Lian Li has yet another great case here. The PC-V354 is an incredibly well thought out M-ATX enclosure with some great 'original' design touches and some nice new ones.

My first reservation with any Lian Li case at present is the effective price of the unit. At around £150 for this particular red version it commands a price similar to many high class tower designs. Indeed you could get a selection of very decent tower designs for less.

My other concern is that fairly laborious optical drive install routine that can be easily compounded by a premature motherboard installation. I would have also mentioned a lack of direct SSD install support but given that some SSD's come with 3.5" adapters it's not too much of an issue in my eyes.



For the remaining features I can't speak highly enough with excellent fit and finish (probably the best I've come across with the company) and a plethora of features offered by a 'relatively' compact enclosure.

You want to install seven HDD's... you got it! You want to run a bleeding edge Xfire or SLi set up... you got it!

Add the fact you can use virtually any high power full ATX PSU and have enough room to install a decent sized CPU cooler (or even water) and the merits of this case seem to outweigh the negatives!

This is almost a 'jack of all trades' case. I'd imagine you could use it as a high end gaming rig that you could then take it to a lanparty. Not only that but when you return home you could throttle the fans and use it as an HTPC.



So there you have it - The Lian Li PC-V354 is a truly fabulous case that is somewhat let down by a hefty price tag. As a result of this I give the PC-V354 our (still very impressive) Silver award.