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Our sample of the PC-C50A was shipped within a large outer package with a significant amount of protection surrounding the actual case to ensure it arrived with us in good condition. The inner box is quite small for a case, reflecting the compact nature of the chassis inside.
The inner box is attractively designed, featuring Lian Li's trademark black livery. Although the case depicted on the side is black in colour, our sample is actually the silver version. As usual the case is sandwiched between two slabs of polystyrene to prevent damage. The included items can all be found within the case itself, packaged within a small cardboard box between the hard drive bays.
Unfortunately Lian Li still insist on using sealed plastic bags to contain all the screws you will need for installation. These cannot be resealed so the left over screws cannot easily be stored. This isn't a huge drawback, though, more of an annoyance. The screws are accompanied by a case speaker, a couple of cable ties, an installation guide and a Lian Li catalogue.
I love Lian Li products, but I continually ask myself ‘are they really worth the premium’?
Sure the aluminum quality is fantastic, but I dont think they radically try new ideas and their premium prices are simply staggering at times.
We bought this in black for our living room and my husband built the system up over a weekend. we are very happy with it, it looks very nice in the living room
Caseking.de ship these to UK if anyone wants the silver one. you pay less too, even with shipping.
I am in the process of building a media center and have three cases shortlisted. this would have been one of them but I think its too expensive for what you get.
[A year later…] I am building a media center and I’m am seriously considering buying this one.
However, I read in another review that in order to equip their blu-ray reader (which was 19cm deep) they had to sacrifice the HDD tray behind it. Did you experience this problem? How deep could the optical drive be to still leave room to max out the HDD trays?
Thanx
No dust filters! Are you kidding me? For a “premium” case, this is simply inexcusable. I am looking at replacing my Antec NSK2480 which is about half the price of this case, and one of my main reasons for replacing it is the lack of dust filters. The Fractal Design Node 605 is cheaper and includes dust filters.