If a mid-tower chassis just won't do, you'll be pleased to hear that Lian Li has today launched two new full-tower options in the form of the PC-A70F (below, left) and PC-A71F (below, right). There isn't a whole lot to choose between the two, with the latter differentiating itself with a sleek front-facing door.
Measuring 220mm x 590mm x 585mm (W, H, D, depth 615mm with door), the chassis are almost as large as the Corsair Obsidian 800D. Weighing over 8kg, they're true heavyweight solutions, too.
Lian Li's making use of a minimalistic all-black hairline-brushed aluminium finish, and there's a tool-free approach throughout. Users will find a tool-less clasp for the PSU, tool-less brackets for the 10 internal 3.5in drive bays, tool-less clips for all seven expansion slots and tool-less mounts for up to five 5.35in optical drives.
There's clearly plenty of room to work with, and each chassis offers support for E-ATX, M-ATX and ATX motherboards. As you'd expect from Lian Li, there are plenty of nice touches - including anti-vibration rubber grommets scattered throughout the chassis to reduce noise, a cutout in the motherboard tray to aid CPU cooler installation, a top-mounted I/O panel (with audio, USB, FireWire and eSATA ports), a bottom-mounted cable-management clamp, vented PCI slots, pre-drilled holes for liquid cooling kits, filters on both front-mounted intake fans and...well, you get the idea.
Speaking of fans, Lian Li's chassis feature two 140mm intakes at the front and two 120mm exhausts at the rear.
We're told both chassis will appear later this month, with Lian Li's suggested retail price at $229+VAT for the PC-A70F and $259+VAT for the PC-A71F. That puts the latter firmly into Corsair Obsidian 800D territory.
