Lian Li PC-777 Aluminum Case

Beginning our closer inspection at the very top edge, we find the access ports and power buttons.  Left to right: Power, Reset, Firewire, USB 2.0 (x2), Speaker and Mic jack.  The placement here really does wonders in keeping the lines of the PC-777 flowing smoothly but it does create a small inconvenience.  With the PC-777 having such an appealing and conversational shape, no one is going to hide this beauty under a desk.  With that said, the buttons and ports are accessible but if the case is on a desktop, the end user will be doing some reaching.  I don't see this as a con but rather a point of note.

On the front bezel's top half, we find the basic six bay layout with the top most bay having a stealth drive bay cover and the bottom most having a floppy drive cover.  What is difficult to notice are the two small activity LEDs above the stealth bay cover.  One indicates power and the other hard drive activity.  These blend in so well, I guess we should call them stealth activity lamps.  In the pic to the right below is a quick shot of Lian Li's new case logo.  Nice but the conservative standard of old should be brought back in my opinion.

Unlike the top half of the front bezel, the lower half can be called most anything except ordinary.  Here is where our trip takes a turn into a very nice exhibition of craftsmanship.  Below is a front on shot of the beginnings of the conch look.  The grilling you see is the air intake for the front 120mm fan that feeds plenty of air to the system.  The slow curve turns down into a 5mm thick base plate with a silver feet on the underside of each corner.

The side view of the Lian Li PC-777 is the real attention getter.  You can see the overall design idea in its full glory.  The design isn't lost on the windowed panel either.  This windowed panel isn't Plexiglas, it's a moderately tight mesh screen.  The conch design continues its shape into the screen.  Very cool.  What isn't cool, well literally it is but...we mentioned the front intake fan of the PC-777 being filtered earlier.  While the screen that serves as the panel's window is moderately tight, the exhaust fan is going to pull all kinds of dust through it.  The larger stuff will be stopped but you will certainly be using a can of Dust Off every month or so.

The rear of the Lian Li PC-777 gives us more views of new design/looks to ponder over.  While the case sides and frame continue an oval bend, the rear plate is set perpendicular to the base as you would expect.  A large 120mm exhaust is present as well as seven expansion slots.  Below these is a BTX style bottom mounted power supply area.  I'm a fan of bottom mounted power supplies from a wire management and neatness perspective.  Any extra lengths of power cords drooping down can be better stowed keeping cable clutter to a minimum in this set up than a top mounted PSU. 

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