News - Lian Li unwraps "simple and stylish" PC-A06F chassis

[groo]

So it does - I totally missed that. Wonder how they balance this out? Sounds like the "bag of cement in the boot" porsche handling pack to me (needs some weight in the front to balance it out)... The average (good) PSU is probably 2kg+, I think HDDs are around 700g and an optical drive is probably around the same. The weight of the CPU HSF is going to add more to the back-end too. Will be interesting to see what the reviews say about this.

Given that the there is a lot of case in front of the point where the PSU will stick out from, along with all the other weighty components of the PC (especially Heatsinks, GFX cards, and hardrives) I wouldn't have expected it would tip - it should be more than compensated for. Also, a PC doesn't tend to accelerate a lot or have torque applied at that point (unless you tend to take out your frustrations on your PC )

[Pob255]

From looking at the photo on the second page of the article (where the PSU is halfway sticking out) it looks like there are 3 settings - all the way in, half-way out, and almost all out (looks like there would be a few centimetres still within the case).

Oh yes . . . that looks turely insane.

[Funkstar]

Given that the there is a lot of case in front of the point where the PSU will stick out from, along with all the other weighty components of the PC (especially Heatsinks, GFX cards, and hardrives) I wouldn't have expected it would tip - it should be more than compensated for. Also, a PC doesn't tend to accelerate a lot or have torque applied at that point (unless you tend to take out your frustrations on your PC )

Indeed

The pivol point in going to be at the rear edge of the case, not half way along it, so you have the whole weight of the case, hard drives, opticals, motherboard, every other component and cable plus the CPU cooler balancing that oh so heavy PSU.

Man I wonder what kind of lap time the Stig would get from this case?

[malfunction]

Given that the there is a lot of case in front of the point where the PSU will stick out from, along with all the other weighty components of the PC (especially Heatsinks, GFX cards, and hardrives) I wouldn't have expected it would tip - it should be more than compensated for. Also, a PC doesn't tend to accelerate a lot or have torque applied at that point (unless you tend to take out your frustrations on your PC )

Indeed

The pivol point in going to be at the rear edge of the case, not half way along it, so you have the whole weight of the case, hard drives, opticals, motherboard, every other component and cable plus the CPU cooler balancing that oh so heavy PSU.

Man I wonder what kind of lap time the Stig would get from this case?

+1 arguing on the internet award... I wouldn't expect it to actually tip up either. I'm sure Lian Li have tested it out... It still seems odd though - in terms of weight balance and aesthetics - do you really want an appendage hanging out of the back of the case?

[groo]

The user manual confirms that there are "Three mounting points for adjusting the PSU position".

http://www.lian-li.com/v2/tw/product...anual/A06F.pdf

[Veyron]

If anybody is considering this case, as I was, the max CPU cooler height (including fan) is 60-65mm. hardwareluxx.de (German) review says 65mm, they're using a Zalman flower-type cooler.

I was thinking I could move the PSU up front, maybe in to the 5.25" bays as I'd only be using the top one. Not sure how to go about that though.