We’ll keep the drive caddies installed for the build and as we said at the start, we will not be using our usual Tri-fan cards such as the Zotac GTX 980 Ti AMP! and instead opting for a Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 480 8Gb graphics card instead. This is more in keeping with the specification and price of graphics card that would be used in a mid-tower budget build, so we are happy that the choice is valid.
The stripped out chassis has a lot of space and could be used as a small water-cooled system, even with a radiator in the front and the exhaust fans in the rear and top panels.
The two 5.25″ drive bays will also take a larger drive bay reservoir, so the Lian-Li PC-K5 does have a couple of decent watercooling options to hand. Interestingly the front fans are on the outside of the chassis and not inside. You’ll get away with just installing a radiator on the inside of the chassis and letting the stock fans provide the airflow if you wanted.
Lian-Li PC-K5WX Ebonsteel Mid Tower Chassis Review
Packaging - 7
Features - 7.6
Build - 7.6
Component Compatibility - 7
Price - 8
Consumer Experience - 8
7.5
This chassis is suited to first time builds, or even if you are a parent building a first time system for your children. It’s also a good LAN party chassis, and carries the Lian-Li name, that’ll carry some weight on its own. If you want to have decent chassis for your first build or the other situations we have mentioned, the Lian-Li PC-K5WX is definitely worth a consideration.
