Lian Li is not any stranger to creating a few of the most covetable PC circumstances, however its new DK07 gaming desk PC case takes issues to a brand new stage. In a position to home two complete gaming PCs, with a glass high to permit you to gaze down at your costly {hardware}, it makes for a hanging but hopefully sensible strategy to home your complete gaming setup.
This isn’t truly Lian Li‘s first stab at a gaming desk PC case, with its present DK-05F & DK-04F providing an analogous set of options. Nevertheless, these unique variations at the moment are discontinued, and this new finest PC case and finest gaming desk contender is available in at a decrease MSRP, making it a extra attainable possibility.
Beginning with the fundamentals, the DK07 is an digital sit-stand desk, providing guide adjustment between a peak of 676mm and 1162mm. It additionally contains three preset buttons for immediately dialing in your most well-liked heights. It’s what’s on high 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 middle, 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 correct. This is likely one of the main modifications from the corporate’s earlier desk designs, which had a tempered glass high protecting the entire desk width. The complete glass strategy is arguably extra eye-catching, however the aluminum is extra sensible.
Beneath this high are the heart of the desk, which truly lengthen deeper than many of the pictures Lian Li has offered would recommend. Whereas the entrance fringe of the desk is simply round 50mm deep, the central rear portion, the place the principle PC elements are housed, is quite a bit deeper. It’s unlikely to intervene an excessive amount of along with your setup, but it surely’s one thing to pay attention to in case you had been considering 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 huge, however are massive sufficient for most simple stationery, a spare mouse, a number of cables, adapters, and so forth.
In the meantime, the principle PC-housing part of the desk could be configured through a modular bracket design to accommodate both one central system or two techniques sat side-by-side. Each could be as much as E-ATX in dimension, so there’s ample area for some significantly highly effective techniques. Not like some super-slim, customized gaming desk PC circumstances we’ve seen (corresponding to these three examples: 1, 2, 3) the techniques listed here are housed in a traditional orientation, with the graphics playing cards in a position to be mounted vertically, although it’s also possible to flip them to a horizontal orientation.
There’s area for 12 120mm followers and a number of as much as 480mm radiators as properly, although once more as a result of the techniques sit in a traditional orientation, you’ll be able to simply use typical 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 outdoors the case.
Accessible now – not that we’ve discovered any in inventory wherever – the Lian Li DK07 worth is about 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 circumstances. It’s additionally cheap contemplating premium gaming desks, corresponding to the wonderful Secretlab Magnus Professional and Corsair Platform: 6, begin at over $850 for only a desk.
In the meantime, in case you’re in search of a barely extra inexpensive house to your gaming PC, you’ll be able to all the time take a look at the superb triple-glass-paneled Lian Li O11D Imaginative and prescient Compact, which is simply $120 through this hyperlink.
If you happen to’re in search of different methods to finish your gaming furnishings setup, take a look at our greatest gaming chair information, in addition to our Fractal Refine evaluate and Secretlab Titan Evo evaluate for some particular, top-tier choices.
