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Project:
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Lian Li PC-60 Case Mod Project Part 1 |
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Author:
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Hi-TEK
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Date:
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June 18th, 2001
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Introduction:
Aluminum case housings have started a big trend within the case modding community. These new alternatives to steel cases
are very light weight, excellent as cooling solutions and sport an aesthetic look that has to be seen to be believed.
Two companies have emerged in bringing their product lines to the masses, Cooler Master
with the ATC product line and Lian-Li with the PC-30, PC-60 and PC-70
product line. In my search for one of these units, I managed to get my hands on a Lian Li PC-60. In its stock form the case
has a nice brushed aluminum look, but something was missing and it needed a little modding enhancement. This article will be the
beginning of a three part series which will cover modding changes to this case with our goal to turn it into the perfect
home machine.
I always set out a list of objectives and here they are in no particular order:
- Controlled cooling via four switch PCMods baybus connected to 1 x 80mm Panaflo (side-intake), 1 x slot fan cooler and 1 x
80 mm Adda (rear fan).
- 1 x Premium acrylic window kit 11.125" (28.2cm) x 8.69" (22.1cm)
- Aesthetics: 10" red neon kit & "Etched" Atomic window appliqué
- Extended front USB ports
- Crystalfontz 632 16x2 LCD with reflective backlight.
- Home made rounded cables to increase airflow.
NOTE: Proper precautions should be taken when attempting your own case mod project and as with all warnings, you are
responsible for your own actions. MODTHEBOX.COM cannot be held responsible for any damage caused to your case or computer
equipment by not following the necessary safety procedures.
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Lian Li PC-60 - Key Specifications/Special Features:
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| Lian Li PC-60 Aluminum ATX Mid Tower Case: Manufactured by Lian Li |
| All aluminum construction with tool less case entry and aluminum thumbscrews |
| Case Dimensions: 492mm x 210 mm x 450 mm (L,W,H) |
| Drive Bays: 4 x external 5.25", 3 x external 3.5", 3 x internal 3.5" |
| Fan Accomodation: 3 x Adda 80mm fans for ultimate cooling |
| Variable fan speed setting for front intake fans |
| Form Factors: Flex-ATX style, ATX, Full Size. |
| Sliding (removable) motherboard tray |
| No PSU included |
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System Specifications:
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| ABIT SE-6 Motherboard (PC133/ATA 100) |
| Pentium III 800EB w/Thermaltake Golden ORB Fan |
| 2 x 128 MB PC133 Ram Chips (256 MB in total) |
| Maxtor 30GB DiamondMax ATA 100 Hard Drive |
| ATI Radeon 64 meg DDR AGP |
| D-Link 530TX NIC |
| Creative 52X CDROM |
| Yamaha CRW2100E 16x10x40 IDE |
| SB Live Value sound card |
| Panasonic 1.44MB FDD |
| Antec 300W PSU |
| Syntony MS-420S Amplified Speaker Multimedia System (4 speakers w/sub woofer) |
| Logitech Optical Wheel Mouse w/Ratpadz Mouse Pad |
| US Robotics 33.6 Sportster Voice Modem |
| D-Link DSS-8+ Switch II 10/100 8 port Hub |
| HP Deskjet 932C Inkjet Printer |
| AFGA Snapscan 1212U scanner |
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Tools and Material Used:
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| Makita 10mm (3/8") drill model#6410 |
| Mastercraft saw mandrel (1 1/4" to 6") |
| 25 piece H.S.S drillbit set |
| Dremel Multipro 5 w/50 accessories |
| Solder gun w/lead free hi-tech electronic rosin core solder |
| Lenox Bi-metal Hole saws 3-1/8" 80mm |
| Milwaukee Super Tough Bi-metal 4/6" 120mm |
| Marr UV Black cable ties |
| Black wire split loom |
| Safety googles |
| MG Computing Products super compressed dust buster |
| PCMods 4 Switch Baybus Kit |
| 10" Red Neon Light kit |
| Black heat shrink tubing |
| Black and red 22AWG wiring |
| Thermaltake Golden Orb Fan |
| Crystalfontz 632 16x2 LCD Serial unit |
| 1 x Atomic Windows Appliqué |
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Lian Li PC-60 Aluminum Case
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The Lian-Li PC-60 case arrived at my address one week after I placed my order a local supplier. I was suprised how
light weight the case packaging was and I had to double check to make sure everything that I ordered had arrived. Lian
Li really put some thought into the design of this case. Some of the stand out features include a removable slide out
motherboard tray, tool less entry via thumb screws, built in mini-fan bus, and removable snap off front bezel. This
stock case unfortunately did not include a PSU. A small disappointment for the amount of money paid for this case, but I would
remedy this stituation by using a spare PSU that I had from a secondary system.
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Click image for larger view
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The first task at hand was to install all my stock hardware and co-ordinate some black spilt loom with tie wraps for
all the cables throughout the case. Installation of all my components was done in less than 30 minutes and the last
picture displays the completed unit with my Motorola cable modem on top.
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