Lian Li "classical silent" range - PC-201A, PC-S80

aidanjm2004 · Post by **aidanjm2004** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:25 am

What do people make of the new "classical silent" range of cases by Lian-li? Supposedly they are "designed for silence"... they have interesting internal layouts, including interesting arrangements for the hard drives.

PC-101A/PC-101B

Lian Li PC-S80
(it seems that the PC-S80 is being positioned as a competitor to the Antec P180. It features "a two layer design for decreasing noise" and other silencing features including a CPU duct.)

Lian-Li PC-201A

newegg pics for PC-201

Perhaps the most interesting (from an aesthetic perspective at least) is the rather uniquely styled PC-V300 "mini-tower":

PC-V300

Opinions?

jozi · Post by **jozi** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:33 am

I like the Lian Li PC-S80, and from reviews it looks like a decent case to.
Im not sure how much it is but judging by other lianli case prices i can imagine this to be cheap. No sure if i live with my self shelling out alot of money for a case.

Jozi

EDIT: will SPCR be doing a review on the PC-S80? If so i wait in antisipation

Day · Post by **Day** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 12:19 pm

Silence comes at a price, they do not look as good as the classic Lian Li cases. I just love my Lian Li V1000.

cAPSLOCK · Post by **cAPSLOCK** » Mon May 01, 2006 5:01 am

To me the PC-101 looks like a nice case, and a good concept, but it is still shrouded in mystery...

EDIT: I just noticed it's on the SPCR upcoming reviews list...

JazzJackRabbit · Post by **JazzJackRabbit** » Wed May 03, 2006 8:17 pm

S80 looks like the most silence oriented case of the bunch. However, it's still aluminum and two the airflow as I see from the pictures seems a little too convoluted and restricted, it's possible that this case won't be able to cool my relatively power hungry rig (although for low power cool running rigs it might have actually been very good, if it wasn't for aluminum and price of course). I don't see HDD soft mounting either.

Me hugs his P180, I'll never sell my baby...

jwoolen01 · Post by **jwoolen01** » Wed May 03, 2006 8:30 pm

I agree with Day. The V1000 is an awesome case. In my opinion, Lian Li took a step backwards with these new cases. All of their existing cases look better than the new ones. I was hoping for something to supercede the V1000, but that doesn't seem like it's gonna happen, at least not by Lian Li.

jozi · Post by **jozi** » Thu May 04, 2006 1:18 pm

I like the V1100, that a silent case btw?

I wish the S80 was cheaper and i would prob buy it

JazzJackRabbit · Post by **JazzJackRabbit** » Thu May 04, 2006 7:38 pm

jwoolen01 wrote:I agree with Day. The V1000 is an awesome case. In my opinion, Lian Li took a step backwards with these new cases. All of their existing cases look better than the new ones. I was hoping for something to supercede the V1000, but that doesn't seem like it's gonna happen, at least not by Lian Li.

That's very subjective. I prefer straight classic lines. V1000 IMO looks fugly. S80 on the other hand is very decent.