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For testing today we are using an Intel Core i7 920 processor in conjunction with a Coolit Vantage CPU cooler. For testing we set the Coolit Vantage to Extreme mode and set the case fans to the highest setting.
Test System
Chassis: Lian Li PC-B25F
Processor: Intel i7 920 (D0)
Motherboard: Asus P6T
Cooler: Coolit Vantage
Memory: 6GB Corsair Dominator DDR3-1600 (3x 2GB)
Storage: Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB (7200rpm)
Power Supply: Corsair HX850W
Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Everest Ultimate Edition
Prime 95
Furmark
The diagram above shows how the airflow is set up out of the box. The two 120mm fans at the front of the case act as intakes with the two 120mm fans in the roof acting as exhausts. There is also a 120mm fan acting as an exhaust at the rear of the case which we replaced with the Coolit Vantage for testing.
The Lian Li PC-B25F managed to keep our test system cooler than the Corsair 600T we tested with the same components. The awesome cooling power of the Coolit Vantage which kept our i7-920 at reasonable temperatures even when overclocked to 4.00GHz. The Zotac GTX 470 reached 92c but this is a result of acoustically balanced automatic fan profiles.
Another quality Lian Li product. nice finish.
A lot of their cases have halved in price recently, good price now for quality aluminum. £230 wasn’t so much.
I love Lian Li, but most of their designs are very similar. they aren’t really developing much.
Good review henry. seems a nice enough product all round at a good price point.
I recently bought this case and I am very happy with it. It holds all my current hardware with an honor. Have gone through several steel cases (most recently a Antec Sonata II from 2005), I was looking for a modern case with better cable management, increased space for my hard drives and better ventilation. I also wanted the outer dimensions to stay moderate. I have now filled my Lian Li case with six hard drives (5 of them begin 5200 rpm drives to conserve energy and reduce noise), a Phenom II X4 965, very large Noctua CPU cooler, ATI 5850, Gigabyte mother board and a ODD. I also did buy the black front bezel to cover the ODD, a piece of plastic and aluminum that make all the difference in the world for appearance. Although not everything is great with this case. The fans is all too noisy for my taste. I ended up disconnecting all of them but one at the top. And even on that one I installed a resistor to lower the rpm. Yet, my CPU, MB and graphics card stay within limits, hard to believe but true. But truth to be told I value quiet computing more than reading ‘CPU temperature weekly’. Regarding USB 3.0 connectors I am not that worried. Lian Li have released replacement front connectors to other cases and I hope they will for this case too. When time comes I will probably buy one of those too. I would recommend this case to my friends.
Please consider, English is not my first language. Greeting from Sweden.
It is very good to see their prices dropping in the UK, at the start of this year they were not feasible to most people, but this one seems quite competitive considering.