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There are a few different classifications for "mini" figurer cases these days. The least pop of which is probably the MicroATX slim case as they force users to adopt depression-profile hardware. In that location are besides MicroATX desktop cases, MicroATX mid tower cases and MicroATX mini belfry cases, which is what the Lian Li Mini Q PC-V354 falls under.

The Mini Q PC-V354 measures a petite 245mm wide x 320mm high 10 420mm deep, while its all-aluminum design cuts the weight to just 4.17kg. That'due south pretty impressive, equally the primary competition (the Silverstone SG04) weighs 6.0kg despite being slightly smaller.

In true Lian Li mode, the Mini Q PC-V354 is an extremely bland looking estimator example -- in a good fashion, though. The brushed aluminum box features few minor details, only it does come in iii colors, being black, silvery and scarlet.

The front is largely covered by a vent that feeds cold air within, forth with i external 5.25" bay with a fixed confront to hide your tasteless optical drives. Despite concealing the optical drive bay, Lian Li has left the I/O panel exposed. The console is situated on the correct side of the façade and sports a pair of USB iii.0 ports, two audio jacks and interestingly, an SD card reader. Finally, at that place is too a pair of small-scale silverish power and reset buttons.

Both the left and right sides of the Mini Q PC-V354 are identical with 320mm 10 420mm aluminum panels secured via viii screws. Rather than using instance doors, Lian Li has gone with a unproblematic panel design that takes much longer to remove and re-secure. Despite that drawback, we actually prefer the panels.

Past Lian Li products, such as the Tyr PC-X2000, used doors with intricate locking systems. Although they made it quick and easy to go within, they suffered from vibration, resulting in loud, annoying rattles. The Mini Q PC-V354 doesn't have that outcome, thankfully.

Flipping the Mini Q PC-V354 over exposes four feet to grip your desk-bound besides as protect it from scratches. There are also two sets of four pre-drilled holes on the bottom, giving the case back up for 2.five" drives such as SSDs. More on that later.

The height side of the Mini Q PC-V354 is equally unexciting with another fan grill near where the CPU heatsink is internally. Other than the fan grill, there's naught else to exist seen other than beautiful brushed metallic.

Things get more interesting around back with an unusual layout. The power supply sits on the lesser correct, beneath still another 120mm fan grill, while the motherboard's I/O panel and v expansion slots with vented covers occupy the left.

A pocket-sized knob protrudes from the center with "Fifty" on one side and "H" on the other for "low" and "high." This is office of the four-fan speed controller and we'll wait at closer when examining the interior. Overall, we've found the Lian-Li Mini Q PC-V354 to be an attractive instance that should suite both gamers and HTPC users.