Lian-Li LANCOOL 215 Midi-Tower - ARGB, Tempered Glass, schwarz

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Hinge doors on the tempered glass and drive bays makes removing dust and maintaining the PC completely toolless. To be honest I just can't think of any bad points about the case. It is quite heavy due to being mostly made out of aluminium but I think that's a good thing. The price is great considering the included fans and premium feel on everything. I just love everything about the case, even the looks are nice. With two 200MM fans mounted outside of the frame, you still have enough room to front mount a 360 AIO radiator to benefit from the ultimate cooling scenario. Don’t worry about the fan screws, they won’t interfere with the radiator. Underneath the PSU shroud is room for large power supplies, along with space for one 3.5 inch drive and another 2.5-inch or 3.5-inch drive above the 3.5-inch slot. Cooling

Given that Lian Li is working with another company to manufacture this case, an interesting point is that they’ve still made an effort to make this case fit in with the rest of the Lancool line rather than buying a generic ready-made case off the shelf. The shape of the front panel, the shroud-top fan mounts, and the lighting in the front panel seem likely to be elements that Lian Li has designed specifically for this case as part of the Lancool family. There are some really good things about this case, and a few issues that popped up as well – so without further ado, I’ll get to it. As we’ve already mentioned, it’s impossible to rearrange the 200mm fans within the case, and it’s hard to imagine a scenario where replacing them makes sense. Therefore, we mostly limited ourselves to our standard set of tests, and two additional tests with a 120mm ID-COOLING fan turned down to approximately 1200RPM. For the first, we removed the top filter and positioned the fan as top exhaust in the rearmost slot. For the second, we positioned it as intake on top of the PSU shroud in the frontmost slot. The shroud-top mount further towards the rear of the case is better positioned to directly cool the GPU die, but this mount is practically flush with the surface of the power supply, making it useless. CPU TortureThe bottom filter is unusually large for a case that has a PSU shroud, covering the entire floor of the case at approximately 40cm x 16cm. For the most part that’s a positive, but there are two problems with it that other cases have already solved: first, it’s a rear-eject filter, so taking it out for cleaning will require pulling the case out at least 40cm away from whatever is behind it. Secondly, the rails for the filter are bulky and extend the full length of the case. They work well for their intended purpose, but they also form a skirt around the edges of the case that restricts airflow. The case legs are already stumpy at just under 2cm, and the plastic rails cut that space in half, so there’s a less-than-1cm gap for air at the bottom edges of the case. There’s a reason this matters: the PSU shroud is fully ventilated and has two 120mm fan mounts on top (one of which is unusable because of the power supply, but still), the case floor is fully ventilated, and even the HDD bay has perforations in its surface. The intent here was clearly to allow bottom intake, but the execution leaves something to be desired. For any users who want to try installing fans on the surface of the PSU shroud, we’d recommend finding a way to boost the case legs. Lian Li’s own Lancool II Mesh takes a similar approach with fan mounts on top of the shroud, but it has both more room for airflow underneath the case and plenty of ventilation along one side of the shroud. RGB fans are included and have great effects. They even handle yellow and purple well compared to other RGB lights I've seen. LANCOOL 215 features two pre-installed 200MM RGB fans and a 120MM fan, combining with mesh panels, honeycomb vents enable efficient ventilation

Pressing the LED button 3 seconds passes over the control of the LED lights to the motherboard, and press the button 3 seconds again to regain control of the lights.

The honeycomb vent design at the top, rear, and above the PSU chamber guarantee an abundant airflow is delivered to the interior components, optimizing the thermal management. The increase in the GPU delta was even smaller, up from 52 to 53 Celsius. That’s not much warmer than the P400A’s 52 Celsius average, but the Lancool II Mesh pulls ahead a little further at 51 Celsius average. Again, air-cooled CPU temperatures in the 215 are exceptional, while GPU temperatures are on the good side of average. Conclusion