Lian Li Goes Nuts, Designs Crazy Looking Case
Lian Li Goes Nuts, Designs Crazy Looking Case
Posted 03/10/2010 at 8:00am
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Not everything being shown off at CeBIT will actually make it to retail, so we may never actually see Lian Li's PC-T1R chassis. Judging by the pictures, that might not be a bad thing.
Lian Li certainly found itself thinking outside the box on this one, perhaps a bit too far. At first glance, the PC-T1R looks like a gigantic metal spider, but that's not even the quirkiest part. What we can't wrap our heads around is why the oversized contraption only accommodates micro-ATX motherboards. The whole point of building a mATX system is to save space, but good luck stuffing the PC-T1R into your home theater cabinet or any other tight squeezes.
Misgivings aside, the PC-T1R also makes room for a hard drive, optical drive, and power supply. There's an on/off switch, and according to news and rumor site Fudzilla, should this make it past CeBIT, you'll be able to buy it in red or black for about $225.
More pictures here.
Image Credit: Fudzilla
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iamdrjones
March 10, 2010 at 7:02pm
Once again Maximum Pc is way behind every other news source, and doesnt bring accurate info to its readers.
Heres an article from engadget on February 10th http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/10/lian-li-masters-pc-chassis-marketing-gets-our-attention-with-t1/ explaining that the case is meant as a microITX benchmarking case for fast access. Not exactly inteded for end users.
Between this, 5 month old dragon age reviews and way to many stories about isps, cell phones, and google, maximum pc really has nothing to do with "maximum pcs" anymore.
bingojubes
March 10, 2010 at 3:21pm
so that is a cool "case" and all, but does the case come with all of those cathode lights? i hope they do, because by itself, the framing is pretyt plain. Digging all of the holes in the legs for possible cable management.
Havok
March 10, 2010 at 3:09pm
This thing looks like it just popped off the Cybran assembly line from Supreme Commander!
CLICK.
gendoikari1
March 10, 2010 at 6:45pm
I want an Aeon Galactic Colossus case.
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Spartacus
March 10, 2010 at 11:20am
even more wasted formfactor then mATX. Definitely won't be picking this montrosity up any time soon.
violian
March 10, 2010 at 11:08am
Hey, that's the FUN of PC-rigging and being a PC enthusiast - the case. It's all geek stuff, until you get to the case, where one could be imaginative and show their personality. I give props to Lian-Li for exploring cuz in the end, it'll only give us consumers the option of choosing. I just bought a Dremel set a month ago because I'm thinking of making some of my own ATX cases as a hobby during the summer to keep myself busy and entertained. It's gonna be out of this world.
nekollx
March 10, 2010 at 10:57am
am i seeing wrong...it's also open air?
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I Jedi
March 10, 2010 at 9:57am
@ other poster
Yes, it does look like a Replicator from Stargate
Anyways, I would love to have that as my PC case setup. That thing is banging. It's too bad that it doesn't support full ATX motherboard systems, as I would honestly consider it for my next build later this year.
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