Final Thoughts

It's clear the D8000 is a a couple of things, non least of which organism overkill for the average substance abuser. Despite falling a little short on features, Lian Lithium's latest HPTX chassis is large than any case we've seen before, load-bearing well over a dozen hard drives, which should make it a shoot among case modders, folks with liquid cooling and other extreme point setups as well as professional users such as photographers, video editors and animators.

Such users often deal with massive amounts of extremely valuable data on a day-to-day basis. Complicating matters further, all that data needs to be hardback upbound around the time, which is generally achieved through just about form of RAID mirroring. Therefore, while having 20 problematical drives in a desktop PC may look extreme, in actuality, professionals would likely only be using 10 drives with the other 10 as mirrored backups.

As something of a vacation spot for liquid cooling, the D8000 can be outfitted like an aquarium, offer plenty space to plumb miles of hose while packing a reservoir big sufficient to gainsay the structural integrity of any desk. As a admonisher, spell it's possible to mount a radiator (possibly even deuce) elsewhere, the optional acme panel is definitely unmatched of the better spots and this comes as an added expense.

That could be a problem for some common people as the D8000 isn't exactly cheap at $330, though it's honestly more affordable than we expected. Given its immense size and aluminum construction, the price seems a little too good to be real, especially with the Lian Lithium V2120B's $400 Mary Leontyne Pric give chase and the Corsair Obsidian 900D at $360. Remember, we're talking astir a 145L inclosure -- nearly double the mental ability of opposite HPTX cases.

Nonetheless, Lian Li managed to keep open costs in check by forgoing many features, including hot-swap bays, rooter speed controllers and even fans themselves. Piece the aforementioned top radiator panel Crataegus oxycantha equal an facultative item, fans genuinely aren't. So spell the D8000 seems like a pretty good buy at $330, consider how much more it might be once you install at least some of the optional hot-swap modules and Captain Hicks fans.

A more realistic price would be around $400 for what we'd consider an essential configuration. Fifty-fifty so, the D8000 is all the same jolly good value and when you consider the fact that no other case supports 20 drives far out of the box, information technology really has no quits. Although pricing puts it alongside the V2120B and 900D, it's in a completely different league than those cases. Personally, I've been seeking something the likes of this for years and I couldn't be happier that the D8000 finally exists, even if it isn't perfect.

Pros: Massive 145L capacity dwarfs the competition, supports busy 20 hard drives out of the box and it's comparatively affordable considering its size and advanced-conclusion aluminum structure.

Cons: While affordable, the D8000 comes with inferior features than you might expect for $330 and adding fans/hot-swap modules/other "extras" will likely push the cost to $400+.