Title : Lian Li Modular Cube Case	Category:
Author : Sniper	Published On : 12-06-2006
Rating : 5 Stars	Views : 51082

External and internal design

The back of the case shows the fan mounts clearly, with the power supply unit at the bottom left. Now I’m sure about the purpose of the 2 x 80mm fans as I don’t plan to use them but maybe for water cooling, they can come in use. Considering there wasn’t enough room for another 120mm fans, I think it’s a fair decision.



Anti-vibration rubber and screws to install fans in all the locations are provided but no fans. In my opinion no fans means you can buy the fans you prefer fans but it does add to the final expense involved.

I didn’t comment on the sides on the case because they look like the typical sides you find on Lian Li cases, which are secured using thumb screws as usual.

Internal Design

In the picture bellow we have the non-motherboard side of the case. The first thing you should notice is the large amounts of space available to work with. On this side you have 9 x 5.25” bays available to install devices.

At the top there’s a gap which allows you have access to the motherboard side of the case, so you can you provide power to the motherboard. Also there’s an oval shaped space provided near the drive bays for connecting devices.



At the rear bottom you can see the area to install the power supply. I would suggest using thumb screws to install it since it’s so much easier. The air holes at the bottom case provide cool air to the PSU.



This is the motherboard side of the case; once again you can see the areas which provide access to other side and the huge space you have available to work with. Again you also have another 9 x 5.25” drive bays on this side making a total of 18 in total.

I installed a motherboard very easily considering there’s nothing in the way to slow you down and plenty of space for people with larger hands to install a motherboard.

My suggestion for improvements would be a slide-out motherboard tray but it could be difficult as the interior might be weakened, so maybe there are some design difficulties there.



Installing Drives

In order to install drives, you need to take off the front and side panel of the side you’re installing the drive into.

The device it self will slide in once you use the provided screws, so technical you only need to have access to the front but then again you do need to connect the device to the motherboard.

I installed a couple of 5.25” to 3.5” converters as that’s the only way you can install hard drives (without the aid of additional accessories). Once again they slide in, but you will need to secure them with extra screws as they make hell of a noise if you don’t.