Lian-Li PC-C37B Aluminum HTPC Case - Black

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Never can go incorrect with an LIAN LI case. I've built more than 1 dozen computer systems making use of LIAN LI instances. My new Windows 7 Media Pc has been up and running for practically one particular month. No troubles, I would purchase the similar, if I make a Media Pc in the future.

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Light weight, effortless to install everything into the case, supports a complete ATX Power Provide Would be nice if the front buttons were hidden. Could have made a separate model to the Pc-C37B that had the selection for a riser board to put complete-length PCI cards into it. I like the case and I would obtain it again. It's Extremely quiet (paired with an equally quiet PSU and "green" hard drive). When I very first powered the machine on I thought I had anything electrically wired incorrect and was about to flip the PSU off only to discover hey the fans are on and the machine is running! AKA: Quite QUIET!

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Remarkably solid case (once assembled), Overall good quality typical of of this mfrs instances. They give you a couple of extra fasteners included with hardware (and they're the unusual ones - great touch). Uses std power supplies (BIG PLUS) I like the dual plugs on the case fans. I use them plugged into the MB.Extremely quiet operation. The Optical drive door. Really untypical of LianLi. Outright clunky and compared to an SST-LC11S-300 which has a single of the finest optical doors I've ever noticed (and nonetheless operating flawlessly after three+ years) LianLi's interpretation of this is a cheap knock-off. On the plus side (probably really should be under pros) If youre willing to take the time the door assembly can be dismantled and tweaked somewhat to obtain the appropriate alignment and closure rates. I use a 'shuriken' cooler and the vents more than the proc area could have been a bit bigger as they partially obscure the fan (cpu temps 1C higher w/ top on). Overpriced for the quantity of effort involved in 'tweaking' this situation to fit my install. All round I'd purchase the case again,

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Very desirable case. Fits in properly with household theatre gear. Brushed alluminum finish is well completed. Accepts complete size energy supply. Blue "on" light is a bit bright. Situation is a bit tight to perform in. Price. This situation is a keeper. When it's time to upgarde the pc, the guts will go but the box will keep. As I stated in the title this is a classy searching box. You won't be disappointed. Has looks and excellent... challenging to beat.

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Solid situation. Looks fantastic. All accesories (and then some) included. It's a squeeze for the complete ATX power supply but managable. I really like it! I had a difficulty where the 4pin ATX energy cable wouldn't reach from the energy supply, but an extentension cable fixed that. Also, it would be awesome if this had a built in IR reciever and perhaps an LCD clock like most "cable boxes" BUT it is fantastic as is!

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It's a great HTPC factor case, really nicely designed and light. As a person with 'build rage' with PCs I was expecting it to be magnified by the cramped quarters, but everything is laid out so logically that it's not a large deal.Right here's my elements, purchased off newegg;- GIGABYTE GV-R435OC-512I Radeon HD 4350 512MB- SAMSUNG Black 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223B - G.Skill 4GB Model F2-6400CL6S-4GBMQ- Antec EarthWatts EA650 650W- GIGABYTE GA-G31M-ES2L LGA 775 IntelI had a 2.two core duo sitting about for proc.My suggestions - make confident your cards are low profile (required), and get a power provide with detachable cables so you can eliminate the ones you don't require. Really critical for airflow, and space constraints. That was the only challenge for me, the PS I got doesn't have removable cables. Gets fingerprint smudges effortless? *shrug*

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This is hands down the Greatest HTPC situation I have applied but. I am utilizing these circumstances for Custom built Media Computer's for my clients. The Hard Drive mounts have rubber vibration insulators. The 70mm fans are Incredibly quiet and there are a lot of ventilation holes to preserve points cool. It is properly developed and uncomplicated to work in. The rear output panel is even recessed to enable defend the plugs and cables and the size and look fits right in with other AV equipment. I extremely advocate this Case for your Media Computer! The front led's are Incredibly Bright just like each other situation out there. ASUS M3A78-EM AM2+/AM2 AMD 780G HDMI Micro ATX AMD Athlon X2 4850e two.5GHz two x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 45W Dual-Core Processor Kingston 4GB ƒ x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)Seagate Momentus 7200.3 ST980411AS 80GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache 2.5" SATA for OSSeagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA for storageSeaSonic S12 II SS-330GB 330W ATX12V V2.3 80 PLUS CertifiedMicrosoft Windows Vista Residence Premium SP1 32-bitLIAN LI Black Aluminum Pc-C37B Micro ATX Media Center / HTPC SituationAnyware GP-IR01BK Windows Vista Infrared MCE Black Remote ControlADESSO WKB-3000UB Black 86 Normal Keys 13 Function Keys USB two.4 GHz RF Wireless Mini Keyboard w/Optical Trackball

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The situation appears rather well constructed. As other individuals have talked about it has a bar that reinforces the strength of the case. It looks wonderful, specially comparable to the other situations in it's price tag range. I haven't even been capable to see if anything (leds, ports, etcs) operate in the case yet because I can't construct my Computer! It is so short that I can't fit any video cards in the "regular size expansion slots". You have to have a half height video card (not a low profile). The whole case is only half the height of a regular card. I seriously didn't pay consideration to the height of the situation due to the fact the description says that it has "regular size expansion slots". This was really disappointing to me as I currently have a HTPC, but I was utilizing an standard tower situation and it was unattractive. I was just seeking to upgrade the appear, but no hardware. I honestly don't even know if they make half-height video cards. I'm certain they must as they wouldn't have produced a situation like this. But even when I look at low profile video cards, it's clear just by seeking at them that the metal that would be on the back of the situation is taller than the complete situation itself. Don't acquire unless anything is integrated or USB.

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This is hands down the Ideal HTPC case I have utilised however. I am employing these instances for Custom constructed Media Pc's for my clients. The Tricky Drive mounts have rubber vibration insulators. The 70mm fans are Really quiet and there are plenty of ventilation holes to keep issues cool. It is effectively created and uncomplicated to function in. The rear output panel is even recessed to aid protect the plugs and cables and the size and look fits right in with other AV equipment. I very suggest this Case for your Media Pc! The front led's are Extremely Bright just like every other case out there. The only issue that would be great in this case is a way to hide the Media Center IR receiver inside the situation with the addition of a USB motherboard to variety A female adaptor and an IR window on the front.

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Let's be sincere, no HTPC situation will make your computer system quieter, cooler, or quicker on its personal. What ought to matter the most is style and size, and this situation has a lot to give if you are searching for its variety of slim, minimal appear. Wish the included fans and fan mounts had been for 80mm fans, rather than 70mm. Air grills could also have been much more open (like a PSU grill) and much less restrictive. The dimensions of this situation are incredibly particular, so strategy your components very carefully.

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1. Slim height compared to other HTPC circumstances2. Really sturdy constructionthree. Accepts common ATX PSU 1. 70mm fans on each sides2. Only able to use half height cards I am really pleased with this HTPC situation. My principal demands for a HTPC situation were for it to be not as tall as a lot of of the other HTPC cases on the market place, quiet operation, and a black finish to match my other A/V equipment. The ability of this case to use only half-height PCI cards isn't really a difficulty considering a lot of video cards could be adapted to fit, but you would be restricted to low to mid range video cards. So inherrently, this case is really not the very best gaming case (I don't do alot of Computer gaming, so this is a non-issue for me).The two 70mm fans on every side of the situation are the loudest component of the case...and that is not to say that they are also loud even though. I was looking for a case that only could be heard generally if you had been appropriate on leading of it. Due to the fact I use a Mobo with onboard graphics by way of HDMI, a 65w Reagor 250 CPU that doesnt produce a bunch of heat, and a WD Green HD, my unit doesn't item considerably heat. I was able to unplug both side fans and it barely raised the temp

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Pros umm lets see its a LIAN LI situation and it looks really great with my other television/audio gear. I don't like the door cover for the five.25 drive bay. But thats not really a con. I totally recognize why its there would appear odd to just have a black rom drive sitting there. But the button doesn't line up exactly proper with my blue-ray drive. Its not LIAN LI's fault. Wasn't going to go with this good of a case, but I am quite glad that I did. Wish additional high finish video cards fit this case.

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This case is beautiful. It even passed the wife's scrutinizing eye since it sits prominently in her 񘧸 pottery barn entertainment center. Has solid construction with a excellent layout. Good looking feet come installed on the bottom of the case. Made it about four.1 inches in height total.Lots of vents and has built-in locations for five 70mm fans plus the powersupply fan and CPU fan.Low profile however has space for two tough drives. The flip-down metal cover for the optical drive is high high quality and looks great.Liked that it fits a normal size power provide - I utilized an Antec Earthwatts 380 and it has worked wonderfully.Optical Drive bay fits normal sized drives. I fit an overly extended BD drive into it just fine (the Lite-On DH-401S which has likewise worked excellent).The buttons on the front are metal - gives it a great really feel.Good quality screws and components are included - such as the grommets for the challenging drive to lessen noise. 70mm fans - would considerably rather have had 80mm fans considering that they are a lot less complicated to uncover and you can get some that are extremely quiet. The two included 70mm fans are quiet, but I'd like the expandability of 80mm fans. No built in IR receiver. It would have been nice if the two USB ports on the front had been vertical from every single other rather than horizontal. I can't get a flash drive and one more USB into the ports at the similar time.The blue power indicator on the front is a bit bright for my taste, but not a massive deal. All in all, I would acquire this case again in a heartbeat. It was close to best for my home theater Computer construct. Really, the only minor thing I would have changed was to have it with 80mm fans instead of the 70mm and have a built-in IR receiver. But, I can't have it both ways since this is about the only good searching case that would fit my height specifications for the space I had available.Undoubtedly will only fit low-profile cards. Given that the motherboard I utilized had practically every little thing built in anyway this wasn't a large deal. If you need to have full height cards get the LIAN LI Pc-C36B.This was my initial Lian-Li case - I will surely keep them in thoughts for future instances.My HTPC: LIAN LI Computer-C37B, Antec earthwatts EA380 380W, AMD Athlon X2 4850e, Arctic Silver 5, Scythe SCSK-1000 100mm "SHURIKEN" CPU Cooler, GIGABYTE GA-MA78GM-S2H, LITE-ON Black 4X Blu-ray DVD-ROM SATA Model DH-4O1S-11, Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-1250 MC, SAMSUNG Spinpoint F1 HD753LJ 750GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

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Case looks sleek and great, created of aluminum for excellent heat dissipation, further side vents currently set-up for fans, and takes a complete size power supply. - Specs Fail: Listed as being three.7" tall, this is correct of the actual case but the specs need to also indicate that with the 1ǘ" feet brings the case height to four.25". I mostly bought this case to fit a 4" opening, thankfully the feet can be removed.- Top quality Manage Fail: Brief 3 screws to mount the MB and the stand-offs were not tapped deep adequate so I had to use threeቬ washers to make strong speak to to the standoffs.- Good quality Manage Fail: The swing down optical drive door was not attached effectively so I will have to take it apart and try to align it so it that when it closes it's flush and not sticking out.- Design Fail: Because it can take a complete size power provide Lian Li ought to have place the vent holes on the top rated cover all the way to the back. My PS has a 140mm fan in it and the top rated covers virtually half the fan. As noted by other individuals the blue LED is annoying, at least there is sufficient area amongst the LED and light pipe to insert a piece of colored tape to decrease the brightness, so not a total design flawOverall I was not pleased with this case thinking about how high priced it is. This was my initial Lian Li case and even even though I managed to make it function it will probable be my final case that get from Lian Li.

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This case is excellent...nicely laid out for HTPC. It permits for a full five-1Ǜ drive (Bluray, DVD) It's also really light weight, but feels sturdy. No VFD. And there's area for one particular also. I might try to mod the case later to add a Matrix Orbital just above the power button on the front. Cautious with the sharps. The black anodizing scratches simple

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A solid, nicely-built case. Modest, but a lot more than sufficient space to build a solid HTPC. Airflow sucks...not certain how it could be much better although, considering the size of the case.

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This is a really well built, well engineered chassis. There is ample air-flow supplied you're not trying to cram a super-duper high powered monster machine in it! :) It is (in my opinion) a ideal case for a classy HTPC. I ought to also say, it is Quite quiet when assembled with the right components. NOTE: It will not fit a regular ATX program board or a lot of of the following-market CPU coolers, but then once more it wasn't developed to. It will work just fine with a regular retail CPU cooler, or one created for low-profile use. If you're not attempting to cram a large video card in it, it will have ample airflow.I'm utilizing an Asus M3A78-EM (item N82E16813131324), AMD Phenom 9950 Black Edition, 8gb RAM, Blu-Ray Disc drive, and Seagate 250gb HDD. This method board has gorgeous on-board graphics, functions flawlessly with our 60" HD Tv. Optical Audio goes to the amp; the HD Audio is superb (but I need to save that for an additional assessment!).I Highly suggest this chassis to any individual interested in top quality. I truly haven't found one particular Con however. I have been creating systems for practically 20 years, and this one particular went together very smoothly. I am really impressed by the craftsmanship that went into this chassis, in particular for the value! I saw in one particular of the evaluations somebody complained about "airflow sucks!" (even even though they gave the case five eggs). This program is running so well with the fans provided, is so quiet you can't tell it's running. I've installed the single tough drive in the spot provided below the optical drive (with a nicely-placed vent directly under the HDD), which has a fan placed correct subsequent to it. Overall, this chassis has improved our entertainment center, and impressed me extremely considerably. Anybody who knows me will tell you I am Very picky about what I put into my systems. This technique has my thumbs up all the way!Also, Thanks! to NewEgg.com for providing me with superior gear, rapid service, and general excellent service. I can't tell you how a lot of machines I've built from NewEgg.com parts, and they're all incredibly excellent and really affordable!

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Great quality, truly light weight, everything is spaced out extremely evenly. Removable bays makes installation much less difficult. Has space for an ATX power provide. The cd drive flap that comes down when you eject a disk a tiny flimsy. It doesn't close all the way when the cd drive is closed. If you pick to go with an ATX power supply, you will be riding incredibly close to your CD drive. Make confident you plug every thing into your power supply (if modular) and almost everything into your cd drive (and harddrive if you have one particular right here also) just before placing the cd drive bay back into your case. The (small) deadspace among the cd drive bay and power provide is a wonderful spot to route unused cables.Also, if making use of an ATX power supply, the case-mounted fan near the power provide will have to be moved to a new place as it interferes with the placement of the power provide. No biggie, I put mine more than the cd drive and harddrive.

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No hint of a Computer with this case. Looks proper at house with any stereo, home theater gear. Low profile, matt-black, good searching 'feet' to give it a top quality component appear to it. Can mount 1 optical drive and two challenging drives internally. Mine has ASUS M3A78-EM motherboard, AMD Athlon II X2 240 Regor 2.8GHz Socket AM3 65W Dual-Core, Scythe SCSK-1100 100mm Shuriken Rev. B 3 Heat Pipes CPU Cooler (yes fits fine), OCZ ModXStream Pro OCZ500MXSP 500W Energy provide (maybe a bit too huge but fits with moving case fan forward 1 position, Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250 Media Center Kit Dual Tv Tuner 1213 PCI-Express x1, LG Black 8X BD-ROM 16X DVD-ROM 40X CD-ROM SATA Internal Combo LG Blu-ray Reader & 16X LightScribe DVD±R DVD Burner (plus RAM of course!). A lot of air holes and ventilation plus comes with two good fans on the sides that can be moved to a assortment of locations. Just bought my second. Be really cautious with unscrewing and screwing in the a variety of case screws. Make certain you are in the threads. On the black screws be extra careful to not slip or mar the back coating on the screws (or worse - the case!) No issues for me but I'm OCD cautious about such things. Will need to plan factors out and set up in logical order otherwise you could discover you want to take away lots of installed gear to "fit" a thing in that you didn't think mattered in the order of items. Not a case where you would want to take away the hard drive(s) generally ... particularily the 1 mounted below the optical drive. Too significantly of a discomfort to do so unless definitely essential. Since tough drive installs may perfer to use the side HD mount rather of beneath the optical drive mount. LED's too vivid for what I wanted for Residence Theater professional look so internally obscured them a bit with card stock. Now looks good. Can see them operate but they aren't on fire blazing at you. Bit costly. Case may well appear flimsy at 1st but as soon as you mount the MB, PSU, and so on. points get pretty solid. Might need to move to a slightly taller case when internal cablecard from Ceton comes out as their "low profile" prototypes extend higher than a low profile bracket ... will will need to measure. There is a small added room. Will wait and see.

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Good layout.Takes typical ATX energy provideSmaller footprint. Poor workmanship.Not the high quality I anticipate from a Lian Li case.Suspended three.5 drive assembly is a joke, space could have been put to more economical use. I personal 5 other Lian Li circumstances and the parts top quality is not up to usual Lian Li standards.Not even close to the build high quality of my PCV-880 (HTPC case)Plastic cd drive door/ hinges, really thin aluminium, made me feel like I was operating on a โ case.Purchased this from CV or I would have returned it.

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Case is sleek seeking! Will look excellent in any room with any interior or style. Extremely rather and keeps factors cool. Nicely placed vents beneath hard drive, for complete size PSU, and above CPU. Power diode on front of case is like a blue fog light cutting by way of a dark night at sea! Awful vibrant and annoying in a dark area. I removed the diode and painted it black as well as the back of the plastic the light travels via to the case front. Now it is a dim blue! Make confident to use a modular energy supply to minimize cable clutter. Anyone getting this will know it is a smaller case, so select components accordingly! Stock heatsinks fit well, be cautious if you are going aftermarket. Expansions are low profile. I had to modify my wireless cards bracket with the dremel and bend it with a hammer and anvil to develop a low profile. Results were flawless, but be conscious if you are preparing on using hardware you currently have.

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Wonderful layout, develop and finishing None Lian Li could get rid of the 1394 socket on the front with out loss

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SFF & fits well with the rest of the components.Nice clean finish such as dvd/br door cover. Hides the ugly bluray logo. Reset/power buttons really feel a bit cheesy. Good factor I won't be working with those a lot :)Had to get some added screws for mobo and cd rom drive. Screws contained were a excellent mix, but necessary a couple of extra. Construct hint: If your mobo has the principal power connector towards the front of this case, you can run the key power connector in front/bottom of the cd/hd enclosure so it is out of the way.

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-Built really well-Light, all aluminum construction-Lots of ventilation exactly where it is necessary-Included fans are quiet -The stand offs for the motherboard are built into the case and there are no extra spots for further ones-Fans have standard molex and 3 pin connectors integrated with each other. A detachable molex connector would have been A great deal nicer. -Included is a set of rubber pieces for the tough drive to reduce vibration/noise. It would have been advantageous to also have one thing related for the optical drive since they tend to have a good amount of vibration.-For the price tag a built in IR receiver would have been good.In the finish, the case is really very good but just not very ideal.

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Great looking and developed case, great match for high end audio gear. Impossible to locate added 70mm quiet fans for this and Lian-Li are impossible to make contact with to get added's. Emails went unanswered.Tried obtaining some on e bay directly from China but they were too loud. Supposed to be 1700rpm but. Lian Li customer service is NON-EXISTENT.