Lian li lancool 205 black m-atx mid-tower case (2x120mm fan)

This case honestly is the best bang for the buck case on Amazon, the airflow is excellent, there’s plenty of room for hdd and ssds, the powder coat is pretty high quality for the money, the construction quality is better than expected, better than most NZXT cases I’ve worked on, it comes with blacked out screws for everything you need (not a common with cheaper cases), I’m very happy with the style and thermal temps with this case

It's been a few years since I've built a system for myself and I just kind of blindly pulled the trigger on a Lian Li case because for, I dunno, 20 years? They've just been the go to. Absolutely not disappointed. If I had one criticism, it'd be the complete and total lack of reasonable instructions, and also the fact that the instructions are *inside* the PSU/HDD compartment that was a PITA to get open. tl;dr, there's a little screw hiding that holds it extra in? Pulled it and disposed of it and now it works perfectly. Otherwise, it's just a great case. Very intelligent cable management with the fans/front ports/etc., and it ya know, actually *comes* with a couple fans, which is great. Materials feel rock solid, the actual holes for PSU cables to run through are very good (though it gets a little tight to get to CPU power in my situation.) Still though, unless something drastic changes, I just won't buy a case from another company.

Coming from a bad experience with an H510 Standard (overly tightened screws that all stripped, horrific thermals resulting in fans spinning up to max speeds, awful side panel thumbscrews, a USB 3.0 Header that was designed in a way that it could break off INSIDE your motherboard), the LANCOOL 205 is a breath of fresh air (quite literally for my PC). First off it shares a similar design aesthetic, tempered glass side panel, minimalist interior and exterior design, and a "bar" for cable management. The first thing to note in comparison to the H510, the LANCOOL 205 features much more airflow, with vents on both sides of the front panel, which is also removable instead of being part of the main chassis. The front and top ventilation feature magnetic dust filters and easily removable brackets (no thumbscrews, but with sliding pegs and can optionally be firmly secured with externally threaded screws) that support dual 120/140mm fans. The side panels do not feature the questionable design choice to place the side panels' mounting holes spaced out from the main chassis (which on the H510, forces you to MANUALLY line up the thumbscrews because for whatever reason, they're not secured perfectly straight on the side panels which allows them to spindle inside their mounting holes, and if you completely un-thread the thumbscrews, their purpose as thumbscrews becomes moot, as they cannot be re-threaded by hand), and standard sized thumbscrews that function as thumbscrews. The panel for the PSU bay can also be removed just in case you need the extra space to manage your PSU's cables and the hard drive bay. The hard drive bay is secured in place by thumbscrews on a sliding rail and can be adjusted to account for your PSU, and the back panel features ample space for cable management as well. Cable routing is also very easy due to the space provided in the interior, especially when plugging in the CPU power cable. Finally, the front I/O features 2 USB 3.0, separate microphone and audio jacks, and a power LED that doesn't flash like a strobe light, and while it lacks a front USB Type-C connector featured on the H-series cases (which was not supported by a B450 motherboard), a Type-C connector, if it matters that much to you, can be added through a PCI-E card or a motherboard that contains it on it's back I/O. All in all, the LANCOOL 205 was easy to work in and build in, features the same aesthetics of the H-series cases without the hassle, and has a front I/O that works and doesn't constantly flash in the corner of your eye, I can highly recommend this case.

This is a great case. Flawlessly installed my ROG Strix B550-F Gaming Wifi motherboard, modular PSU, cpu cooler (Scythe Fuma 2), and GPU. Build quality is great and airflow has been great for me so far. I kept the drive bay in because I have a 3.5" HDD installed on the lowest slot, and there's still enough room for all the cables. There is one small issue, and that has to do the the front I/O audio jacks. Since the cables on the case and the HD audio header on the motherboard isn't shielded, there is a lot of electrical interference. As a result, the microphone jack in my case does not work. On zoom and using a voice recorder, the microphone ONLY records static. What i recommend is that you plug in your microphone, headset or whatever directly into the motherboard itself. Since mobos have dedicated shields and devices for audio. So I plug in my microphone and audio jack into my motherboard and that fixed the problem. Microphone picks up my voice clearly now. Didn't have this issue with another case, and it's definitely not my motherboard. So I'm taking off one star cuz this issue is with the case. Other than that, great case.

I am actually using a micro atx board so this case is overkill but i feel confident even with a larger board the cable management and overall desighn of the case would still give alot of space and the desighn is very slick some of the screws seemed to strip pretty easily but i was using the wrong screwdriver just trying to make it work and thats common in electronics that screws strip easily so it doesnt really bother me the metal case feels sturdy ive pulled on the bottom cover for the power supply with most of my strengh before realizing i needed to slide it and it still works like nothing happened no bends overall sturdy sexy case with usb3.0 for a good price it is my first pc build though still seems very solid and looks nice