LIAN LI LANCOOL II MESH Review

 Thermal Testing   

Thermal performance is an essential factor for any PC case. Your system may look fantastic and seem silent from the outside, but all of that is for nought if your PC has the internal temperature of an oven. Your PC case needs enough airflow for your components to remain cool under load and to prevent any form of thermal throttling. 

For our test, we used the following hardware using fixed fan speeds (so that only the case and its included fans can influence thermal performance).

Testing Hardware
Intel i9-9700K @4.8GHz at 1.2V
ASUS ROG Strix Z370-F Gaming @ 100% Current Capacity/ LL lvl16
Cooler Master Hyper 212 Black Edition @ 9V via Fan Speed Reducer
Nvidia GTX 980 Reference @ 60% Fixed Fan Speed
Corsair LP Vengiance LP (Grey) @ 3200MHz
Corsair MP500 M.2 NVMe SSD
Corsair RM550X Power Supply

The graph below showcases Delta temperatures with a controlled ambient temperature of 20 degrees Celsius. 

600 RPM Thermal Test

When testing PC cases, we like to provide our readers with a variety of results. Not everyone runs their fans at their maximum RPMs, and not everyone uses fan speed profiles to limit their noise levels and airflow. So to cover all bases, we test cases with three fan profiles, a 600RPM profile, a 1000 RPM profile and a “Max” speed profile.

During our low RPM tests, we can see that Lian Li’s LANCOOL II MESH is a pack leader, offering some of the best thermals at this low RPM at the £75 pricepoint. Lian Li’s Mesh front is clearly working wonders. 

  
  

1000 RPM Thermal Testing

At 1000 RPM, we continue to see that the Lian Li places highly in our case mashup, offering compelling thermal performance given its £75 pricing. This case offers users plenty of airflow with its three stock fans, making this a great case for those with a budget of this size. 

  
  

Max RPM Thermal Testing

The stock fans of Lian Li’s LANCOOL II MESH don’t stretch far above 1200 RPM, which limits the overall airflow of the chassis as well as its maximum noise levels. The good news is that the LANCOOL II MESH remains quiet under load at its maximum RPMs, though cases with faster fans can deliver lower load temperatures.