Lian Li Lancool 217 Review – Five Fans vs. 625W Load!

KitGuru was first introduced to the Lian Li Lancool 217 at CES this year and our first impressions were excellent. Happily the time has now come for a full review of this chassis which is landing at £110 here in the UK. Just how good is it? We find out today. You can buy the Lancool 217 for £106.99 here (from May 5th): https://www.scan.co.uk/products/lian-li-lancool-217-white-mid-tower-tempered-glass-usb-c-5x-pwm-airflow-fans-hidden-connector If you buy from SCAN with the link above, Kitguru gets NOTHING from the sale. We never offer affiliate links or take percentages of product sales. If we say the product is good or bad we mean it. Our Editor in chief wrote about why you should value this and how the industry is rife with fake reviews from 'influencers' - read here https://bit.ly/3pXzaw4 00:00 Intro 00:28 CES recap 01:38 Lancool 217 first look 03:00 Power button placement 03:36 PSU position 04:53 Manual and accessories 07:00 Mobo installation 08:34 System spec 10:30 System is up and running 11:03 Thermals and noise 13:27 Leo’s closing thoughts Specification: Motherboard support: SSI-EEB, E-ATX up to 280mm wide, ATX, Micro-ATX, Mini-ITX. Power supply support: ATX, SFX-L, SFX. Expansion slots: 7. Included fans: 2x 170mm 1,550rpm front intake, 1x 140mm 1,800rpm rear exhaust, 2x 120mm 1,900rpm on PSU shroud. Fan mounts: 2x 170mm front, 3x 120mm/2x 140mm roof, 1x 120mm/140mm rear, 3x 120mm on PSU shroud. Radiator mounts: 360mm/280mm roof. 5.25-inch optical drive bays: None. Internal drive bays: 2x 3.5-inch, 3x 2.5-inch. Front I/O ports: 2x USB 3.0 Type-A, 1x USB 3.1 Type-C, audio. Dimensions: 503mm H x 482mm D x 238mm W. Test System: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X 3D CPU Cooler: Lian Li Hydroshift LCD 360 Fanless + 3x Uni Fan TL Wireless 120 Motherboard: ASRock X870E Taichi Memory: 32GB G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo RGB DDR5-6000 Graphics card: PowerColor Red Devil RX 9070 XT 16GB Power supply: Seasonic Focus GX-1000 Gold SSD: Crucial T700 M.2 NVMe OS: Windows 11 Buy our merch from here: https://kitgurutech.myspreadshop.co.uk Discord invite link: https://discord.gg/4cqFSWY Steam Community https://steamcommunity.com/groups/kitguruofficial Be sure to support us on PATREON https://www.patreon.com/kitgurutech and read our MANTRA on HONEST REVIEWS Here: http://bit.ly/2BopnF9 Visit our facebook page over here! https://www.facebook.com/KitGuru.net/ Visit our Twitter page over here! https://twitter.com/kitgurupress?lang=en #lianli #lancool217 #pccase