.5”
Form FactorMini-ITXMicro-ATXATXE-ATXMini-ITXMicro-ATXATXMini-ITX
PSUATX 12V / EPS 12VMax 300mmATX 12V / EPS 12VMax 250mmSFX 140mm
I/O ExpansionPCI-e Slot x8PCI-e Slot x8PCI-e Slot x2
I/O PortUSB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C x1USB 3.0 x2HD AudioUSB 3.0 x2HD AudioUSB 3.1 Gen 2 Type-C x1USB 3.0 x2HD Audio
DimensionsW x H x D245 x 625 x 605mm230 x 546 x 484mm170 x 285 x 360mm
Fan SupportTop 3x 120mmFront 3x 120mmRear 1x 140mmTop 3x 120mm / 2x 140Front 3x 120mm / 3x 140Rear 1x 120mmTop 1x 120mm
Radiator Support360mm Radiator Front480mm Radiator Bottom420mm Radiator Top140mm Rear360mm Radiator Front140mm Radiator Rear360mm Radiator TopN/A
Heatsink Support170mm150mm150mm
VGA Length360mm350mm330mm
  • itsmedatguy
    They'll make the entire thing out of tempered glass for an ATX case, but assume us ITX people are still happy without a window
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  • turkey3_scratch
    19852087 said:
    They'll make the entire thing out of tempered glass for an ATX case, but assume us ITX people are still happy without a window

    http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-q10/
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  • JohnMD1022
    They forget that some still have a need for optical drives.
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  • kyle382
    19852087 said:
    They'll make the entire thing out of tempered glass for an ATX case, but assume us ITX people are still happy without a window

    There are plenty of people making cheap, crap windowed LED cases. I'll take a sleak, durable all aluminum case over that garbage any day of the week.

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  • kyle382
    19856472 said:
    They forget that some still have a need for optical drives.

    to be fair, a lot of manufactures have "forgot" how essential ur optical drive is.
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  • Nate_K
    Optical drives are not "essential". I've not used one in at least 4 years now. My last few cases don't even have 5 1/4 bays and I like it that way. Cleaner inside. Flash drives are faster, larger and harder to damage than cd's/dvd's. I lost interest in Lian Li after they started making desk cases ridiculously priced. At the rate they price their stuff, I'm expecting a mini-itx case for $300...
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