The PC as a train – A very special kind of mobile Computing with the Lian Li PC-CK101

1 - The train story begins 2 - Unboxing and Accessory 3 - Power Supply Unit 4 - Optical drive in the stomach 5 - How to implement a SSD? 6 - Playing with fans for the best airflow 7 - Mainboard and CPU maximized 8 - Mainboard in green mode for a HTPC 9 - First run and conclusion

Ventilator

A fan has been provided and already mounted between the wagon and the locomotive inside the wagon. Lian Li can do almost everything, but fans still can’t. Of course, the installed model is not a nasty turbine, but you can hear the air whisk very prominently, which clearly counteracts the very quiet power supply. Either you throttle the Luftikus down to 7 volts using its own adapter (which is just about enough in principle), or you replace it completely: simple and painless.

I once again chose a noise blocker from the eLoop series for the replacement, since these fans probably achieve the best results at the moment – not for nothing did I recommend them in our Christmas special. Since we are not exactly in the budget range with the casing and components, a few Euros for the best on the market shouldn’t matter anymore. The very powerful model I installed is of course a bit oversized for a small system, but seemed appropriate for cooling support of the initially installed Core i7 -3770K.

By the way, you can do without the air filter if you, in contrast to Lian Li and me, mount the fan blowing out, which even helps the cooling (negative pressure principle).