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Lian Li's PC-Z70B is a smooth chassis

By David Hollingworth
12:03 Aug 1, 2011
Tags: lian | li | pc-z70b | pc | case | chassis | hardware | first | look | preview
Lian Li's PC-Z70B is a smooth chassis
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Verdict:
Great at first glance.
 
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Gallery: We have a peek inside Lian Li's new light fantastic chassis, the PC -Z70B. How does it stack up to the brand's classic cases of yore?

Atomic has a long and passionate history with Lian Li. We've always loved the company's beautiful brushed aluminium chassis since the very launch days of the mag, and one of our earliest covers featured a Lian Li case frozen into a solid block of ice. Since then, we've always looked forward to each new iteration of case design, and with few examples, pretty much loved them all.

The new PC-Z70B (the 'B' is for black, not bargain) is part of the new Diamond series, and features a metric butt-tonne of fans. The case is light, has hotswaps for every HDD bay, some of the best tool-less fastening mechanisms on the planet (in our ever humble opinion, anyway), and looks imposing to boot.

Here's the raw specs. Click through for our gallery, and keep an eye out in an upcoming issue for our review.

Model
 PC-Z70 
 
Case Type
 Full tower chassis 
 
Dimensions 
 (W) 220mm x (H) 600mm x (D) 592mm 
 
Front bezel Material
 Aluminum + Plastic 
 
Color
 Black / Silver 
 
Side Panel
 Aluminum 
 
Body Material
 Aluminum 
 
Net Weight 
 8.8KG 
 
5.25" drive bay (External)
 3 
 
3.5" drive bay (External)
 None 
 
HDD bay
 3.5” HDD (Sata hot swap) x 9 / 2.5” HDD x 2 
 
Expansion Slot
 11 
 
Motherboard
 HPTX / EATX / ATX / M-ATX 
 
System Fan (Front)
 120mm Fan x 3 
 
System Fan (Top)
 140mm Fan x 2 
 
System Fan (Rear)
 120mm Fan x 1 
 
I/O Ports
 USB 3.0 x 2 / USB 2.0 x 1 / e-SATA x 1 / HD Audio 
 
Maximum Video Card Size
390mm
 
Package Dimensions
(W) mm x (H) mm x (D) mm
 
Gross Weight
KG

 

 
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