It has numerous slots too where you can thread the wires through and Velcro loops on the back for cable management.

Also the tempered glass side panel is somehow inconvenient because there are no latches on the side panel at the rear, so when you remove the thumb screws you don’t have anything to pull the side panel with. 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. The tempered glass side panel provides a clear view into the case, so that the installed hardware can be displayed. On a positive note regarding the sound, while it is a loud enclosure, I did not find the sound to be unpleasant.On the positive side, the metal mesh is fairly strong so it doesn’t bend even with a strong finger poke, and it also acts as a dust filter which eliminates the need to for another layer that would act as an airflow barrier. This means that any fans you plug into the hub will spin at their highest rpm unless you use low noise resistors to cut the voltage. Lian Li helpfully lists support for EATX boards “with a maximum width of 280MM,” which is exactly the right width to cover up all the cable cutouts without corresponding to any real form factor.

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. 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. The 200mm front fans spin at only 800 rpm, but still made more noise than I would have thought prior to startup. P400A killer” might be overly ambitious, but so far, the Lancool 215 is a high-performance alternative, and it does cost less than most of the cases that it shares space with on this end of the chart, like the Cooler Master H500M Mesh and the be quiet!At this point I could already tell that trying to make the cable routing look tidy was going to be an adventure. If you’re in the market for a modern, sleek, and high-performance mid-tower PC case, look no further than the Lian Li LANCOOL 215 White E-ATX Mid-Tower Case with aRGB.

Similar to the LANCOOL II Mesh, a honeycomb-like perforation pattern is featured at the top, back, and bottom of the case, as well as on top of the PSU shroud. Additionally, the top of the case is fitted with a magnetic dust filter alongside the bottom, which features an easy to clean sliding dust filter.This fell only slightly down to 44 degrees with the front panel removed entirely, indicating that Lian Li has done a good job of pairing the large intake fans with a front panel that doesn’t restrict them, although the backing chassis does.

At the top of the chassis you’ll find a pair of USB ports, a mic-headphone combo jack, power and reset switches and a button that switches lighting modes – though the button didn’t work for us. I wanted one with plenty of room and fans and one where there was numerous places for airflow to keep all components cool. In contrast, the rear of the case is unusually well-ventilated, with holes punched from the top edge of the case right down to the surface of the PSU shroud. In conclusion, the Lian Li LANCOOL 215 White E-ATX Mid-Tower Case with an RGB is a visual and functional masterpiece. With plenty of space for high-performance hardware configurations built-in, the LANCOOL 215 supports motherboards up to E-ATX.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.