Lian Li LANCOOL II Mesh C Performance, schwarz, Glasfenster

Mit dem Lancool II Mesh legt Lian Li den stark ausgestatteten Midi-Tower für unter 100 Euro in einer weiteren Variante auf. Der Neuling bietet eine komplett perforierte Front, was der Kühlung zugute kommt. In der RGB-Variante wird es darüber hinaus auf Wunsch sehr bunt. Störend sind im Test kleine, aber sichtbare Mängel.

Mit dem Lian Li Lancool II Mesh testen wir eine überarbeitete Version des Lancool II, welches wir erst Anfang dieses Jahres getestet haben. Wie der Name schon verrät, besteht das größte Update in der Verwendung von Meshgitter als Front und in einem seitlichen Bereich.

The Lian Li Lancool II Mesh case is the airflow focused follow up to the original Lancool 2. After benchmarking to testing temperatures with air cooling, this might be one of the best gaming cases of 2020 since it has a good price and plenty of water cooling options too. The only thing that's questionable is availability.

To summarise your thoughts on the Lian Li LANCOOL II MESH, we love it. The case offers users a lot of premium features that most cases at this price point lack, and all of this case's shortcomings are minor. Add in this case's excellent cable tidying features, and we have an enclosure with an affordable price, an outstanding feature set and a fantastic external aesthetic. For that, the Lian Li LANCOOL II MESH is more than deserving of OC3D's Value For Money award.

As far as we’re concerned, the Lian Li Lancool II Mesh is a straight upgrade from the original model. The original differentiates itself with ARGB lighting, but the Mesh has far better thermal performance, retains all other features of the original, and adds a fan controller as a bonus. The downside of changing so little from the original is that its flaws carry over as well. These are detailed fully in our original Lancool II review, but the largest flaw was the airflow, which has now been fixed. We would suggest taping off the bottom of the front panel, though--it will get dusty. Adding a 120mm fan on top of the PSU shroud is a cheap way to improve the case’s airflow even more, and it takes advantage of the mesh side panel Lian Li has added. We’ve seen quite a few $100-ish mesh fronted cases lately, notably the be quiet! 500DX, Phanteks P400A Digital, and Cooler Master TD500 Mesh. The P500A and P300A are similar in spirit, but the P400A is the most price-appropriate comparison. All of these cases include a full, usable complement of stock fans, as opposed to earlier pioneers of the current mesh-fronted trend like the Meshify C and NR600. In terms of performance and airflow, the Lancool II Mesh is a worthy addition to this group.

The Lian Li Lancool II Performance builds on the original nicely by adding noticeable improvements and features to an already excellent enclosure. While the Performance variant did not exist with the original Lancool II, this addition to the case family with the Mesh certainly makes sense. On top of that, Lian Li has not simply replaced the fans, but has included a functional fan controller along with a better set of fans.