Lian Li PC-65

[Noni]

Hi guys, I wonder what you think of this case in terms of noise and performance?

I think it looks nice, and the window is a nice touch. I can get it for the same price of a Antec P180 (which seems to be liked here) But i recon it looks like a refrigerator.

Anyway any reccomendations are welcomed. Thanks.

[Krazy Kommando]

id also like to hear the general thought on the PC60+ (same as the 65 but w/o the window pannel)

[CoolGav]

I have an original PC-7, which is like an original PC-60 except has no fan controller or removable motherboard tray. With mine I have a P4 2.53 cooled by a Ninja with 120mm AcoustiFan, and a 350W Seasonic SS-12 PSU, exhaust is 80mm (again AcoustiFan). There's a passive Matrox P650 along with a Creamware Luna II for expansion cards. I have no other fans running as the boot drive is a Samsung laptop drive that I'm happy to not actively cool and the other drive is in an enclosure. It's not silent, but the recent changes (to the above config) have really helped quieten it down. For a higher powered system I'd expect a P180 would be better, but I'm happy to keep using my Lian Li now I've got it down to a hard-to-hear level of noise.

[ultraboy]

I also own a PC-7 and I like Lian-Li cases a lot.

However, I would say from an airflow design point of view, P180 looks to be much more superior than Lian-Li PC 6x, or 7x series. Which means with the same components, it's going to be easier to cool and quiet thing down in P180.

My 2 cents.

[feddup]

I've owned the PC-65 for about two years. It's an excellent well made case but won't win any silence awards. If I were you I'd search for the PC-65 plus which is the same case but with 120mm fans. As far as looks and a well thought out design Lian-Li are the best but their prices seemed to have doubled a few months ago. I still think the SLK3000B is the best bang per $ out there. I don't know if Amaazon still has them but they were $43 shipped a couple of months ago.