Lian Li's PC-V1000: A Case Exclusive

Benchmarking

When benchmarking the PC-V1000, we tested the temperatures of key components, including the actual CPU temperature, the actual temperature inside the heatsink, the temperatures of the DDR, Northbridge, Southbridge, HDD, PSU, and the ambient temperature inside the case, all during normal operation. During our testing, the PSU and CPU heatsink fans remain on to measure temperatures during normal system operations.

Gigabyte GA-7VRX AMD Athlon MP 2100+ 2 x 128 DDR Corsair XMS 2400 ThermalTake Volcano 7 Seagate Cheetah 10000RPM Inno3D GeForce4 Ti 4200 TTGI 4 Fan 520W

Thermometer Positions

The thermal readings for the key components and points on the motherboard during operation were as follows:

Lian Li PC-V1000
System On-Time	CPU	Heatsink	HDD	DDR	Northbridge	Southbridge	Power Supply	System Ambient
10	50.1	31.2	24.3	33.2	35.6	34.5	25.1	25.4
30	51.3	33.1	25.1	35.1	36.8	35.9	27.5	26.6

Opus Technologies, Inc. MT-200
System On-Time	CPU	Heatsink	HDD	DDR	Northbridge	Southbridge	Power Supply	System Ambient
10	52.5	37.5	28.8	34.3	39.1	39.3	29.3	29.7
30	53.7	39.0	29.5	36.8	40.2	39.9	31.2	30.4

NZXT Guardian
System On-Time	CPU	Heatsink	HDD	DDR	Northbridge	Southbridge	Power Supply	System Ambient
10	53.4	36.7	30.5	37.1	40.2	39.9	29.8	31.9
30	55.3	37.5	33.2	38.5	41.8	41.2	31.9	35.1

We were surprised to see the PC-V1000 do so well in our heat tests. We were expecting the temperatures to be a bit warmer than the PC-6070, mainly due to the partitioned design; the top 2/3 partition could not receive any active air intake, since the intake was placed in the bottom 1/3 partition with the 3-1/2" HDD bays. We believe that the machined-out holes at the front and back of the chassis helped circulate air better than if the case were completely sealed.

The temperatures of all of the components measured were, on average, about 3-4 degrees lower than Opus Technologies MT-200 and about 4-5 degrees lower than the NZXT Guardian.

We predicted the PC-V1000 to emit more noise than any other chassis with two 120mm case fans. We were again surprised to find out the results. We measured the noise level of the MT-200 12" away from the closed chassis with the power supply fan turned off. Take a look at our results.

Case	dBA
Lian Li PC-V1000	46
Opus Technologies MT-200	56
NZXT Guardian	49
Ahanix Black Knight X195	50
Lian Li PC-6070	44

The PC-V1000 was almost as quiet as the PC-6070, which had the sound dampening foam on the inside. The pair of 120mm case fans helped to reduce noise levels, especially with the machined holes all throughout the front bezel.