| Article Index |
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| Lian Li PC-K8 Case Review |
| The Exterior |
| The Interior |
| Installation |
| The Tests |
| Performance Summary |
| Conclusion |
| All Pages |
The Equipment
To help bench mark computer cases, I’ll be using the same equipment which is suitable for a media centre or home type of computer, now lets welcome back this lot:
• ASUS P5N-T Deluxe Motherboard
• Intel Celeron 2.2GHz
• Transcend 4GB DDR2 RAM
• Seagate 500GB HDD
• Sapphire Radeon HD4350
• Samsung SH-S223F DVD Burner
Although pictured, I won’t be using the 430W Thermaltake PSU, instead since this case already has it’s own, I might as well utilise it. In addition, there are no spots to put my extra 120mm fans.
Motherboard
The first thing I need was to put the standoff screws in and fortunately I was supplied with their screwdriver:
Unfortunately, 2 of the holes I came across were very stubborn and the standoff screw driver was difficult to turn, so I brought in something more solid.
Motherboard went straight in quite simply, all straight forward stuff, so moving onto the expansion card.
Device Installation
Again straight forward, each panel is screwed on and can be removed as needed and refitted should you change the position of your expansion cards on your motherboard and I find that a nicer feature than the simple snap off covers.
The 5.25” drive clips are useful and fit perfectly on my Samsung drive. It just holds it in place and could be left as is, but I added the additional screws to ensure it was completely secure.
To mount a HDD into the bay, you need to first put the screws in the HDD with a little rubber sound absorber like so:
It basically looks like a HDD on wheels.
Then it simply slots in like a roller coaster on tracks. This angle is how the HDD bay and HDD slot together if the bay was unmodified and parallel to the front case fan.
Quick, secure and sound absorbers on, this HDD just needs to be plugged in.
Cabling
Cabling took some time in this case, perhaps because I wanted to show how neatly you can arrange it. The front I/O Panel and LED cables are all ample length to reach anywhere on the motherboard.
Although it takes time, you can really make a large amount of air space by hiding all the cables behind the motherboard like so:
