Lian Li Expands All-Aluminum Mini Chassis Line With PC-Q38

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Expanding its line of all-aluminum small form factor chassis, Lian Li announced the launch of its PC-Q38 mini-ITX case.

Continuing the company’s recent “back to basics” trend, this chassis has no tempered glass or RGB lighting functionality. The PC-Q38 does have a side panel window, but it's made of acrylic. Lian Li proudly stated that even though this chassis, measuring 180 x 295 x 372mm (WxHxD), might look like a classic HTPC, it is optimized for modern full-sized hardware.

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  • why_wolf
    A bit bigger than the Ncase. But in terms of coming with a side window this looks to be a good choice if that's your thing.
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  • tkline
    Looks good, but I wish it had a usb c port on the top.
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  • 2Be_or_Not2Be
    Hmm... no picture of the case here?
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  • bit_user
    http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-q38/

    IMO, they should make a mini-STX case.
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  • lieutenant.tofu
    What's the deal with the radiator support? Lian Li says it supports a "260 x 50mm radiator". 50mm must be the thickness, but what's with 260? The only modern radiators I know of come in lengths that are increments of 120 or 140mm. I'm not aware of anything in increments of 130mm.
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  • shrapnel_indie
    20221362 said:
    What's the deal with the radiator support? Lian Li says it supports a "260 x 50mm radiator". 50mm must be the thickness, but what's with 260? The only modern radiators I know of come in lengths that are increments of 120 or 140mm. I'm not aware of anything in increments of 130mm.

    They probably mean dimensions, again, of the radiator: putting it squarely into 240mm class radiators. I wonder though if that 50mm includes the fans.
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  • dstarr3
    20222762 said:
    20221362 said:
    What's the deal with the radiator support? Lian Li says it supports a "260 x 50mm radiator". 50mm must be the thickness, but what's with 260? The only modern radiators I know of come in lengths that are increments of 120 or 140mm. I'm not aware of anything in increments of 130mm.

    They probably mean dimensions, again, of the radiator: putting it squarely into 240mm class radiators. I wonder though if that 50mm includes the fans.

    Either that or there's a radiator that is designed to accommodate specifically one 120mm fan and one 140mm fan. lol
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  • kyle382
    omg with the effin side windows. Is there some evidence that everyone loves side windows now? STOP!
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  • Dante F B Colo
    ryzen pinnacle ridge will drink all this coffee...hahahah
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  • bit_user
    20223305 said:
    omg with the effin side windows. Is there some evidence that everyone loves side windows now? STOP!
    In the past, they've been pretty good at providing both window and non-window versions of their cases.

    I don't see a windowless version of this chassis (yet), but they do still offer a number of windowless mini-ITX cases:

    http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio_category/chassis-for-mini-itx/


    Like you, I'm not a big fan of windows. But they make one of the few windowed cases I actually like:

    http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-o5/


    That said, it costs 2-3x what I'm willing to spend on a case.
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