LIAN LI High Airflow Micro ATX PC Case, RGB Gaming Computer Case, Mesh Front Panel Mid-Tower Chassis with 2x140mm ARGB PWM Fans Pre-Installed, Tempered Glass Side Panel (LANCOOL 205M MESH, Snow)

case looks great, lots of open space, however cable management is kind of the killer for me. the back panel with the standard cables push hard on the back panel because of no cable management channels in the back of the case. but you can still make the case look good through the front side where all the hardware is . i give it a 3.75/5 stars just because of cable management.

This was my first time building a more compact pc, previous experience has been with the bigger towers that have a ton of wiggle room to work with inside I was impressed by the ease it was working in this, and even more impressed it can actually fit a 4090 (albeit just barely, were talking within a millimeter, but hey if it fits it sits). The cable management options are appreciated and well implemented. Glass panels look sharp. Easy recommendation.

I originally got this because of its sleek and stylish look. The flat surfaces and black color are a minimal and timeless design that no one else seems to be doing without charging $100+. The internal design is pretty standard. If youve built a PC before, then you know where everythings supposed to go and what the holes are all for. Unfortunately, this is where it gets bad. The spaces that they designate for the drives are so small and thoughtless that I have to wonder what rulers they were using to measure the case. For context, I had two 2.5 SSD drives and a 3.5 HDD drive I wanted to install. There are two spots for 2.5 drives on the back of the motherboard tray. One of these slots is underneath a side lip meant to mount the outer wall on and is impossible to get the drive in there to screw it on properly. I ended up not even bothering and just taped the second SSD onto a random spot in the case. Now for the more egregious part. The drive cage for the 3.5 drives was too small. In the pictures for this specific product, their cage looks fine (its the box thing next to the battery on the bottom). The one I got was a tight metal cage with a plastic tray squeezed in there to the point where the tray was permanently deformed. The plastic tray could be stretched to fit my HDD on it, but then it wouldnt slide into the cage as intended. What the hell? I definitely DO NOT want my hard drive wiggling around anywhere, and now I have nowhere to properly screw it onto the case. Two out of three drives are secured in place with a despicable amount of tape which shouldnt be needed in the first place. I have to say it again - what rulers did they use to measure this case? Are my drives supposed to be malleable pieces of crap just to fit them into this case? Overall, the hassle with the drives makes me doubt the integrity and tolerances for the rest of the case.

This is my 2nd Lian Li case and they never disappoint.

This chassis is beautiful, nice design. Have nice filters with magnets, easy to manipulate with. There are also many ways to arrange the fans inside. I give it 4 stars because the interior is not designed the best. There is separate compartment on the bottom for power unit and hard disks. The cover that separates it with the rest of chassis, has only two holes to use for moving cables around. Both are close to the motherboard (once installed), and one hole is really impossible to use since the power unit will cover it. Speaking of it, make sure you do not buy power supply with rgbs since the fan will be facing bottoms. Unless you lie the tower sideways, there is no use for rgb power supply. The rest of components were easy to install (motherboard, AIO, memory, gpu..)

I could not fit my power supply and the 3 1/2 drive bays at the same time without pinching the power connectors. Probably plays better with a modular power supply where you dont need to find room for unused power cables. Had to do a little metal bending for the motherboard IO plate to fit. Looks good, nice fans.

I have built around 100 PCs and most very cheap and this case doesn’t seem any nicer than the $50-60 ones from diy pc.

Super cool case literally. The design is great mine came with 3 pre installed fans with a hub for the rgb so it was just 2 connections to the motherboard and that was it for the cooling. I run star citizen in 2k and everything stays at 40°c I love this case it will last me a long time for sure!

So overall, this case is a pretty good one, and a pretty good upgrade from my H510 Elite Case. Here are some of the benefits of 205 Mesh. Pros: -A good amount of usb 3.0 and usb c ports in the front (an upgrade from my previous case) - Allows for good airflow, depending on how many fans you have installed - Although I changed the fans, they did come with a rgb controller and actually looks pretty good - A good amount of room for a large two fan gpu to fit - Also has a good amount of space in the back to add up a bunch of ssds and hdds Cons: - One if the major cons that really pissed me off (and almost made me return the case) was the radiator clearance. On the site, Amazon listing, and manual, it says that for aio radiator 280mm can fit to the front of the case. I’m telling you this right now it doesn’t. I had to change the orientation of my aio, which wouldn’t haven been bad if even at the top of the case my aio would barely fit. I have a b450 thomahwak max and a 280mm kraken cooler. There is literally no space up there and I had to maneuver it in a way where it could fit. Luckily it did, although I’m not sure for 240mm aios, I think you guys will face the same situation but have a better outcome. Other than the cooler situation, this case was pretty easy to build in. And deserves 4 stars. Warnings: -If you have a 3 fan gpu do not buy this case it will not fit -If you have a 280mm cooler, the only way you can orient the cooler in a functional way would be ontop.

Really a nice looking case with high material and build quality. Good texture - sort of pebbly so no fingerprints. Glass panel is thick and heavy (good), lots of case screws. Everything went together nicely and the cable management was just fine, if not overly extensive (velco straps included with the unit). The ONLY issue was that if you look at the photo of the back of the PC, youll notice that I had to cut away the strips of metal separating two of the card slot cutouts. I used an MSI B450-A Pro Max mobo, and Radeon RX580 XXX edition GPU. While annoying, this was easily solved, though perhaps not elegantly, with a pair of wire cutters in about 5 minutes. Nice case and Id recommend it to anyone that wants a little splash (white), but no bling (no RBG built-in). Perfect for my build.