Interior:::...

To install your components in the LC11 you first remove a pair of case screws from the rear then flip the case over to access it from underneath.

Bottom Panel

In the box is a foam packing frame which the LC11 manual suggests you use to stand the case on while you're working on it so you don't mark up the top surface. There's also a large, protective plastic sheet applied to the top of the case to help keep it scratch-free. This can obviously be peeled away once you've finished. Sometimes it's the little things that impress!

Protective Plastic Sheet

Inside the first reaction is that there's bags of space, in fact far more space than there probably needs to be.

In the image below you can see the power supply in the bottom left corner, the 3.5" drive cage top right and the optical drive cage bottom right with the box containing the mounting screws poking out.

Internal Features

Between the 3.5" and optical drive cages and situated right below that row of air intake holes is the front 80mm intake fan. As you can now probably see, the PSU also has its own cooling fan

Internal Features

This sets up a kind of "T" shaped airflow that draws air over all of the major components.

Internal Airflow

Once the motherboard is installed, the CPU fan then comes into play and is probably best set to draw air in from the vent on the underside to keep keep the turbulance down to a minimum.

Airflow Including CPU HSF

Internal Features

In all it's a nicely laid out and roomy interior. moreso than it need be if I'm being honest, but with that comes the advantage of better thermal performance and the option to fit even high-end CPUs up to and beyond a P4 3.2GHz according to SilverStone. Naturally though, if you run a sub-1GHz CPU you'd probably wish you could trade some of the cooling for a slightly more compact design.