Inside PC-A05FN there are 2x 120mm fans. One sits at the back of the case as an intake fan and the other is placed behind the HDD cage as an exhaust. Rather than having the front mounted fan as an intake Lian Li have oddly configured this fan as an exhaust and in a similar way the rear fan is an intake. Airflow direction has completely reversed. The front fascia is completely solid, airflow is expected to exit out of the cut-outs on this front panel. I’m sceptical myself but let’s find out how efficient this method is.

To discover the thermal performance of the PC-A05FN I will record idle temperatures after 20 minutes from a cold boot. I will then stress the system and temperatures will again be monitored after 30 minutes have elapsed.

System Components
CPU AMD Phenom II X6 1055T 2.8GHz
Motherboard ASUS M4A89TD PRO
Graphics ZOTAC NVIDIA GTX 480 AMP
Memory 4GB Mushkin EM3-10666 DDR3
HDD Samsung Spinpoint 500GB SATA-II
PSU Enermax Revolution 85+ 850W