Good news for would be Lian Li A17 buyers!

[Roch]

I got mine from Performance PC's in the US, they're one of the few US companies that'll ship to the UK using standard postage and not DHL etc, the postage is suprisingly good value, for example, it was cheaper for me to buy two fans (which they sleeved and converted to standard fan tail) from them and have them posted from Florida than it was buying the stock fans from the uk!

[Jupiler]

I bought mine here

http://www.pc-cooling.de/Gehaeuse/Li...+Netzteil.html

and payed 8.50€ shipping to Belgium, which is really cheap.
For you, UK would have been 16.60€, which is fair too.
I've been dealing with them for several years now and never had any complaints.
Excellent customer service too.
Bought it last thuesday around 1:00 PM, payed by CC and 3 hours later, the case was shipped.
But that's off-topic.

Anyway,
I'm almost done with mine, need to finish some small things.
But this is how it looks ATM

[Sparky]

I don't know which model of HD's he's using, but my Samsung SP2504C won't fit if I wanna install it the same way like he did.
The HD is 2.6 cm thick (like most ones) and if I want to install it the same way, I'm forced to move it a couple of cm towards the motherboard tray, so that I'll still be able to close the right side panel.

Distance between front bay and side panels = 2.5cm.

Looks like he has the same drives as I have for my primary drive, Seagate's newer 250GB slim single platter drive. Very unique idea of mounting, never would have thought about doing that.

[Jupiler]

Which model exactly, if you don't mind?

[jmmtn4aj]

Exactly how does putting the rad in front work? Won't the fans push the heat radiated back into the case?

[aoch88]

I don't think the water is that hot and as long as you have fans, it'll be alright.

Btw, a 2 x 120mm rad would be a better fit because you can then have your DVD ROM or whatsoever on the bays at the top.

[Roch]

Looks great Jupiler!

[ante_ante]

Yea really a nice build. Planing to swap out my A71B for this case. Want a bit smaller case but same coolingperformance. So probably i will use my PA120.3 or buy a PA120.2 to the front

[kadozer]

Nicely done Jupiler, that is the cleanest Lian Li I have seen. I cant see any wires or cables. Does the case come with those slotted pci brackets?

[Jupiler]

Thx for the comments.

Yes, those slotted brackets are standard.

After finding out which Seagate model they were (ST3250410AS), I bought me one.
Very light compared to my Samsung SP2504C, faster and more quiet too.
I installed the HD the same way TheThreeDegrees did and it fits nicely.

By doing this, I was able to place the rad on the bottom of the case, resting on a piece of foam so it won't scratch the bottom.
I then used some thick pieces of foam between both sides of the rad and the front cage, so it stays nicely in place without having to use any screws or so.
Fancontroller is installed in the top with DVD-RW right under it.

[daze]

Whats ur temp reading with 120x2 rad???
feel like change to this casing too...
but it look like with Lian Li mounting. it give enough clearance to mount some HDD benhind the Rad...right??? if using only push fan config from front...