There is room for 6 drives (4 by power supply and 2 below the MB over the PSU.  Also, 3 more in the included 5 1/4 adapter bay.  Thats 9 HD's and 2 CD/DVD ROMS after you remove the huge ugly giant HD cage in the front of the fans.  remove it and move a push pull 280 rad and one 360 up top and g2g... Joe
 

I did wish Lian Li would've stayed w/ the dual PSU design too.

Could anyone with the V2120 and an SR-2 tell me how much room there is between the top of the board and the top of the case?  I'm wondering how thick of a radiator/ fan setup I can stick up there.

Pyrahna, yeah it should fit okey because I have 3 x case fan and they were 38mm x 120mm x 120mm! btu I don't know anything baout watercooling.

Danny-  
     I am looking to put a 120 X 360 X 59 mm radiator w/ 3 120 25mm deep fans on in the case between motherboard and the top of the case.  So do you think there is 85mm of room between the board and the case?

 
I haven't installed my SR-2 in the case yet, but im checking that space right now and it seems like we are looking at 70mm max...

noxep

Danny-  
    I am looking to put a 120 X 360 X 59 mm radiator w/ 3 120 25mm deep fans on in the case between motherboard and the top of the case.  So do you think there is 85mm of room between the board and the case?

 
I haven't installed my SR-2 in the case yet, but im checking that space right now and it seems like we are looking at 70mm max...

 
70mm is acceptable if you wish to have dual fan but it will be very close underneath the two watercooling holes, it will be very tiny gap to clear the space. I think 60mm would be better to go with dual fan. Keep cooling for a better one.
 
http://www.pccasegear.com...&products_id=15810
 
Mine is 2 x Armageddon HSFs with dual fan so 70mm + 25mm + 25mm = 120mm. I think it's better to be under 120mm, to clear the gap should be 5mm, that is 115mm.
 
See my photos:
 
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http://www.pccasegear.com...&products_id=15810
 
but length and width are not good. Maybe contact them to find out whether it fit or not for V2120 case. I'm thinking of modding mine.

I ended up buying the v2120 for my dual 5620/24 GB RAM, it was a lot of work to make it fit the sr-2. As Danny mentioned, you have to remove the 140mm fan and vertical wall it is attached to along with the long pci support bracket. I ended up going with two corsair h50's for the cooling (they are mounted to the top of the case exhausting out). They seemed to be the only thing available to me that I could find locally. Replaced the lian's two internal 120mm fans with noctua. I was very disapointed in the quality of the case. My V1200 and previous lian cases did not have a problem with overtightened screws. I could only loosen one of the fan controllers screws, one turned with no effort and the other would not budge and ended up stripping the top (I will probably have to drill this out). I was able to bend the controller down enough to get the fan headers on, but the fit and finish of the case leaves a lot to be desired given the price point.  The front panel connections required 4 USB connections, it would have been nice to have had the option to connect them to the motherboard usb headers vs. the back of the computer and looping them. I removed them, maybe when more usb 3.0 ports come along I will put them back in. I also removed the 3 bay hard drive rack closest to the power supply, running a corsair ax1200 there was not much room for the cables. I may in the future attempt to replace the 140mm fans, but I will first wait to see what others are replacing them with.

Hi pe3046,
 
that sounds like alot of problems for a Lian Li Case.. the point with overtightened screws wonders me, never had that Problem with any Lian Li Case.. but who knows what they do recently..
 
From the postings of V2120 Owners here, I guess that case isn't exactly Lian Li's masterpiece in terms of usability and quality.. :(
 
Are the aluminium screws on the V2120 not screwd in pressed-in steel wreaths(?)? Usually Lian Li uses those round counter-wreaths on the backside to prevent overtightened screws in aluminium.

I may buy an sr2 mobo in the near future and im keen on the lian li p80 (b?) armoursuit but it says it only takes 12 and 13 inches in length and width also maxishine has a lian li armor suit and it wouldn't fit properly so he had to drill holes in the case to make it fit.
Why does it say  on THIS post by a member of staff that the p80 will allow the sr2 to fit.
Im a bit stuck. Anyone??
 
p.s. anyone know when there will be more sr2 compatible case released?

Hi guys, I'm new here. I recently started concieving of my next build. My current workstation is 6 years old and a sata port just died on it. It's time for a new computer, so I did some research and started to design 1 around the 5500/5600 xeons. The dual processor boards intrigued me, and I thought to myself it will last me at least 6 years if I start with a dual processor mother board. I had settled on using an EATX and a Silverstone TJ10 case when I learned about the SR-2. Naturally I fell in love <3. Now, if you know the TJ10 you know it will never fit an SR-2 in it. I saw the PC-V2120 and I've read the thread here. It seems to me that Lian Li threw together the 2120 in a rush just to satisfy the gap in the market that the SR-2 created thus justifying their painfully stiff price point. Lian Li has a great reputation for producing quality cases. The only suprise is that they are willing to jepordize their reputation with the 2120. Because of your reviews of the 2120 and it's dredful styling, I really won't consider it. I did some shopping around and took some measurments. I like the Corsair 700D and 800D; both seem to take the HPTX mod well. Then I went back to Lian Li and considered the PC-A71F, and the PC-A70F. Both have 390mm (15.35") of space between the HDD racks and the rear panel; with the MM HPTX mobo tray, and a proper tool kit, we can easily modify the cases (in theory). I like the styling of the A71F. Sure I'm going to modify the @#$% out of it, but I do that with every case. This one will just take a bit more than fans, windows, and paint.
 
To modify the PC-A70F and PC-A71F both will need to have the top rear HDD box removed, the mobo tray rails relocated, the rear panel will need a cut-out to fit the MM HPTX mobo tray and (I recommend) aluminum angle riveted around the cut-out for reinforcement. The tools needed, I imagine, will be a screw driver, a drill and drill bits, a jigsaw or dremel, a set of files, a set of threading bits, and maybe pop rivets. I intend to also use a metal filler like bondo and paint the back plate white.

I suspect you'd have room for the H70, but I am basing that on the beleif that most cases with have top fans are designed to have those fans in-line with the CPU heatsink fans. The 2120 has room for 3 fans at the top.
 
IDK if it will be substaintially quieter using the H70s. You will probably have superior CPU cooling, but it will still total 4 fans, also I can assume you will have the front 2 fans and rear fan. I think the H70 may extend a small bit over the mother board when mounted on top in the 2120.
 
But I do like the idea. I too have never used liquid cooling and the H70 looks like a perfect entry level use of it. Also it will open up the motherboard for observation through a side window, which has aesthetic appeal to me.

If you can measure from the inside top down to the top of the i/o panel opening that should give you an accurate measure.
 
I too am replacing a system I built in 2005 with the SR-2. The SR-2 is so attractive because it seems it will still be a good system in 6 or more years. Cheers! I hope it works out for you, I know the woos of photoshop and rendering layer.  The main complaint people are voicing about the 2120 seem to be about shotty workmanship. It is possible your case is perfect.
 
I do like to mod my case to look good; showing off the motherboard through a window, having a unique and complimentary paint job, and having beautifully working little extras. My plan for this built is classy, sofisticated, and modern. When my co-workers or boss see my workstation they should say to themselves, "wow, he must work better from home than the office. That computer is EPIC!"
 
If the system is going under a desk and you are having issues with the noise of the H70 fans, I would recommend a simple acoustic solution. Buy some urethane foam and build a 3 walled box with it around the top fans that goes between the case and the bottom of the desk, the open wall of the foam box should face the back. urethane foam can be found in the weatherizing section of your hardware store.

Guys, I got a favour to ask you, just shoot an email to Coolermaster, the more we get a chance to push them into production for prototype Sr-2 case.

Well guys the Silverstone TJ11 will not support HPTX form factor motherboards.