We stopped by LIANLI’s booth at Computex this year to check out the wares they brought to display. For some background, several of these products were initially revealed a few month’s back at LIAN LI’s 2024 Digital Expo that we reported on in February. Let’s take a look at the cases, cooling and power supplies on display.
Cases
The first up is the O11 VISION Compact (available in both black and white flavors – the white is featured at the top of this article). While it calls itself compact, it is slightly larger than the original O11 VISION as it has grown wider for better airflow and GPU compatibility. It also adds compatibility to hide AIO water tubes in the back chamber if you’re using the horizontal mounting method.
The LANCOOL 217 is at least one number better than the LANCOOL 216 (Ed: Don’t make that joke again) and sports real wood trim, a mesh front panel and removable inner filter liner. The 170mm front fans are included with the price of admission and is compatible with back-connect motherboards.
Next up is the LANCOOL 207 which is, of course, is 10 less than the case above it in this article. The 207 is a “M-ATX-sized case with ATX compatibility.” You’ll see that the motherboard tray is lowered and recessed into the cable management chamber to allow for lots of your gear to fit in a small space. As a result, it does not have the back-connect motherboard compatibility but should handle most everything else you’ve got.
Finally we have the A3-mATX case shown with a wooden front panel. This case launched prior to Computex, but none the less, it was on display. It has a small micro-ATX footprint but also provides enough space and cooling capacity for top end components.
Of note, one of our news guys did a build with it a couple weeks ago – check out the forum thread on it to see it in action.
Cooling
On the cooling front, we got a glimpse at the just releasing now HydroShift AIO CPU coolers. These coolers should be available for pre-order today with one of their key features being a focus on hiding the AIO tubing within your rig. As you can see on the display case, the tubing is set to run down a channel on the side of the AIO and the connectors on the waterblock are designed to minimize their presence. The waterblock has a 2.88″ LCD display on it that is supported by LIAN LI’s L-Connect 3 software.
It will be available in three 360mm flavors – the 360S featuring a 27mm radiator and basic fans, the 360R featuring a 31mm radiator with RGB fans and the 360TL that rolls with a 31mm radiator and UNI FAN TL120 fans. Pricing is starting at $179.99, $199.99 and $259.99 respectively.
Power Supplies
Wrapping things up, we saw LIAN LI’s EDGE Series power supplies. These were notable as they’ve taken a different design approach by moving the power connectors out on an island that should allow for better access and connectivity in certain cases. This allows them to use a single PCB for the power supply instead of a multipart one that is common in power supplies today. Additionally, they have an internal USB motherboard header hub as they’ve found folks are running out of them when wiring up various internal devices requiring USB, taking the place of where the power wires typically go. We think the unique design is quite innovative and would be a great feature for some builds.