External Tour
The front of the chassis tends to lend credence to Lian-Li’s past products that promote an understated elegant design. This consists of a single curved sheet of aluminium that reaches from the bottom to the highest point of the case. We like to think that is reminds us of either a modern art sculpture or a HIFI speaker.
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The ugly brown paper is there for a reason, which is to protect a large clear rectangle, which serves as a window to the inner workings of the PCQ30 chassis.
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There are two colour options available, black and silver brushed aluminium. The overall finish of the chassis, simply screams ‘high quality’ and the overall texture feels fantastic. The overall exterior design looks and feels as though it makes sense and shouts ‘sex’ appeal like like Liz Hurley in ‘that dress’.
Turning the case around shows a much less sexy design than the of the front as with a case of this style and of this size one needs to install as many components as possible. The rear box that somewhat spoils the overall design houses a 140mm fan and grill and could be in theory used to contain a very thin water cooling (some serious modding needed) radiator.
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The top two photos shows that the PSU is situated at the lower part of the case in which is in the SFX format. The issue of using this type of product is that SFX form factor is harder to get hold of and is much more expensive to boot. Next we move to the I/O Section, in which houses the motherboard and the PCIE brackets. This section is to match the Mini ITX form factor motherboard, complete with two PCIE plates which allows the consumer to install a dual height graphics card.
The images show that the ‘sexy’ classy look is further replicated to the sides and once again we get the feeling of a classy ‘sculpture’ look.
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The left-hand side panel sports two USB3.0 ports and the usual head and and microphone outputs. These almost seamlessly blend in with the side panel and does not do anything to deter to from the overall sleek look. The front panel with its lovely mirror-like highly polish acrylic panel is also one of a work of beauty. The front power on switch looks and feels well made and once again almost blends in with the overall look.
Below are a few gratuitous images of the LIAN LI PCQ-30 at differing angles.
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Overall a very sleek and shimmering look for the PCQ-30 and with the added smooth contours. However let us get into the heart of this product and see how the interior works.
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