Lian Li V2000B Plus II - oppinions?

[terente0081]

I want to upgrade my case. I currently own the CM Stacker 830. The case is FULL, lots of cables inside, also, the water cooling setup. Due to the PCI-e rails going into the video cards I cannot close the door with the 4x120mm fans. Therefore I run without it and my system runs hot.
I was looking at Lian Li V2000B Plus II case. It looks sweet, has lots of space, I can move the PSU and my 4 HDD's in the bottom section and lose alot of wires. That would improve airflow.
What do you think? What's the better option for me? Stay with the Stacker 830 or go with the V2000B? Which is the better of the 2 considering you have many components to cool? I know the Stacker 830 is great, for air cooling, but it handled the situation well until I got the 1100W Tagan PSU and needed to remove the 4 fans.
Do you think the extra space in the V2000B will help the components stay cooler?
Thanks

[cablesguy]

its very hard to say definitively...off hand i would say its very hard to beat the stacker in terms of cooling due to the available fan slots, but the LL does hv its advantages, a few things to consider,

the hdd's and psu are seperated frm the mainboard thereby removing 2 sources of heat frm the main components, therefore requiring less cooling,

the airflow is more directed in the sense that they only flow 1 way unlike the stacker

the psu space is big but would pose a problem for longer psu's, especially the >1kw's, im not sure of the dimensions of the tagan but if its similar in lenght to the silverstone olympia, it would be a very tight fit...just make sure its not modular

adding a LL ex34 would definitely improve the airlfow, as in my case

and i think it shud be less noisier seeing that its fully enclosed.

hope this helps

[jimmyz]

actually here is how the v2000b is set-up for airflow.
linky:http://www.performance-pcs.com/catal...ducts_id=20311



scroll to the bottom of the page and there is a flash animation.

btw i own one and it is awesome. but even as large as it is i have run out of room.

[Cracker]

I want one of these big Lian Li server cases. I love a huge case with plenty of room and lots of places for fans and drives.