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  • at80eighty - Thursday, June 11, 2015 - link

    initially i was a bit put off by cube casings, but they are starting to grow on me - the idea of keeping core components available for interference free cooling is pretty great.
  • Zak - Thursday, June 11, 2015 - link

    Unless you do some high overclocking this really doesn't matter in the life of average computer geek. The cooling advantage is minimal for a standard setup, even with multiple GPUs.
  • Impulses - Thursday, June 11, 2015 - link

    Ehh, that's a pretty broad/firm assertion, it's definitely gonna make a difference vs some of the more cramped designs with an S path for airflow and lots of grills, doors, drives, etc in the way...
  • ClockHound - Thursday, June 11, 2015 - link

    These double-decker cube designs are not just for cleaner airflow - which is great in any situation - less restriction, means intake fans can spin lower, with less noise. Who wouldn't want less noise with lower temps?

    The big attraction is the ease of access for tweaking/experimenting. Unless you're against the tweaker ethos - which on an enthusiast site, spoils the fun.

    And, as proven on many StarTrek episodes, a cube is the most space efficient design. Resistance is Futile. The era of the tedious towers is ending. The Cubists are coming.

    Just not soon enough, Lian Li, damnit! Have to continue the endless HAF XB mods. ;-)
  • Psycownage - Thursday, June 11, 2015 - link

    I am curious about the mini-itx case in the background of the PC-V33A picture, any more shots / details?
  • creed3020 - Thursday, June 11, 2015 - link

    It is the PC-Q10. There is an additional shot of it in the gallery

    http://www.anandtech.com/Gallery/Album/4431#3
  • hbsource - Thursday, June 11, 2015 - link

    So their previous table prevented you from easily sitting with your legs under the table?

    I mean, I'm no table expert but there aren't a whole load of requirments for a table. I'll have a go at listing them:

    - Must not fall over.
    - Must be level.
    - Must be able to get legs under.
  • close - Thursday, June 11, 2015 - link

    Well you could but it was relatively uncomfortable. I'm a tall person so even when I stretched my legs while sitting on the chair it wasn't that pleasant as the lower edge of the table was too close for comfort. I'd always have my legs against that edge no matter how I lowered the chair.

    Basically the design was too thick. Either the bottom part was too low pressing on the legs or the top part was too high forcing you to keep your arms a bit too raised. This of course depending on the persons and the chair's height.
  • meacupla - Thursday, June 11, 2015 - link

    And this is why most tables use less than 2" thick boards where the designers expect you to be sitting.
  • Zefeh - Thursday, June 11, 2015 - link

    I didn't realize Angel Batista works for Lian-Li/Anandtech >_>
  • at80eighty - Thursday, June 11, 2015 - link

    CANNOT UNSEE
  • The_Assimilator - Friday, June 12, 2015 - link

    Did you ask Lian Li when they're going to stop ripping consumers off? Because that's currently the biggest problem with their products.
  • Wwhat - Saturday, June 13, 2015 - link

    The one with the top chamber, with the CPU cooler fan blowing downwards towards the graphics card, I assume the fan in the rear is an intake right? And does that work well as shown? I mean theoretically it should be OK with the grill on the side like that. But it's sort of an interesting setup.
    I have my CPU fan 90 degrees from that setup pointing towards the rear fan set up as an exhaust configuration. But in my setup the graphics card even with a exhaust fan next to it does probably heat up the air before it goes over the CPU cooler and now I'm thinking I need to redesign my whole setup.
  • JMC2000 - Wednesday, June 17, 2015 - link

    I think they just mounted the HSF incorrectly.

    I don't see why that case is a 'conceptual prototype', when it's just an evolution of the Tyr PC-X2000/X1000 cases.
  • Byte - Thursday, June 25, 2015 - link

    That silver arrow looks nice. I'm still using the original IFX14 on an Ivy Bridge, luckily my asrock has holes for 775 mount. Are there any mobos with 775 mounts anymore?

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