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Lian Li PC - A77 Aluminum Computer Case
Motherboard Installation
With the removable motherboard tray, installing the motherboard was a piece of cake. After taking the motherboard tray out, all I had to left to do was just to plop the motherboard into place and secure it. Unlike in other cases which have the removable motherboard tray that is permanently attached to the slots and and the whole module detaching from the case, the PC-A77's motherboard tray comes completely detached from anything else in the case. Lian Li's design makes it easier to install the motherboard by completely isolating it from all the other components in the PC. Once the motherboard is mounted onto the tray and the tray loaded back into the chassis and secured, anything else can be installed.
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Lian Li also conveniently outfit the motherboard tray with holes for the cables. The holes help avoid unnecessary clutter from having the cables go all the way across the motherboard.
Hard Drives
Almost all companies out there try to make their cases as quiet as possible without sacrificing performance. While most of them include some form of rail/sliding action tool-free design, I really have to question their anti-vibrational characteristics. When it came to hard drives, though, it seems that Lian Li was right on. Instead of going with the whole rail system and compromising the anti-vibrational qualities of the case, PC-A77 is equipped with a fool-proof age old system: rubber. Rubber has superior absorption and dampening properties than plastic thereby making a better choice for a silent case design.
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As you can see from the pictures, the hard drive mounting system in the PC-A77 is also a tool-free design. All you have to do is take the thumbscrew, screw it into the appropriate holes and the hard drive just slides into the guides that already in place. At this point no more action is required as the hard drives are fairly secure in their respective places, but if you intend on moving the case around Lian Li recommends that you place an extra thumb screw to permanently attach the hard drive to the the hard drive cage.
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I would recommend to install all the hard drives while the motherboard tray, the power supply, and the graphics card are detached from the chassis. As you can see from the pictures, the because of all the power cables as well as the location of the card, it is not easy to install the hard drives. It could have been better for Lian Li to design a hard drive cage that would face towards the user, however, that would greatly interfere with the airflow and the 12 5.25" bay design.
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