The side panels are attached to the chassis using thumbscrews, as you would expect to see on a very high-end case, and the motherboard tray is removable. The panels use a rubber protection in order to isolate noise produced by the PC.
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Figure 8: Rubber seal to reduce noise.
As we mentioned, the two 5 ¼” bays are located on the top of the case, with the power supply right below these bays. Below the power supply we have the four 3 ½” bays for hard disk drives and below them, the motherboard compartment. This is a very unique design.
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Figure 9: Inside Lian-Li PC-888.
Very long power supplies can be installed using an external extender provided by Lian-Li.
Daughter boards are fastened to the case using good quality thumbscrews, which is expected to be seen on an expensive product.
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Figure 10: Expansion slots.
Let’s now talk more about the disk drive bays.
