Lian Li PC-V1100 Aluminum Case

A rubber cushion around the edges, addresses any possible vibration as well as it help dampens any sound coming out of the front bays.  While this is obviously not going to stop all sound, it will stop some and all goals are attained in small steps.  This is the first of many such rubber cushion steps you are going to see with the Lian Li PC-V1100.

The bezel itself sports an included front CD-ROM drive bay cover.  This adds considerably to the clean lines of any case.  We also can see a molded floppy drive cover that can obscure and blend in your FDD.  If you look carefully, you will see that the FDD cover is part of a 5.25" bay.  This bay can be easily removed should you not need a floppy drive.  Centered below this is the power on button and a very small power on and HDD activity lamp.  Sorry, no reset button.  Just below where the bezel door closes reside two USB ports, a Firewire port as well as a mic in and speaker out jack.

  

Both side panels are windowless aluminum sheets measuring approximately two millimeters thick.  No one is going to say a word about this baby flexing because it ain't gonna!

As we mentioned earlier, the PC-V1100 is based around an inverted mainboard mounting.  This is visibly evident from the rear of the case.  It is almost disorienting to see the seven expansion slots up top.  Halfway down, a small vent cover conceals a 120mm exhaust fan.  These oversized low RPM but high volume jobs have always been a favorite of folks looking for that perfect mix of performance and low sound.  Notice the inside of the vent cover.  A small two millimeter think piece of dense foam rubber helps dampen any noise escaping from the exhaust fan area.  The vent cover mounts via four small catches that allow it to slide on and off.

     

The underside of the Lian Li PC-V1100 shows us some aluminum wheels.  These may be removed by unscrewing four Phillips head screws per axel.  The wheels lock in place by means of a simple slide mechanism.  The rear axel has a square block of aluminum on it that keeps the axel from turning ones a locking slide is pushed in.  Pulling this slide out allows the block to turn freely and with it the wheels. 

     

Still on the bottom of the case, we see a small vent cover that functions as an air intake.  Two thumb screws allow this to be removed ,exposing a small filter to keep dust to a minimum.  Filtered intakes always get high marks with me but in this case we find a small concern with the PC-V1100.  We noted a minute ago how the wheels are removable.  Granted that there won't be many folks who will be removing the wheels but if you do, be advised that you are going to bottom out the intake and block it off.  The PC-V1100 obviously is not designed for the wheels to be removed but this is noteworthy all the same.

  

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