Lian Li PC-767 Aluminum Case

The Case

It was packaged nicely, with Styrofoam ends and a plastic cover to keep it from betting scratched during shipping.  Upon taking it out of the box, the first thing I noticed was the weight.  It was much lighter than I expected it to be.  It’s constructed entirely of aluminum.  The next thing I noticed was that the case wasn’t as tall as I’d previously expected.  The case was actually fit length-wise into the box, so although it’s not very tall, it is a very deep case.  Have a look.

The top of the case is composed of two separate pieces of aluminum cut in a sort of a curve.  This gives the case a very sleek look.  Both pieces are brushed aluminum and very smooth.  They fit together flawlessly, with not even enough room for a fingernail between them.  I like the simple, linear feel of the lines

The bezel door closes by use of a magnet.  The door doesn’t cover the entire front of the case, leaving the right side where the power, reset and the HDD lights exposed.  Where the door closes on the front of the case, there is about a half-inch gap all the way down to let air flow in on the right side.

  

Opening the door, you can see the front bays covers are grilled.  There are five of these grilled bay covers, allowing up to five 5.25" inch devices.  The top most bay is a color coded aluminum FDD tray which blends in nicely with the lines of the PC-767.  On the very bottom is an adjustable fan speed controller.  This silver colored Rheostat controls (or can control if you choose) both the front and rear 120mm case fans. 

     

Notice the large 120mm intake fan at the front of the case.  This is covered by the same type of grilling as the drive bays but with an air filter underneath.  This contrasts with the grilled bay covers which are not filtered.  Minimizing the dust inside a rig is a big plus in any case.  This filter can be removed and cleaned by taking out the hard disk rack inside the case.  It does force you to consider that if the intake grilling is filtered and the bay covers are not, are you really going to keep dust out as the rear exhaust fan will pull air in through the bay covers?
 

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