Lian Li PC-7FW Computer Case Review

Page 2 - Outside look

Lian Li PC-7FW is held in large box with undetermined weight. It indeed is not mentioned anywhere and our internet search did not help either, and the lack of appropriate scale left it a mystery for us. As whole the case appears to be of solid enough build, which speaks for good balance between stability and and weight. On the box itself there are pictures of the product itself from different angles, and on the sides of the box a detailed specifications:

In the big case besides the PC-7FW we fing additional mounting elements, spare rubber paddings for the hard drive trays, screwdriver for the motherboard, booklets, instructions and oddly shaped metal plate the purpose of which we couldn't figure out:

That's how the case looks:

PC-7FW is completely aluminum, its chassis - gray and the panels - black:

The power, reset and additional I/O ports are safely hidden behind small cover on the top panel:

The "W" in the name of the model that we have stands for "window", which is exactly what the case has on its side panel. The acrylic sheet despite being mounted on the outside of the panel has very well polished edge and looks quite nice. It also has an interesting shape. The front panel covers are also made from aluminum, thus they don't stick out like sore thumb. The bottom one could be adjusted for use with 3.5” device. There is a place for 5 devices of that type altogether, number standard for moderately large tower case:

The front panel has quite large openings for air intake, behind which a fine metal mesh hides 140mm fan. At the back we find a removable plate for the PSU, something that is becoming common, and with a good reason - mounting a PSU is much easier:

The back panel has lots of openings for good ventilation, also, there is located the second system fan (this one being 120mm). Interesting addition are the openings for water cooling hoses, situated om the pop part of the back panel: