The Lian Li PC-V1020 has a traditional cooling layout. With some extra help up front via 2 x 140mm fans the rear exhaust also has a helping hand with a 140mm top mounted fan too. The front two fans will be running at 12v throughout the tests whilst the top and rear exhaust at 7v.

To discover the thermal performance of the Lian Li PC-V1020 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
Memory 4GB Mushkin EM3-10666 DDR3
HDD Samsung Spinpoint 500GB SATA-II
PSU Enermax Revolution 85+ 850W

Lian Li's PC-V1020 does admirably in the thermal tests but I cant help but think that a larger fan at the top of dual 140mm fans would have further enhanced the cooling ability. A traditional cooling layout always does well, the Lian Li fans within the PC-V1020 are quiet at 12v and 7v.