Lian Li PC 0011 Dynamic
Bulky brilliance
“The design looks incredible, the tempered glass really adds a fantastic accenting glamour to the whole thing, and the interior setup and layout are easy to move around in and extremely versatile, enabling you to install all manner of hardware in any way you can imagine.”
We’ve coveted and recommended this case for some time, but it has a bit of a reputation among system builders as being, well, something of a cliche. Why? Mostly because it’s almost too good. In fact, it’s so good, and has received so many awards over the last couple of years, and been praised so much around the tech community for its incredible versatility, top-quality materials, and easy building experience, that it’s almost become a meme.
Indeed, it’s the go-to chassis for liquid coolers, for sure, and there’s good reason for that. Cooling support for the PC-O11is exemplary. As standard, it can support up to three 360mm radiators in the front of the chassis alone, and we’re not talking skinny boys here, but big chunky rads up to a maximum of 90mm. Then there’s the numerous distribution plates available from third parties, pump mounting support, and maximum compatibility for up to nine 120mm fans in a more ordinary configuration, or 18 120mm fans if you run pushpull on everything with that triple-rad setup we mentioned earlier. It’s nuts.
And it’s not just for liquidcoolers. From advanced air-cooling solutions to liquid-cooled behemoths to RGB giants, dual-PSU systems, and beyond, if you can think of it, someone’s probably already got a detailed build log of it somewhere online, and another company’s using it to advertise their own products elsewhere, too. It’s such a popular case.
Its strengths are numerous. The design looks incredible, the tempered glass really adds a fantastic accenting glamour to the whole thing, and the interior setup and layout are easy to move around in and extremely versatile, enabling you to install all manner of hardware in any way you can imagine. You can install a 360mm AIO in three separate locations, you could have vertical GPUs if you want, you can do all that with enough fans to float a hovercraft, and then there’s the rear of the case, littered with even more options. It can support dual power supplies. It has a dedicated 3.5-inch harddrive caddy. There’s vast amounts of room for cable management, plus smart cable grommeting all around, too. It’s crazy how much is included. It’s perhaps the best dual-chamber chassis we’ve ever seen. And the fact it’s available at $199 makes it one of the best value cases you can get at this price point, too. Its only weaknesses lie in its size and perhaps its lack of expandable storage options.
There’s a good reason why this case has turned into such a meme, and even though system-builders and enthusiasts like ourselves like to rib on it for being such a common case, this thing does its job well – really well.
And you can’t hate it for that. If you’re after a chassis with an air of premium around it, plus a ton of versatility, and you don’t mind the hefty dimensions this beast provides, the Lian Li PC-O11-Dynamic is perhaps the ultimate pick.
Epic design, easy to build in, brilliant versatility, incredible cooling potential, strong pricing, nice colour variants.