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Interior:::...
To
install your components in the LC11 you first remove a pair
of case screws from the rear then flip the case over to
access it from underneath.
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Bottom
Panel
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In
the box is a foam packing frame which the LC11 manual suggests
you use to stand the case on while you're working on it
so you don't mark up the top surface. There's also a large,
protective plastic sheet applied to the top of the case
to help keep it scratch-free. This can obviously be peeled
away once you've finished. Sometimes it's the little things
that impress!
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Protective
Plastic Sheet
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Inside
the first reaction is that there's bags of space, in fact
far more space than there probably needs to be.
In
the image below you can see the power supply in the bottom
left corner, the 3.5" drive cage top right and the
optical drive cage bottom right with the box containing
the mounting screws poking out.
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Internal
Features
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Between
the 3.5" and optical drive cages and situated right
below that row of air intake holes is the front 80mm intake
fan. As you can now probably see, the PSU also has its own
cooling fan
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Internal
Features
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This sets up a kind of "T" shaped
airflow that draws air over all of the major components.
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Internal
Airflow
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Once
the motherboard is installed, the CPU fan then comes into
play and is probably best set to draw air in from the vent
on the underside to keep keep the turbulance down to a minimum.
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Airflow
Including CPU HSF
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Internal
Features
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In
all it's a nicely laid out and roomy interior. moreso than
it need be if I'm being honest, but with that comes the
advantage of better thermal performance and the option to
fit even high-end CPUs up to and beyond a P4 3.2GHz according
to SilverStone. Naturally though, if you run a sub-1GHz
CPU you'd probably wish you could trade some of the cooling
for a slightly more compact design.
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