I’m gonna do a short, newbie, amateur case review, model – Lancool Dragonlord PC-K62 Link



It’s a new line-up from Lancool called Dragonlord K series. This is their second line-up after their initial Metal Boned K series line-up. Unlike Metal Boned K series which is constructed a mix of steel + aluminum, Dragonlord K series is a mix of steel + plastic. Both series able to occupy most of Lian Li accessories.

Starting with this series, Lancool have incorporated 100% new tool-less design. Well, lets see how “tool-less” its gonna be coz a lot of manufacturer tends to claim tool-less feature case while its only tool-less around some area, not the whole case.

Nuff talk, lets start...

Contents and Packaging

The packaging comes in a red styled theme. The front/back of the package simply shows the case and pictures illustrating features of the case.



On the sides is some information about the case such as specifications of the case.



It was shipped with two foam covers (Styrofoam) enclose and protect the case from damage during shipping, and was wrapped in a plastic bag to prevent any unwanted scratches.



What have also included with the case are a manual and an accessories box. The accessories are bundled inside a small cardboard box containing:

• Buzzer
• Power supply mounting bracket
• Cable management clamp
• Motherboard mounting thumbscrew
• Power supply mounting screw
• 5.25”, 2.5” (SDD hard drive) mounting screw
• Screws for rotate the HDD case 90 degree (nice one!)
• HDD module rubber pad
• 3pin to 4pin fan power connector

Specifications



Features

• Full system tool-less design
• PSU tool-less securing bracket
• 8× PCI expansion slots for Tri-SLI or CrossFireX setup
• Anti-vibration rubberized HDD bracket
• Supports ATX and Micro-ATX motherboards
• Easy removable side, front and top panels
• Intake: Front 1× 140mm blue LED fan (1,000 rpm) | Exhaust: Top 2× 140mm blue LED fans (1,000 rpm); Rear 1× 120mm fans (1,500 rpm)
• Multi-media I/O ports on top panel
• Anti-vibration fan mounting
• 5.25” venting bezel with air filter
• Unique vent hole below PSU with air filter
• Tool-less cable clamp
• Anti-vibration rubber ring suspension HDD rack
• Exterior and interior painted black

Exterior

From the looks, u can tell that the front panel is like a 9-bay case. Unfortunately it only offers five exposed 5.25” drive bays, while four hidden 3.5” drive bay taking up the remaining bays. No exposed 3.5” bay here, u gonna need a converter to use those 3.5” device.



Each bay cover is vented with air filter lining the inside which is removable and washable (no more air filter on the fans).



Power and reset switches are located on the top, with two 2.0 USB ports, mic/headphone jacks along with the activity LED.



Under the large vented opening on the rear top panel resides two 140mm blue LED fans.



Let’s look beneath it shall we…

Exterior (Continued)

There’s the IO port, finally they made it modular. Guess I’ll remove the mic/headphone jacks cable since I’ll never gonna use them anyway. This will make cable management a lot easier with less unused cable removed.



On to the rear part of the top panel we have two 140mm blue LED fans. Got some holes around em so you can route the cables. As you can see on the right pic, lian li have design the fan screw mount hole kinda unique, with this you don’t need a screwdriver to remove it. Push it to the left & take it out. Wish they could done the same thing to the front & rear fan slot.



On the back, the power supply is bottom mounted (with two options to mount either facing upwards or downwards), 8 vented PCI slots, water cooling holes and a 120mm exhaust fan (with a lovely honeycomb design fan guard).



Other than that, the case comes with transparent side panel, and on the bottom there’s a removable filter for the power supply intake.



Removing the filter is damn-easy… (wondering if this filter fits the front intake)



…it does

Interior

The motherboard tray has a large hole cut into it at the top right - it’s a must have feature for these days so that we don’t have to remove the motherboard when fitting a cooler equipped with a back plate. Right above it there’s a small rectangular shaped hole for routing the 4pin/8pin CPU power cable.

To the right of the motherboard tray are two large oval holes, and two rectangular shaped holes placed on the bottom part for routing cables. The pre-cut smaller holes are for the supplied cable management clamp or u can use it to mount reservoirs there.



Moving on to the 5.25” drive bay features quick release mountings on the top two drive bays. Just press the black clips together, swing the locking bar open and slide in those optical drive, snap the mechanism back into its place and… you’re done.



The tool-less mechanism for the PCI add-on card is the best and most secure I have used to date. Finally, they got it right! and it has to be the best out there today. To those who still prefer scerws, yeah, this thing can be dismantle, but I'll bet you gonna love it.



The PSU tool-less securing bracket works by hooking onto the right hand rail and then hooks under the left hand rails and is clamped in place by a metal buckle. With this bracket there’s no need to fix the PSU to the case with the supplied screws. It’s advisable not to do so if u moving your pc around. Directly in front of it is a slotted device for organizing cables.

Interior (Continued)

This case able to slot in four hard drives. Each hard drive bay works like a drawer and equipped with anti-vibration rubber ring suspension to prevent the noise produced by the spinning of the hard drives motors to propagate to the chassis.



Removing it is quite simple actually. Remove the thumbscrew and then pull up the bar that acts as a lock to the hard drive bracket. And you can take the hard drive bracket out.



The hard drives module also features the tool-less securing bracket, the plastic latch lifts up and you can place your drive into position. Again there’s no need for any screw. Take note that this hard drives module able to equip 2.5” SDD but requires screw fixing it.

Interior (Continued)

Another interesting feature of this case is that you can rotate the hard drive bay 90 degrees. You need to remove five screws. First screw located on the top of the hard drive bay, and the remaining four is on the bottom panel.





Before:


After:


This is a great feature for those wants to improve the air flow & reduce the irritating noise around the HDD bay.

Installation

The thumbscrews for the motherboard are a good idea, still my hands are big, the CPU cooler are big, no way to squeeze in, so had to use the screwdriver after all. All done, installation was smooth and for the tool-less features, well I hate to admit it (coz I hate tool-less design case in the first place) but they’re really are top notch. I gotta say Lian Li have paid meticulous attention on their tool-less design. Unlike other brands I work with, I find their tool-less feature rather errr… use-less!



This post has been edited by E-J@1: Aug 30 2009, 11:33 PM

looks nice .. wonder how much does it cost?

the cheapest i saw someone selling RM350 in the garage sales section

most retailers selling for rm380

wah that cheap ar?? omg.. i might reconsider for my 2nd rig XD.. looking for something not that big, but very spacy..

Nice review you did there

how is the noise resonant for this casing?

Wow, RM380? I think I'll get this to replace my casing!

installation done

will try to run some test 2moro

b4 sell it off

thanx, its a review unit

not sponsored though

just helping out a fren

not that much of a noise

since all the provided fans spin around 1k ~ 1.5k at most

yup, rm380

i wonder.. will it fit everything i have in my TJ09 =/? just wandering.. psu cables been an ass.. pump+rad D:.. even hard drive lolz

Wow at RM350, this case looks very worth it!
But...
How is the gap between the plastic covers and the casing? Have seen lights coming out of the gaps.
Are the washable filters easily obtain locally, in case we want to buy spare?
Also you think possible to fit in a EX-H34B?

nice review.
thanks

yup can fit

check out the accessories recommended for this case Link

thanx

possible to change the top and front fans to 12cm?
because 14cm is kinda hard to find compared to 12cm here.

this case sure looks interesting.

Yes I'd seen one in Sri Computers in LYP, it was unboxed, so i was touching it, feeling it and examine it very very closely for quite a while, until the salesperson looks at me with that annoyed looking face to f*ck off. It's a proper gamer's kinda casing. Especially with that kinda price.

Is it safe to say that the PC-62 is a refined or pimped out version of PC-58?
The PC-58 looks to me to have the same structure and similar design, but without see-through panels and unpainted interior.

Pretty nice review btw TS.

The mounting holes are for 140mm fans. You can try 120mm but have to find your own way of securing it to the case.

the front also dun have 12cm holes? the top i see from the pic seems like dun have. any converter we can get?

This you have to improvise a little bro The holes of the 14mm is far apart if u want to install 12mm
The zip ties are your most easiest option.
And why do you want to change the two 14mm in the first?
Do you have those 'red/blue/green LEDs 12mm fans' or nicer fans to want to replace them 14mm?
If so, than its understandable...

This post has been edited by JoBigShow: Sep 9 2009, 09:10 AM

some 140mm to 120mm fan adapter

u gotta buy it oversea lor

seems no one selling here yet

Bitspower Plastic Fan Adapter 120mm to 140mm - Black

Bitspower Plastic Fan Adapter 120mm to 140mm - Clear

Bitspower Plastic Fan Adapter 120mm to 140mm - UV Blue

& some radiators...

Radiators for 140mm fans

can mount it on the top panel

This post has been edited by E-J@1: Sep 9 2009, 09:21 AM

the one u saw is not a K62 case but a K58

Bro,really need help here.
i just bought a new k62.The fan really make alot of noise.
How to reduce the noise.

zzzz

This post has been edited by yanhan: Oct 7 2009, 09:46 AM

run all the exhaust fans on 5v

remember to monitor the temps

should be fine since got 3x fans as exhaust

nice review there.

i especially love the removable air filter at the front to clean/wash.

my stacker stc01 also got the same design, but the filters are not removable...hence difficult to clean...

hopefully, my "new" casing, which would be a lian li , are not that difficult to maintain...

kudos to you for a nice review.

why u will think is noisy ?

it can fit 5870?

sure. it has a long clearance ryte??

yup 290MM Long Cards

right now im using lancool 62. its cool man.. tool less design. simple. black interior. everything was simple yet stylish. and cheap also... ;p full mark 4 62. ;p

very very nice liao , i wonder the top blue fans can be change to xigmatek

haha.... or maybe change the back fan lol.... hihi..

I should get this instead of my centurion 5. : (

Damn...which is better...K62 or Scout?

Bro personal prefences man , as for me previous user i am a Powerlogic atrix 5000 , and now i am a Lancool user aka Lian Li . Havent use Coolermaster and other brand before.

cool

are all the connections tight? eg: the plastic cover etc.

coz now I'm using cooler master cm690 and it makes noise and squeaks.