Lian Li PC-A10 or PC-G70

[mwhals]

I have thread about cooling in the Lian Li G70; however, I have noticed the PC-A10 could work also. I just don't know how the two compare on cooling. I also have concerns about cables being jammed behind the PSU where the air flows into it (PC P&C Silencer 750). That is the one thing I have not liked about compartmentalized cases.

So, G70 or A10 is the question.

- DVD ROM
- DVD RV
- RH-48 SATA hot swap bay
- Internal card reader
- floppy drive
- 4 internal hard drives (2 of them WD Raptors)
- Asus P5B Deluxe
- Thermalright Ultra-120
- Saphire X1950 Pro or maybe a Geforce 8800
- Intel E6600
- 4 GB of RAM via 4x1 GB DIMMS
- possibly one other internal hard drive in the future

Mark H

 

[mwhals]

bump.

 

[Woofmeister]

Lian Li PC-A10 review here. Lian Li PC-G70 review here.

There are at least three other threads the Anandtech forums about the A10 and the G70 seems to be very popular on the Hard OCP Forums.

 

[mwhals]

Originally posted by: Woofmeister
Lian Li PC-A10 review here. Lian Li PC-G70 review here.

There are at least three other threads the Anandtech forums about the A10 and the G70 seems to be very popular on the Hard OCP Forums.

I've seen all the reviews and they both are great cases. I am just having a hard time choosing one for my proposed system. I'm leaning toward the G70, but don't know if it will cool as well as the A10.

 

[mwhals]

bump.

 

[Boyo]

The G70 is a better case for your needs. Believe me, try going to Performance-PCs and ask them for their recommendation and they will tell you the G70 too.

 

[mwhals]

I decided on the G70 as it is a little bigger and two PSUs in it won't be side by side, but in an area away from each other. I also like the fact it doesn't have a door. A door would be annoying when I want to do backups by swapping out SATA drives in the front SATA swap bay.

 

[Woofmeister]

A new Lian Li PC-A10 review here