Lian Li is not any stranger to creating among the most covetable PC instances, however its new DK07 gaming desk PC case takes issues to a brand new degree. In a position to home two entire gaming PCs, with a glass prime to help you gaze down at your costly {hardware}, it makes for a placing but hopefully sensible approach to home your entire gaming setup.
This isn’t really Lian Li‘s first stab at a gaming desk PC case, with its current DK-05F & DK-04F providing an analogous set of options. Nonetheless, these authentic variations are actually discontinued, and this new greatest PC case and greatest gaming desk contender is available in at a decrease MSRP, making it a extra attainable choice.
Beginning with the fundamentals, the DK07 is an digital sit-stand desk, providing guide adjustment between a top of 676mm and 1162mm. It additionally contains three preset buttons for immediately dialing in your most popular heights. It’s what’s on prime of these legs that basically makes the DK07 stand out, although.
The highest of the desk has a 6mm thick tempered glass window in its heart, whereas to both aspect are 2mm thick slabs of brushed aluminum, into that are set the height-adjust management panel on the left and a wi-fi charging pad on the precise. This is likely one of the main adjustments from the corporate’s earlier desk designs, which had a tempered glass prime masking the entire desk width. The complete glass strategy is arguably extra eye-catching, however the aluminum is extra sensible.
Under this prime are the center of the desk, which really prolong deeper than many of the photos Lian Li has offered would counsel. Whereas the entrance fringe of the desk is barely round 50mm deep, the central rear portion, the place the primary PC parts are housed, is lots deeper. It’s unlikely to intervene an excessive amount of along with your setup, nevertheless it’s one thing to pay attention to if you happen to have been pondering the entire desk was as skinny because the entrance edge.
Inside that entrance edge are USB ports, a headphone jack, and the facility button for the techniques inside. Maybe our favourite facet of this desk case, although, is that Lian Li has included drawers. To both aspect of the central windowed part of the desk are 50mm deep drawers with full-extension slides and in-built organizers. They’re solely 260mm lengthy and 105mm large, however are giant sufficient for most elementary stationery, a spare mouse, just a few cables, adapters, and so forth.
In the meantime, the primary PC-housing part of the desk might be configured through a modular bracket design to accommodate both one central system or two techniques sat side-by-side. Each might be as much as E-ATX in dimension, so there’s ample area for some critically highly effective techniques. Not like some super-slim, customized gaming desk PC instances we’ve seen (equivalent to these three examples: 1, 2, 3) the techniques listed below are housed in a traditional orientation, with the graphics playing cards capable of be mounted vertically, although you may as well flip them to a horizontal orientation.
There’s area for 12 120mm followers and a number of as much as 480mm radiators as nicely, although once more as a result of the techniques sit in a standard orientation, you may simply use standard air CPU coolers, so long as they’re not too tall. No followers or RGB lighting is included, although there’s ample area for magnetic RGB strips to be fitted inside and out of doors the case.
Obtainable now – not that we’ve discovered any in inventory anyplace – the Lian Li DK07 worth is ready at $1,399.99, which is some huge cash, however lower than the $1,499.99 beginning worth of the corporate’s earlier gaming desk PC instances. It’s additionally affordable contemplating premium gaming desks, equivalent to the wonderful Secretlab Magnus Professional and Corsair Platform: 6, begin at over $850 for only a desk.
In the meantime, if you happen to’re on the lookout for a barely extra inexpensive residence on your gaming PC, you may at all times try the wonderful triple-glass-paneled Lian Li O11D Imaginative and prescient Compact, which is simply $120 through this hyperlink.
When you’re on the lookout for different methods to finish your gaming furnishings setup, try our greatest gaming chair information, in addition to our Fractal Refine overview and Secretlab Titan Evo overview for some particular, top-tier choices.
