LIAN LIO11 AIR MINI Black - High Airflow Compact Modular Tower Case

First thing to note about this case is the unconventional design, the case is divided into two halves, one side holds the mainboard and GPU and the other holds the PSU, drives and cabling. This means that the case dimensions are a little different to usual as it is lower than most cases (it's only a few centimetres taller than an ATX mainboard) and quite wide. The second thing is the quality, as usual with Lian Li cases, the case build quality is second to none. Fit and finish of the panels is exceptionally good and makes building in this unusual case a breeze. Designed for air-cooled rigs, you can easily fit a liquid-cooled setup in here as the case is extremely modular and allows for various different setups depending on your specific requirements. Although I am an experienced PC engineer with many years experience, building in this case was as straight-forward and easy as I've ever come across.

I have been building PC's since the 1980's, though not so much in the last decade. I remember when a good case was one where you didnt cut your fingers to bits. They have certainly improved and in recent years I have had no complains in general for cases costing half what this cost. This was actually a build using parts left over from my son's recent upgrades, but it was to sit on my desk and I wanted something a bit special, this looked like it may fit the bill.The 'Mini" in the title is clearly relative to some other case by the same manufacturer as it's actually rather large, but I like the cube like design and even though it's larger than I anticipated it's a object of beauty so I do not mind.This is an exquisite high quality product, seriously well thought out and as nice on the inside as on the outside. It occured to me that if Steve Jobs were alive and building a PC.. this is the case he would use, except of course he would remove or disable the fans! Actually the fans are very quiet in normal use, and under heavy load the design really does allow for exceptional airflow.The supplied hardware and manual are excellent also.My only gripe is that the box was damaged and resulted in a small dent in the side that I was able to remove, a bigger and stronger box would have better.. having said that, I live in Ireland and Amazon shipped this from Italy, so it was quite a journey.

I've added several extra* fans and running a fairly high TDP system (over clocked 5900X and RTX3080Ti on air cooling - NH-D15), but this thing performs really well. I also have two high spec NVME's, two SATA spindle drives and some notoriously hot memory (GSkill Trident 3600C14), so I think this must be at the limits of any AMD system could generate (Intel 11th and 12th green will run hotter though).If ambient temp is below 25C thermals all stay well within range (no throttling), even during extensive benchmarking and gaming... Ambient temp over 35C has caused some problems during prolonged gaming (CPU exceeding 80C).*Extra 140mm and 120mm lower intake and extra 150mm plus 120mm exhaust. Fans are all Noctua with peak speeds of 1200-1350rpm.Noise levels are very good, even compared to my old Corsair 330R Carbide (solid fronted noise suppression case), but I'm running it on Dynamic fan profiles (around 300rpm on all nine fans until CPU exceeds 50C), temps can be controlled by however much sir you want to flow and the noise will be mostly based on the quality of fans you add.I also have one of these cases running a Ryzen 7 2700X and GTX1660S, Scythe Fuma2 cooler and no extra fans - it's very quiet and at the same time, cool enough that I haven't been taking notes :)

This case is great for atx builds but I personally would not use an e-atx motherboard with it as I feel like there would be some clearance issues with the top and bottom mounted fans, also due to the smaller vertical height it is just quite a bit wider that a traditional case and is a bit expensive for the size and features but is very easy to build in and swap out parts due to the tool less panels and meshes andwould definitely recommend this case for anyone looking for good cooling in a smaller form factor 👍

This is a great little case that will fit a 4080 graphics card. Plenty of room to get a 240mm AIO in too. Keeps everything cool and working thanks to all the airflow the case affords. Included 140mm fans work well shifting plenty of cool air over my components.

It's been over 10 years since I took a apart a computer, and this was the first time I moved everything from one case to another, and it was a pretty easy process to get everything inside and organized on the caseDefinitely recomment to anyone looking for a smaller case to move their ATX computer in, since it has more than enough space for everything to fit confortable (ie: RTX 3070 3 fan model)

Came fast, very good qaulity and supports lot of fans and hardware and will definitely accommodate a larger gpu than my tiny 3060

A neat tidy ATX case with space to spare.

O gabinete e ótimo , várias opções de uso apesar de compacto suporta fonte ATX e placas mae ATX-E . Fora a qualidade do material superior ao meu ex gabinete Corsair.

This case has great airflow and can do anything, atx, itx (even fits atx psu) and is so easy to configure as it’s so modular

I absolutely love the look of this case. It strikes a nice balance between being very gamery and still looking like a professional machine. My only real complaint about this case is that it does limit you in how big of a graphics card that you can put into it if you use a front-mounted water cooler.Also, if you opt for a 280mm liquid cooler it has to be front mounted as the top of the case has the holes for it, but the radiator and fans would be mashed against the motherboard.Beyond that, though, the included fans have been great. Nice airflow yet quiet. It's sturdy as all. Breathes very well. Extremely easy to configure the case to your liking and place your components into. Cable routes are easy to use and sensibly place. Lian Li really does make some of the best of the best, and you can tell in all the finer details. Not one sharp corner on the whole thing.

La calidad del gabinete es muy bueno, en cuanto a montar los componentes es fácil el único inconveniente que le ví es al montar la "GPU” pues en las ranuras no sé colocaba bien tuve que hacer maniobras para que entrara sin problemas, fuera de eso en cuanto flujo de aire va bien considerando los ventiladores que vienen de stock pero recomendaría ponerles unos de más RPM los del panel frontal, también quiero mencionar que en cuanto le puse los ventiladores en la parte de abajo no entra mucho aire sería bueno que las patas del gabinete fueran ligeramente más largo, en cuanto a mi gpu entra perfectamente en el tamaño del gabinete, hasta una RTX 4090 de los modelos más grandes entrara.

Considering the hardware you can fit in this case e.g. Full ATX E-ATX motherboard, ATX PSU, largest GPU (Strix 4090) and largest air cooler (NH-D15), this is by-far, the smallest footprint case there is and cable management is absolutely breeze.Keep in mind, this review comes from very meticulous person who owns 3 Caselabs cases, unfortunately no longer produced, but if you have any idea of Caselabs cases quality and how they where built you will appreciate this review.Unfortunately, my first case came majorly damaged and I wasn't sure I want it to reorder, but I'm glad I did. If you manage to get LianLi Air Mini in perfect condition, you will love how well is design and how easy is to built in it.I love how proportional all components look, everything seem to be in the right place without leaving a whole lot empty space. Plenty room for cable management and airflow is amazing.The bottom filter is so easy accessible, if you have the case on the carpet, you can easy clean that filter ever so often without hustle.Btw.The new revision, which I think by now in 2023 all Lian Li Air Mini HDD cage is removable, no more rivets.If you wondering about NH-D15 clearance to the glass! I have Corsair LPX Vengeance DDR4 RAM so both fans fit nicely, there is about 2-3 mm space between fans and glass so plenty of room.Without any doubt, this is my favourite case and I absolutely recommended