Lian-Li Shows Off PC-Q35 Mini-ITX NAS Enclosure

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Lian-Li has released its PC-Q35 enclosure, which is ideal for use as an NAS chassis.

Lian-Li has announced its PC-Q35 chassis. This case is a Mini-ITX intended for folks who want to build their own NAS, as it supports up to five 3.5" drives along with another two 2.5" drives.

Front I/O is handled by a pair of USB 3.0 ports and a pair of HD audio jacks, and the front bezel is lockable. The power button resides behind it.

Lian-Li has given the case an MSRP price of £108, which translates to roughly $175.

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Niels Broekhuijsen
Niels Broekhuijsen

Niels Broekhuijsen is a Contributing Writer for Tom's Hardware US. He reviews cases, water cooling and pc builds.

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  • cdfrantzis
    Hmm. Well I know Lian-Li manufactured the N-CASE M1.... this case isn't suspiciously similar at all...
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  • jtd871
    Hmmmm, the front bezel is lockable - presumably so that nobody can accidentally access the 'power' button. Only, what's to prevent someone from yanking out the plug on the back?! Seems like a feature that could be easily omitted to lower the manufacturing costs...
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  • mochon
    12147102 said:
    Hmmmm, the front bezel is lockable - presumably so that nobody can accidentally access the 'power' button. Only, what's to prevent someone from yanking out the plug on the back?! Seems like a feature that could be easily omitted to lower the manufacturing costs...


    How many people accidentally yank the power cord out of the back?
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  • icepick314
    build one...

    it doesn't take that much power to run a NAS like freeNAS...if you find a used but working PC, just add a few of your own HDD and install any of free NAS OS on very small HDD (OS takes less than 500MB for linux-based NAS)...
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  • needslipo
    The exterior shape may be similar but unfortunately this is way bigger than the NCASE M1.
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  • Rhinofart
    I used to run FreeNAS 8, but find that my QNAP works way better. Got it for about $800 CAD, and popped my 1TB drives that I had in my FreeNAS box into it. Way better than FreeNAS IMHO.
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  • Jgriff
    Doubt it measures up to that price tag. Node 304 > any itx case so far.
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