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Date Posted: June 25, 2001

How much did you spend on your latest kick ass PC? 1000$? 2000$? 3000$? After buying the PC gear you saved up for, did you stick it into a 50$ beige box? Shame on you!!! In my quest of building the Viper Box, I needed something to enclose all my high end gear. Beige is boring, black is overdone, and the fruity iMac coloured cases are sure to impress your friends. Friends who have no sense of fashion!!

I used to have an InWin Q500, which is a good full tower case, but it was a pain in the hiney to lug it around to LAN parties. As functional as it was, it wasn't anything special appearance-wise. I've been reading about the latest fad, ...aluminum cases. In case you didn't know, these cases are fairly popular overseas, and are now making it's way into North America. The pictures don't do the Lian-Li PC60 justice. The case is amazing. It is expensive, about 175$ US online, with no power supply, but it's definently worth it. You've already spent a couple grand, and would probably spend about 100$ for a case. Spend an extra c-note for this.

Specifications

• All Brushed Aluminum construction, and I mean all aluminum...
• Removable motherboard tray.
• Totally tool-free. We're talking thumbscrew land here kiddies.
• Fan speed control
• 3 x 80mm fans, and front fan filter standard.
• 4 x 5.25" external bays, 3 x 3.5" external bays, 3 x 3.5" internal bays
• 492mm x 210mm x 450mm

The case I ordered had the side and top blowholes done prior to shipping, as well as the addition of a 350W Enermax power supply. Despite it's relatively small size, it is really roomy in there. Because it's made out of aluminum, it's also really light. A weakling, such as myself, will have no problems carrying this baby around. I don't have any weight measurements here, but for those who work in the IT industry, imagine carrying about 2 X-Large pizzas and 1 twelve pack of soda back to your office.

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