The PC-A05FN is a quite a short mid-tower case. The front has 2x 5.25” drive bay covers and a 3.5” beneath. The front has no perforated mesh; the front bezel is entirely solid. The front panel controls run along the right edge of the case and include USB 3.0. We will take a closer look at these further down the page.

Spinning the PC-A05FN round to the rear – we can see a radical difference to the typical ATX case, the PSU mounting hole is absent. The PSU is actually mounted at the front of the case so instead we have the PCI covers beginning at the very bottom of the PC-A05FN. There are 8 in total, all aluminium and with ventilation holes. Though the PSU is mounted at the front we still have the AC socket present at the bottom – a little later we will reveal how this is possible. Further up there is a 120mm rear intake fan and above this 2x circular rubber grommets for tubing/cables. Notice I said intake there – this fan would typically be an exhaust fan in most if not all other cases.



Front panel connectivity runs down the right edge of the PC-A05FN and consists of:

• USB 3.0 port (motherboard header plug)
• USB 2.0 port
• Headphone & Microphone jack
• Power/Reset button

I did expect to see more USB ports on the PC-A05FN – Lian Li could have been a little more ambitious and generous with the ports here.



At the very top of PC-A05FN there is a section with a solid area marked out for attaching a 120mm fan inside the case. It’s nice that you have the option to close this area off – as if you aren’t planning on attaching a fan there won’t be any dust creeping inside the case.



On the underside of PC-A05FN there are 4x rubber feet for the prevention of slipping and a fan filter is attached near the front of the case for the PSU. There are a series of noticeable cut-outs on the underside of the case – these are for attaching 2.5” devices such as SSD. More on this a little later!



With the external tour out of the way let’s move in for a closer look at the inside – over the page!