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.

Now let’s talk more about the disk drive bays.