The chassis has arrived. It’s a Lian-Li PC-343B Modular Cube Case, a double-wide chassis with 18 x 5.25″ bays, how about that? It’s my first Lian-Li and I’m very much impressed. The outside is pleasing to my eye and the inside seems well designed. Remains to be seen how it works out when the rest of the components arrive. :)
On to some photos… (you can click the pictures to view them in full size) :
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- The box measures 52 x 52 x 56 cm and has been great fun for the kids! :)
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- Here it is, fresh from the box!
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- The back of the chassis
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- Four accompanying bags of screws and accessories
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- Removing the front is a snap… The left and right panels open with a thumbscrew.
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- The standard assortment of front connectors are included
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- Inside the mobo side of the chassis, plenty space!
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- Inside the other (non-mobo) side of the chassis
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- I installed some fans, the two drive bays (on the left side, covered by blue fans), and a dummy PSU to see how it looks. Spiffing!
On the back you have a number of “slots”/panels for fans, drive bays and/or PSU’s. It is shipped with a panel for one PSU, but you can buy additional panels for installation of a second or redundant PSU.
You can have three 120mm fans, or replace the two on the left side with drive bays (including an 80mm fan) containing three 3,5″ disks. If you don’t want the fans or anything you can buy cover panels to cover up the holes.
Can’t wait to get started building this thing!
