OCC Review: Lian Li PC-A58 Case |
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OCC Review: Lian Li PC-A58 Case |
 Sep 7 2007, 02:49 AM
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 Will Fold 4 Food  Posts: 6,106 Joined: 10-May 04 From: Franklin, TN Member No.: 10,039  |
Lian Li PC-A58 Case Review
The latest review is available and you just might be surprised at what we found - take a look.  -------------------- P4 3.0C/Abit IC7-G/Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2PRO LED/Hitachi 2 x 80 GB SATA RAID 0/Hitachi 120GB SATA/Sapphire HD 3850 512MB /Raidmax Scorpio 868/Vantec Aeroflow/XP Pro SP 2
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Sep 7 2007, 06:27 AM
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 It's a buncha, muncha, cruncha... human!  Posts: 6,464 Joined: 4-December 05 From: Perkinsville,VT Member No.: 18,065 |
Seems like a fairly decent case, although the PSU mounting is quite ridiculous...
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Sep 7 2007, 07:03 AM
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 Did everything just taste purple for a second? Posts: 7,026 Joined: 24-October 04 From: Lansing, MI Member No.: 13,138 |
You really expect me to believe that nrg reviewed this?! Come on now. There's no cuts, custom fiberglass, volt-mods, water-cooling, or modifications of any kind in any of those pictures.
 Seriously though, it's a good review. That power supply mounting is goofy, but probably not a deal-breaker in most of the applications that this is designed for. It's a nice looking case. Great to see OCC reviewing Lian-Li 
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Sep 7 2007, 12:03 PM
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 what the hell is a smeed? Posts: 1,923 Joined: 6-November 04 From: Torrington, CT Member No.: 13,439 |
Its athstetically pleasing but because of its poor thermal performance IMO its a flop. I guess it was aimed at budget machines because thats all it can really accommodate :| It was a good review though.
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Sep 7 2007, 12:21 PM
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 Whiny f'n Delta fan in my PCP&C 510 lol Posts: 15,706 Joined: 21-April 04 From: Manchester, UK Member No.: 9,702 |
I'm not sure what Lian Li is up to, to be honest... I wouldn't even house a low-end machine in there because of the horrendous thermal design. The only motherboard I'd put in there and feel safe is a mini-ITX form factor board, and then, what's the point? I guess then you could make use of the 4 IDE and 2 SATA on many mini-ITX boards, instead of being limited to the 1 optical and 1 hard-drive on most mini-ITX cases...
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Sep 7 2007, 03:44 PM
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 People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones Posts: 566 Joined: 12-August 06 From: Scotland Member No.: 18,479 |
lol my old dfi n evga! LOL
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Sep 7 2007, 04:02 PM
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Total Nerd Posts: 4,331 Joined: 30-May 05 Member No.: 16,368 |
A little bit off topic, but since when did hardnrg get a C2D setup? I seem to recall him saying that he'll only settle for 3.8ghz if he ever got one. There should've been a 10 page long topic with hardnrg doing crazy things with his C2D by now
 As for the case, well it is rather small so cooling is probably going to be affected and I can imagine that it's going to be cheaper than Lian-Lis other higher priced cases. |
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Sep 7 2007, 05:41 PM
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Whiny f'n Delta fan in my PCP&C 510 lol Posts: 15,706 Joined: 21-April 04 From: Manchester, UK Member No.: 9,702 |
I almost have a C2D rig... so close I could cry... I had to source some minor (but essential) parts from PerformancePCs in the US as nowhere in the UK has the Swiftech F-fittings in stock
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Sep 8 2007, 06:21 AM
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 such-a-potato was formerly known as lego Posts: 6,122 Joined: 6-February 04 From: Narrrrwich, UK Member No.: 8,314 |
If you do go for a 6750 or 6850, you'll be mighty happy
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