Lian Li & Dan Cases A3 mATX Case - Only $70! | Tech SKIT | Review | Budget Build

what the heck is this box doing here and there's nothing inside of it interesting dude stop what you're doing lean Lee and Dan cases did a collab together on this PC case and we're going to take a look at it get that thing on the workbench now dude give me the details on the case all right all right chill out a little bit excuse Le and Lee and Dan cases A3 so let's take a good look at the exterior so we've got a solid front panel the backside panel is completely mesh the top is completely mesh the rear has a ton of ventilation then the front side panel is also mesh then we've got some rubber feet on the bottom looks like it gives plenty of room for air flow through the bottom then the front IO consists of two USB type A ports we've got a power button we've got a headphone jack and a microphone Jack and then a USB type c [Music] and the best part it says dan on the case well duh it's a collab with Dan cases anyways so I went ahead and I removed all of the panels for the case so we can take a better look at this bad boy and the first thing I want to talk about is this side bracket so it can be easily removed with a screw on this side which I've already removed and then a screw on this side which I've already removed then you can just grab the bracket pull up and then pull out then you can fit up to three fans on this thing you can fit varying size radiators you can leave it in the build or you can actually leave it out depending on what you want to do so let's take a look at the case itself so it's going to fit Micro ATX size motherboards and it has horizontal GPU support here are slots right here for the GPU down here we've got all of of our front IO cables the back can fit one 120 mm fan the top can fit up to three fans and varying size radiators and the bottom can fit up to three 120 mm fans in the back we have this storage caddy which can be placed in multiple positions positions on the side and on the front so there's multiple positions you can place it and it will fit two 2.5 in drives and then as far as additional storage support you can fit another SATA 2.5 in drive down here so the really interesting thing about this case is depending on the size of your power supply and where the bracket for the power supply is placed will determine how many fans you can run on the top on the bottom and on the side bracket and it will also determine what length GPU you can run hm interesting it really is so lean Lee is recommending an sfx L sized PSU or sfx you can run an ATX sized PSU but you're going to be limited to a max length of 140 mm so for this demonstration I rein installed the side bracket with the two screws that hold it in and right now the PSU bracket is mounted on the front in the highest position and the drive caddy is mounted on the side in the lowest position and both brackets are held in with two screws each in which I have removed for this demonstration so the drive caddy I'm just going to pull up and out and both the brackets utilize the slide mechanisms as well so they slide into the case then they're secured with the two screws and one thing I I should mention is that both brackets cannot be mounted on the same side at the same time so if the PSU bracket is on the front the drive caddy is going to be on the side and vice versa so as far as positioning goes right now the PSU bracket is at the highest like I was saying so because it's at the highest it's going to interfere with how many fans and what size radiators we can run at the top and the side because there is very minimal room between each of these brackets and our GPU is going to sit about right here so the bracket does not interfere with what length GPU we can run but if we place the PSU bracket let's say right here we have much more space on top so we can fit up to three fans and varying size radiators there's still minimal room between each of these brackets and now the PSU bracket is interfering with our GPU length so we're limited on what length gpus we can run but if we Mount the PSU bracket on the side in the top position there is a very large gap right here between the PSU bracket and the side bracket so we can fit varying size radiators in up to three fans we're limited on the top and then our GPU once again is going to sit about right here so we're not limited on GPU length but if we put it right here on the side once again we have a ton of room on the top we have a ton of room on the side but now we are limited on GPU length again so there are a ton of different combinations so I'm going to go ahead and leave some information down below about each specific scenario that's a pretty cool feature so the best part about the lean Lee and Dan cases A3 is that it's only $70 USD you can purchase a vertical GP Q mounting kit as well for it and then you can also purchase a glass side panel and I think for this build that we're about to do this is the route that we're going to go dang 70 bucks is pretty good I think it's time to finally build in this thing [Music] what the [Music] [Music] what the [Music] [Music] H what the [Music] [Music] [Music] what the [Music] what the [Music] what the [Music] all right I'm back did you finish the build dude that looks so good yeah I did finish the build and once again I had to do all of the work myself oh boohoo give me a rundown on the build well aren't you a meany head anyways here is the finished build in all of its glory and because this case is only $70 USD I wanted to stick to more of the budget side of things for all the components and I was able to keep this to around $1,150 us s d and for how it turned out and how it's performing I think I did extremely well in picking all the parts I'll go ahead and list out all the components down below if you want to check them out for yourself but I only had a few things in mind when doing this build I really didn't want to deal with any fan controllers or any RGB controllers and I just wanted to use the motherboard's BIOS to set fan speeds and I wanted this system to be quiet because this is most likely going to end up as a uh entertainment unit out in my living room so I'll show you the back side of it got our PSU fan facing outward back of the motherboard with the stock am5 backing plate so as far as the build goes we'll start off with the fans so I've got three 120 mm fans at the bottom and these are all intake got 120 mm fan in the rear and then two 120s on the top and the top and the rear are all exhaust so we've got some neutral pressure and then we've got 120 mm fan on our Tower air cooler which I think looks great it's kind of like a slick black look and I think it matches the theme of the build really well we got our sfxlxdzlf1q and I'll show you what this looks like with the glass side panel yeah let's see it with the glass side panel so what did you like about this case so here is the A3 with the glass side panel and honestly I think either way looks great with either the mesh or the glass I guess it depends on the build and where it's going to end up and as far as what I liked about this case I love that it's only $70 I think it's going to make for some fantastic budget build builds or some really high-end builds depending on what you want to do I love the flexibility of this case with being able to mount the power supply in a ton of different locations and based off that location we'll change how many fans you can run on each side how many radiators you can run I think that's really cool and gives you a ton of options and obviously I love how the case looks I love the smaller form factor I love the mesh panels all the way around I think it's very Sleek looking and will'll probably end up as an entertainment system out in my living room then honestly I was blown away by the performance so these stock am5 CPUs definitely run warm under a benchmark this one hit about 90° C under a benchmark but with some tweaks in the Bios the max temperature I hit was 76 which is absolutely fantastic and then ing game the highest temperature I saw was about 62 so ran super cool with this Tower cooler and the performance really didn't change between the mesh in the glass and then the GPU the max temperature I saw was 60° C it's getting a ton of fresh air from the bottom is there anything that you disliked about this cas case so overall my experience in this case was great I did run into a few hiccups along the way the first one being that the power supply I originally wanted to mount on the front but the CPU cable from the power supply would not reach the top left of the motherboard to plug in so because of that I had to mount the power supply on the side and that EPS cable still just barely fits from the power supply to the top left section the motherboard so depending on what PSU you go with and how long the cables are and where you mount it are all going to be factors the second bit of critique I have is and I know this is a small case to begin with but cable management is very tricky especially if you're planning on running three fans at the bottom the front I/O cables are very difficult to route as you can see they're kind of being bashed up against there with the front fan so depending depend on what you're running is going to make Cable Management a bit tricky and then also these bottom fans are very close to the motherboard so plugging in all of the motherboard connections at the bottom are going to be a bit tricky so if you're a first-time Builder this case may be a bit tough but if you've built one or two it shouldn't be no problem just take some really thought out routing to get it right let's get a full view of the build with with the setup

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Length: 16min 43sec (1003 seconds)

Published: Wed May 22 2024