![]() It's precisely that adjustability of the Lian Li DK-04F which has made it become some sort of miracle cure. No more building PCs cross legged on the floor for me, which is good because this portly frame, descending disgracefully into middle age, is not dealing brilliantly with such limb contortions right now. Having the DK-04F being height adjustable from the off, thanks to those motorised legs, means you can get it to a comfortable height to work in. It means I can shut out the disgusting mess of wiring I've let loose inside until I get around to sorting out the cooler, and am just left with a soothing RGB underglow slowly fluttering around beneath my keyboard and mouse.Īnd if I shift my peripherals to the side it becomes the perfect background for a little product shoot, to which my Core i9 10900K review (opens in new tab) can attest. At the touch of a button it can go from crystal clear to perfectly opaque. Which is why the switchable tempered glass desktop is such a wonderful thing. But because of all the myriad chassis fans and RGB LED strips that come as part of the DK-04F package, and the extensive front panel controls, there is a lot of cabling inside the case.Īnd it doesn't look great in there right now. I'm no pro-builder, I just want to get things inside, get them running, and not spend an age making it super tidy. But that's not the only thing that looks a little less than ideal. It still works but is rather unsightly, though is going to soon be replaced by something a little more fitted. That means it's essentially just free-roaming inside. Mostly because the old Corsair H100i liquid chip-chiller I have attached to the 7900X CPU has tubing that's just a little too short to be screwed into place over the chassis' air vents. Sure, I had issues getting my rig inside. More cut digits, more screwdriving, but at the end of it all a gaming PC that will always have you smiling beatifically as you follow its whirrs up and down. And by that I mean you're good to build your PC inside it… and that way lies more pleasure and pain. You might strip a couple screws here and there, but it'll take at least half the time.īut once the legs are in place, connected to the desk's own power supply, and the desktop lid is in place, you're good to go. Pro-tip: get yourself an electric screwdriver. Luckily the few screw holes that don't aren't a huge issue because there are a vast number of screws holding the thing together. That's sliced fingers, scraped knuckles, and machined screw holes that don't quite match up. I've built systems into enough Lian Li chassis in my time to know what I'm getting myself into. On the whole the DK-04F is relatively easy to assemble, the only issue being how you suspend the very heavy aluminium body while you struggle to get the ultra-heavy iron legs into place.įrom there it's classic Lian Li. Telescopic? Oh yes, this is a motorised sitting/standing desk, but I'll come back to that li'l nugget of joy in a minute. The main chassis itself, the two telescopic legs, and the tempered glass desktop. And doubly thankfully Lian Li has shipped me the DK-04F and not the frankly unwieldy DK-05F which can house two liquid-cooled PCs inside (opens in new tab) its capacious innards.Įssentially there are only four parts to assemble with this gaming desk. Thankfully while it does arrive on a pallet, and with a nightmarish mass of cardboard packaging, it's just a single unit. Jacob suggests maybe it's like those people who mistakenly get sent a box of RTX 2080s instead of just the one… and that I'm actually getting a pallet full of massive gaming desks. Price - $1,500 (opens in new tab) | £1,300 (opens in new tab) I/O - 1x USB 3.1 Type-C, 4x USB 3.0, Audio Motherboard compatibility - Mini-ITX, mATX, ATX, E-ATX
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