Lian Li PC-TU200 Case

Installation

Before start the installation we should take a look at what Lian Li includes in the way of screws, manuals, etc. Included with the case are a small instruction pamphlet, an ad for other Lian Li products, and a small box that holds all of the accessories. In the box are rails for mounting hard drives, graphics card posts, and enough screws for 4 3.5″ drives, two 2.5″ drives, the motherboard, a 5.25″ drive, and the PSU. Also included are small rubber anti-vibration stand-offs for 2.5″ drives.

On the  left we see what it looks like with the motherboard installed. You can get an idea of the space you will be working with if you install a mini-ITX board. On the right is everything fully installed. As you can see there is not much room to play with. The entire installation process was tricky to say the least simply because of the small form factor.

Lian Li’s installation guide recommends attaching the PSU to its mounting bracket outside of the case and then sliding the entire assembly in. However, when I attempted this, it would not slide in and ended up scratching the paint on the power supply. What I had to do instead was remove the HDD cage and install the PSU from the inside. This posed a few problems, namely difficulty plugging in wires and installing the graphics card.

With the graphics card, HDD cage, and PSU installed, there is very little room to play with. You will not be able to access your motherboard at all without removing the power supply, which in my case involved removing the HDD cage as well. When dealing with this case, you must pay very close attention that everything is being plugged in and installed properly or else you may have to break everything back apart.

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