In terms of clearance, for the CPU cooler there is plenty of space for big solutions. Installed inside PC-A05FN is the Noctua NH-U12P this is 158mm in height. Lian Li state that PC-A05FN can accommodate CPU coolers up to 165mm in height so you will have no problem getting the Noctua NH-D14 or Thermalright silver Arrow inside this case.



Moving to the graphics card clearance as already mentioned and as you can see from the picture below things are very tight. I’ve used a GTX 480 inside the PC-A05FN, this is 11” in length and overlaps the PSU and HDD. If you wanted to set up a dual card configuration then the graphics card is going to need to be 10” in length.

In a mATX system the graphics card would obviously sit higher but the PC-A05FN is touted as an ATX case so this is what we are testing.



From now on we will be checking the compatibility of various sized water-cooling radiators within each case we review. All of our radiators are kindly supplied by Aqua Tuning UK.

For this review – we are restricted to the Phobya G-Charger 240 Radiator. Whilst it does fit width-wise into the top of the case the clearance at the top of PC-A05FN means the radiator will overlap the motherboard and obstruct things as you can see from the picture.



Lastly, behind the motherboard tray there is 1.7cm of clearance for storing cables. Since the front has very little space the large majority of cables will need to be routed behind this tray – thankfully we have adequate space in this area.