OK guys, I have made some minor changes in the last post and adding this as a new post. Those who have missed the first part can check here:-
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/over...ml#post1416419
Internal Features:-
To gain access to the cabinet, simply remove a couple of thumb screws holding the side panels. Inside, you will see all the standard features that any case worth its salt should have these days – a fairly large cutout near the CPU socket, cable routing cutouts, tool-less drive installation, all black interior etc. But some nice touches and innovations have been added by Lian-Li to make this case stand out. Firstly, the SMPS sits on a couple of rubber spacers comfortably without causing any vibrations. And do I mention that the PSU can be installed without any screws? Just before the SMPS bay there's two rows of holes where you can insert the cable clamp to clean up your cable clutter.
Then comes the tool-less PCI locks. These are extremely high quality aluminum locks which hold any expansion cards, including larger graphics cards pretty tightly. The lock mechanism are for the first seven PCI slots. The eighth one is held with the help of a thumbscrew. So although this is a mid tower, I guess it would happily take three graphics card on a compatible motherboard. By the way, I have only one right now and my board supports only two.
For 5.25” external bays, the top two of the five are screw-less. These are also pretty tight and can hold your optical drives, fan controllers etc. without much problem. In case you feel them a bit shaky, a single screw at the backside will make it firm at its position.
Below the five external drive bays is the hard drive cage with four drive bays with option for both 3.5” & 2.5” disk drives. The cage is secured with a single screw at top and a couple at the bottom. You can unscrew them, then release the thumb screw and the gate from the side, rotate the cage 90° to specific mount points so that the hard drives face the front fan directly, secure the cage with the screws and install and secure the gate. This might aid in cooling of the hard drives but may also increase cable clutter.
The drive trays are made of solid steel and you can remove them only by loosening the thumbscrew at the left side and raising the lock.
Here you can see a drive bay up close. It has four rubber mounts which slides in the drive bay for tool-less and silent operation. There's four marked area to use the anti-vibration rubber pads shown earlier. To install a drive just clip open the two wings from bottom, place the drive with the connectors facing at the right and lock the clips back to place. Very simple as usual and highly effective as can be seen below:
For 2.5" drives you have to use screws though.
Coming to the other side, we can see the front panel cables pre-routed with the help of a small cable tie. All the cables are fairly long so you should not have any problems. As you can figure out, a little bit more spacing at this side would have been more helpful for easier cable routing. In my case, with everything stashed at a hurry, it needed some force to get the side panel closed.
One thing I didn't pictured, the power LED connector is 3-pin wide and the center pin is not used. Modern motherboards generally have a 2-pin connector for the power LED. This means you have to split the connector to use it. Currently I am simply not using this.
One last picture of the CPU cutout area before I move on to the installation part. As you can see the top fans are nowhere to be seen so fairly large aftermarket CPU coolers can be installed without sacrificing top exhaust fans. Above the CPU area are two small cutouts for cable routing. You can route the motherboard 8-pin connector through this although that would test your patience and skill. In my case, I had to use the smaller left hole and had to split the connector and even then it was an ordeal with the N620 already installed. With no CPU cooler, you might get it a bit more easily. Besides there's seven rows of holes where you can put the small clamp or purchase and install additional clamps if you need them.
Installation:-
Sorry guys but there will less pictures in this part. I am not a professional you know
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1. I started with the SMPS, the Corsair HX750. Just placed the PSU on the rubber stands and align it properly against the rear panel. Then placed the PSU bracket into its slot, pushed and locked the bracket to its place t secure it. And believe me, the SMPS was completely unmovable. I tried to shake it by its cables but it simply won't budge. Frankly speaking, you can actually use this mechanism for transportation also although Lian-Li doesn't recommend it.
2. After that I installed the DVD writer by simply unlocking the bar of the top external bay and sliding the drive in place aligning with the holes and locking the bar. A nice click means its been hold in place but not to my liking. Being an optical drive, I don't want it to create slightest of vibrations so just put a screw at the back side. For you, it might be unnecessary though.
3. Installation of hard drives was simple as well as described earlier. One the drives had been mounted to the bay, it was just needed to slide in the appropriate place on its rubber mounts, the gate pushed down and the screw tightened to secure everything in place.
4. Next up was the motherboard and I got it out of my old cabinet with CPU (with N620) and RAM installed and aligned it with the fixed points on my K62. After that the nine motherboard thumb screws were fastened to secure it to the motherboard tray. You are advised to use the long screws at hard-to-reach areas of the motherboard.
Here's a couple of photos taken from the top after the installation of the motherboard:-
And these two just to see the fan glow:-
5. To install the PCI cards, all you have to do is to open the aluminum latches, remove the vented PCI slot brackets, push the cards into place and close the latches to secure the card. As per user feedback, large graphics card might create some problem in this mechanism but my 6950 went in just smoothly. My TV Tuner gave me a tough time though. Something's just inexplicable.
6. Finally, the power connectors and all other connectors. And cable management. Which is still an unfinished job. And then power up. And then... so far so good.
Bye for now. Will come back with temperature readings, and about the pros and cons of the case that I experience and of course, more pics.
My Lancool K62 Cabinet - Unboxing and Installation
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