Internal Features

Inside, you can see the cross member support bar designed to hold heavy add-in cards during transport. Lian Li designed a system of adjustable arms that tighten down on your cards to hold everything nice and tight, keeping your components secure should you want to transport your system. 5.25” devices are held in place using traditional screws, while the 3.5” bays utilize a new rubber mounting system instead. Lian Li has included proprietary hardware that screws in place using rubber grommets, allowing for a quick change of hard drives should the need arise.

While we were initially skeptical of this approach, since you cannot see how the drives snap-in, we found that sliding the drives into place was a lot easier than expected. The grommets always lined up perfectly each time, making the removal and addition of hard drives extremely easy.

Lian Li also designed a removable motherboard tray, easing installation further. The tray has a single cut hole in it to assist in running some wires behind the panel, although we found that once the side panel was replaced, there wasn’t much space to run much more than the I/O panel connectors. Throughout the entirety of the case, Lian Li has implemented dampeners that work to prevent the case from rattling and vibrating from the many removable parts. The add-in card slots are also vented, further adding to case ventilation.

Overall, we found the PC-P80R to be extremely easy to work with. The motherboard tray comes out so easily and it’s replaced just as simply thanks to its design. It’s amazing to see how tight, yet accepting the tolerances are that Lian Li has designed into the PC-P80R. There was no ‘forcing’ required of any parts, as everything seemed to go together exactly as designed. We did find the space behind the motherboard tray to be lacking though, as it could only really support the I/O panel connectors and SATA cables. The power supply cables, especially the motherboard connector, were simply too thick to run behind the tray without preventing the side panel from reinstalling properly.