Internal Views of Lian-Li PC-V2000B

Now let's open it up and see what this odd design is all about. When I turned the case around and tried to figure out the side panel I was a bit confused. Instead of the traditional 2 thumbscrews like on the PC-75B case there is only one at the top. Only one? What holds it together? Well, Lian-Li designed an ingenious sliding bar system to secure the side panels. Simply unscrew the thumbscrew and give it a pull. It won't come off….It's stays on the case. The slide latch slides back and the panel is then easily removed.

Fig. 4 ... Side Panel Removal

Now that we have it opened up, let's take a look inside:

Fig. 5 ... Open Side View

Case Features

Now we can see more of what Lian-Li was thinking with this design. It's all about the airflow. The front 120MM Adda fan brings cool air in over the hard drives and exits through the bottom of the case. The Power supply gets its cool air from the bottom of the case and exhausts warmer air out the rear. The Motherboard and CPU area gets it's intake of air through all of the front vent holes along the sides of the drive bays and the 120MM Adda fan takes it out the back.

One advantage I noticed with this design is that the exhaust fan is right behind the CPU and is pulling the hot air right out of the case. This case design has incredible cooling opportunities.

The hard drives slide in on special screws that are provided with the case. Just insert the screws and slide the drive in. Two plastic locks slide down to lock each drive into place individually. In my opinion, easier than rails to attach to the drives.

There is no removable motherboard tray in the V2000B but with all the room available it's only a minor annoyance. The vertical support you see above can be removed with 2 screws and 2 thumbscrews for easier access.

This support also has several plastic "Arms" protruding from it. They are there to support wiring. Once your video card is in place (Assuming you use a PCI-E card) these "Arms" support the power cord for the card so no downward pressure gets put on your expensive video adapter. If you use a card that does not require a power cord the support can be left out as there is no flex to the case without it.

It takes a little getting used to opening the right hand side of the case to access your components but it is a really great design for cooling. Cable management also needs some rethinking with the new design but all in all, I am very impressed.