Lian Li PC-Q17 Mini-ITX Case Review

Being a small chassis, and being constructed entirely from aluminium, the Lian Li PC-Q17 ships in a compact and light brown box.

Inside, there is little in the way of stand-out extras, but there are a lot of screws.

You have plenty of options when it comes to mounting 2.5-in and 3.5-in drives as there are enough screws for 5x 2.5-in drives and 3x 3.5-in drives (though you cannot fit a total of 8 drives in the case.) Also included are rubber anti-vibration mounts to dampen any noise HDDs could make.

Of course, there are some standard motherboard standoff screws – 4, as it is an ITX case – as well as plenty of extra fan screws.

Most notably, the PC-Q17 also includes two small red LED strips – each powered by a 3-pin fan header. This is a nice touch – but my only concern comes from the fact that the strips are powered by fan headers. Mini-ITX motherboards tend to have the bare minimum of fan headers – the board I used to build in the PC-Q17 has just 3, for example. This means, unless you have a fan-splitter (which is sadly not provided) you will either have to sacrifice 2 case fans or go without the LEDs.

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