Looks nice and a fantastic all rounder, however manufacturers listen: STOP putting glass on the cable management side! It adds very little value but increases the cost, weight and fragility of the unit as a whole
I wanted to thank my roommate for helping me build my first gaming pc and helping me with all of my accessories. He never asked for a dime the whole time so overheard him talking about this case so I brought him the rgb one $169. It should be here Friday 😁 can't wait to see his face.
I own the Lian Li lancool 2 mesh going 2 years now, and i dont feel like changing case yet. I recently cleaned my PC and i just remember how easy and convinient it is to build in this case. If i ever feel the need to change cases, it would most likely be a Lian Li case again.
@@TatsuyaWow I actually just cleaned once HAHAHA. But yeah dust would be the only problem, but it is managable. You can clean the front fans easily because the bracket is removable by just 2 screws. However i can confirm that my temps are amazing! I only have 1 exhaust as of the moment but im planning to upgrade some of the parts this year.
@Bona Seriously, in appealing to watercooling fanatics with the 360mm and 420mm support they've bloated the case's size, weight, and price. Reducing it to the Lancool 2 Mesh's size and keeping all of the new features would result in a nearly flawless case.
Literally have had it for over 3 years now. Glad I done my research on the best PC cases. Lian li lancool 2 mesh was certainly an amazing purchase. Didn’t even need to purchase extra fans as the ones that come with the case are perfect. Temps on gpu and cpu are amazing.
I love my LianLancool 2 Mesh with my 6 Uni-Fans! Has Amazing air flow! Can see the need for a bigger case for a 3090 or some easier custom water cooling! But not an enough "upgrade" to get this new one. Would still recommend the 2 Mesh or 3 if you need an amazing air cooled case!
Lian Li is the best case company hands down, I got a cheap 205 Mesh and it has everything I need and also came with 2 140 ARGB fans on the front and 1 120 ARGB on the back, with a fan and argb controller installed and pre-routed. It's amazing.
@@Jsteeeez yeah I was nervous about fitting a 3080 and dust build up but I was pleasantly surprised was able to fit the 3080 and only clean it every 6 months
I like my mesh II better. I like the full angled mesh front over the next smaller flat face only mesh. I don't need the 20% larger case. The II fits plenty of huge air coolers and large water cooling solutions and 3090 options. I love the Lancool II Mesh with my Ryzen 5950W which is currently overclocked on a huge aircooler. Might move to AIO cool just to see my Dark Hero motherboard more. lol.
This case looks so damn amazing! They took all the innovative features from the past 5-6 years and put them in this case. That swappable front panel is especially cool! I would never have my front IO at the bottom, but still a cool idea for customization. I'm blown away at this price point, too, especially considering that they include 4 fans at the high end.
Seriously, almost every checkbox has been checked off. A full complement of 140mm fans, almost all fan mounting surfaces are removable for easy installation of fans (all of which support 140mm fans), radiator support is addressed with additional space available for offset mounting/radiator thickness, a ridiculous amount of storage positions, modular storage mounts in the shroud (which is now easily removable entirely, see Techsource), swappable front IO, two different cable routing velcro straps for smaller/larger cables, a sliding panel to make it easier to route cables to the motherboard. You're not kidding when you said this is basically the end-game for midtower cases. I guess Lian Li could make a version with 2 200mm and 1 140mm in the back.
I run an all air cooled system in my Lian Lancool 2 Mesh with 9 Case fans, 6 of them Uni-Fans and my 3080 Asus TUF never goes over 65°C, definitely recommend!
Yeah, seeing the temperatures and performance figures from Lancool 2 Mesh owners is always impressive. The components basically have no chance of getting toasty.
love how easy the fan brackets are to work with in this one. also the cable covers in the back for that extra clean look are nice but I think I'd be willing to sacrifice those and the back glass for a cheaper price
Great video, I love my Lancool 2 mesh and I never thought I'd need a bigger case. I'm sure the bigger 3 would be way easier for a custom loop. That cable management bar on the 3 is a cool feature. Also havinng a way to open the glass from the front is good but it seems like an flimsy clip.
I have the White RGB Lancool II Mesh, and I modded my case to address some of the small shortcomings that I felt this case had. The Lancool III touches up on so many things I felt the Lancool II Mesh needed. Space for front x3 140mm fans. The case technically had the space for it, just not in the way they implemented it. Un-meshed air-gap under the front panel, such a mystery why it was there. I 3d printed a spacer to block this off. I used a door draft stopper to fill the gaps where the cables route through on the motherboard panel. The grommets do this in the III. The sliding mechanism is a nice touch. More space for shroud fans, but also the ability to move it forward to better match with the front of the case. I removed the flat panel the II has, and replaced it with a mesh. Removable HDD cages. I drilled out the rivets to the mounts for my II. There are so many places to put 2.5" already, I don't need them at all. I assume the USB-C front panel cable is included this time? The II doesn't fit a radiator at the top too very well, as there is not enough gap. The huge and removable panel at the top of the III is great. Done away with the magnetic mesh, I just removed mine on the II. The lever to open the side panels are so nice, I wouldn't need my makeshift pull tabs 140mm back exhaust fan, can never have too much when you can have 6 intake fans. The ability to mount the front panel IO to the bottom, absolutely perfect for my current setup, as I have set my PC on a shelf. You can open the cable management panels without flipping down the bottom mesh panel, that always annoyed me in the II. The bottom two mesh panels are removable, I have bent the bottom panels or nearly have so many times while building and modding my II. More air vents for exhaust in general. The button releasable mounting for the front fan cage. I didn't like the small thumb screws that were never really thumb-able due to their positioning in the II, even though the cage was flexible and helpful as a whole. This list just keeps going and going. They have nailed the details on all those little things that I wanted my II to have. The III has those and more. I like my II, but I have to say I have case envy now. I enjoyed modding my case to touch up on things, but the III just goes further, and I am really considering this as an upgrade.
same.. the production style and quality is super high but quantity has become super low. Maybe Dmitri found some other better ways of income along with it so laid off on this a bit.
@@FirestormX9 production quality is one thing. But for me the main reason for those videos being so good is that all important aspects of the cases and their possibile drawbacks are covered well.
@@grzegorz_iwan_ivanov yeah they definitely are. Although GN do very good case reviews as well on that front and it's really difficult to surpass their level of detail in testing as a tech journalist. But for some reason, HWC just went super inclined into SFF cases and such and then on just kind of tapered off. I'd love more review videos by HWC of other cases as well but I dunno, I don't feel they have the motivation anymore for reasons unknown to me right now.
Wow. This seems like a bit of a leap forward in case design. So many cool little features packed in. Would definitely jump on this case if I was building.
Bought a new case (Corsair 4000x) less than a a month ago and if I knew about this one I would have bought this one .. so impressed with all the engineering that went into this thing.
I ironically have had a first gen Lancool 2 for 2-3 years now, I've recently bought tons of parts to upgrade including a Hybrid 3090 Ti FTW3 that has a whopping 360mm rad and I was browsing eBay and found a brand new open box black Lancool 2 and bought it for $85 lol.... and now just pre-ordered this. I can understand OG people not feeling a need to upgrade from their Lancool 2's because IMO it's an imaculate case and will go down in the hall of fame IMO. I currently have a i7-8700k, 32gb TridentZ 4000mhz CL14, Hybrid 3080 FTW3 and a 280mm Capellix LCD cpu AIO with a total of 10 fans the layout and everything is fabulous and it stays very cool. The RGB strips for the Lancool 2 are the most gorgeous strips I've ever owned and I ended up buying two more along with a USB-C cable for the black one that in the mail haha. If you are in need of a Black or White original Lancool 2 in great like-new condition with accesories hit me up! I will sell one or the other! Can't wait for the lancool 3!
I can honestly say that Lian Li has come such a long way and surpassed all other case manufacturers with there genius designs and engineering. The quality is superb and its so simple to use while still looking very sleek. Kudos to them
Yeah, I remember them back in the early 2000s as being that company with the fucking ridiculously expensive, impractical PC cases. Seeing what they are now is pretty damn impressive.
Im still currently using the Lancool II Mesh Performance its actually an amazing case for the price this one looks like its going to be absolutely nuts for airflow as well
They're not that close to the HDDs, and none of the Lancool 2 Mesh owners have reported issues with the HDDs (which had a cage even closer to the magnets) for the past 2 years.
This looks FANTASTIC. Especially for a first time builder like me, im so glad that i didnt jump on the first case i saw and ive only bought my RAM, storage, PSU and CPU cooler first before the case, mobo, CPU and GPU. Giving myself time to think and research the bigger ticket items with larger pricetags! I was trying to find the cheapest case but then realized i don't want to get the cheapest! Loved this video - I'm sold! 🙌
Finally a case that supports more than 2HDDs and it's not a homungous full tower one. This one is perfect for what I need. I can't believe I spent so many days looking for cases and when I gave up this video appeared in my feed. And wow, working on it looks so easy, which is the only complain I have about the Cooler Master NR600, which has great airflow, a lot of room for big components... but they set the board mounting holes too close to the top, making it really difficult to route the CPU power cable and any top fan ports in the board, and also there's barely a usable gap between the board panel and the back panel, making cable management considerably harder.
lain li is being really innovative not only on their cases but also on their fans, the fact that you can use 4 RGB fans at the same time and power all of them just by snapping them together and only using 2 cables is brilliant FOR CABLE MANAGEMENT. I think I found my new favorite case, I was debating on getting the new NZXT H7 FLOW, but after watching this video I just gotta go with the new LIAN LI CASE. GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS
While I officially joined the Lian Li family with the Dan A4 H20, I'm still happy too see improvements to it' s bigger ATX brothers. Hopefully we see such iterations for ITX later down the line.
Great case, but I'd love to see a version with a steel panel on the right hand side. There wouldn't be any need for internal cable covers, if there weren't a glass panel on that side. Even better, a steel panel on the other side as well with a meshed cut-out so that the graphics cards can directly exhaust hot air out of the side of the case. Final wish: The option to place the power supply vertically on the other side, so that it does not interfere with air-intake.
Nice review but, I would've like to have seen at least a mock build out with some of the larger radiators placed in the top and front in order to get a better idea of what custom loop or AIO setups would work well with this larger Lancool model...with all that being said I can't wait to build in this new version of Lian Li's Lancool series of cases as I've already built rigs in 4 others (2 in the non-mesh and 2 in the Mesh models).
Thanks for review! As I see, this is an ultimate case for perfectionists :)) I'm totally inspired by LIAN LI, their way of constructing and engeneering design!
Just rewired my lancool 2 for upgrade. Tempted to go ahead and get this just for that removable top allowing easier access to the cpu power pins ( lancool 2 has decent clearance, but my motherboard is hard to work with).
@@joshuad6553 :) same exact thing, reaching the fan or cpu pwr header is essentially impossible once it's in the case. I'm using a big noctua air-cooler which makes it even worse. Good luck! :)
Lol I just bought Lancool II Mesh, like a week ago, and then this one comes out… Really nice improvement, every cool feature of Lancool II looks to be cranked up to 11. Although mine was significantly cheaper (and I didn’t intend to spend more than $120 on a case) so it doesn’t feell like missing out much. Great review, thank you!
If I needed an ATX case, I’d definitely look at this. This seems like the upgraded version of Silverstone’s RL06, which I love for one of my computers since it has great airflow capability. Triple 140mm fans is very nice.
Lian Li, I think I hate you. The best I could find when i was well enough to rebuild my PC, was the Lancool 2 without mesh. If only I still had the strength I would buy this today and swap everything over. It is near perfection. Everything that I could want in a PC case. Lian Li you rock! I am green with envy over anyone who has this case.
I have had a Lancool 2 from launch... and I recommended it to 4 of my friends who also built in it and I/We can safely say that we feel like we have the best case out of everyone we know. I bought the Mesh upgrade panel for £20 and added a pack of LL120's and it is basically Superstar quality!! If I needed a New case for a build... grab a Lancool 2 Mesh or The Lancool 3 in a heartbeat guys!! Its just too damn Good!!!! Much Love
Just bought the 2 Mesh Performance 2 days ago for my new build. Guess I'll have to wait to check this out when I eventually decide to do a custom loop.
I got this case this year for my new rig. And not to toot my on horn but I will toot my own horn... Damn I made a good choice looks so good and it was so easy to build in and it's soild as a rock.
Born to excel - I KNEW this would happen, but I still laughed out loud. 😄 Shracket - Guys, this is a good amount of humor. Back to topic, the case is good, really good...
Nice case. Is that Canadian pricing? I really wish they would sell cases with no fans. I much prefer to choose my own fans. As we all know, RGB is more and more about echo systems, so purchasing a case with pricy fans can be a waste of money. Drop $30 off the price of the case and let me shop for fans and RGB that I prefer. I would trade my Meshify 2 XL for one of these.
Sad to see that the option for a sata backplane on the 3.5" bays was seemingly removed, plus they switched from 3 stacked vertically to 2 2x caddies side by side, eating up more room for extra PSU wires. I really, really wish they would have an option on their lancool cases to get a metal side panel instead of the wasted glass that shows you metal covers underneath. It would cost less to ship and would probably reduce material cost as well.
Corsair needs to take notes lol. I wish I could switch but I got a custom flight case for my 5000X case. I literally need someone to cut a hole for my power supply can display voltage and all that stuff.
Now if the manufacturers of cases would allow the ability to have the mother board side on the right side instead of the left. Steel cases are a pain to carry them to the repair shop. :) Thank you and have a great week.
would have been nice if you actually mounted rads in there to show if it could support 3x360mm's. You're reviews are already so detailed its about the only thing missing
Why is no case reviewer talking about noise levels? Thermals and noise are the two most important things about a case. Besides that, a wonderful review. Overall, a promising case. There are flaws, however. My points of criticism for that case are: I do not like the trend of glass covers. I don't want to show off PC internals. Furthermore, I don't want all of those lights inside the PC to flood my room at night. I want a case that is completely covered. Unfortunately, Lian Li does not offer any replacement parts whatsoever in that regard (other manufacturers like Corsair do). The glass adds only weight, price and fragility to the case. Lastly, I am not a fan of the weird doors, hinges and how the case opens, at all.
