Lian Li Lancool 216 (ATX, 2x160 mm front fans, 235 mm wide)

Our analysis

The NZXT H5 Flow ships two fans and takes a 410 mm graphics card; the Lancool 216 ships three, two 160 mm ARGB up front and a 140 mm at the rear, and stops at 392 mm. In return it fits a 180 mm air cooler against 170 mm and holds eight drive bays against three. It is an ATX tower for a gaming PC with a big air cooler and a desk with room to spare.

What stands out

• Two 160 mm front fans. Instead of three 120 mm fans, it uses two bigger ones. A bigger blade moves more air per turn, so it reaches a given airflow at lower rpm; Lian Li gives no noise figure, so we leave the comparison there.
• 235 mm of width. That extra width gives the 12V-2x6 cable room to leave an RTX 50 card without folding against the side panel.
• Modular I/O. The motherboard can sit higher or lower to suit air cooling or a radiator.
• Mesh and space. Fine mesh up front, on top and along the PSU shroud, support from E-ATX to Mini-ITX, air coolers up to 180 mm tall and eight drive bays.

Where it falls short

• It is a large tower: Lian Li lists it at 480.9 × 235 × 491.7 mm. Measure your desk first.
• Its graphics card limit is 392 mm, lower than the 405 mm of the Antec P7 S, though above the 375 mm of the smaller Lancool 207.

Look elsewhere if

• Space is tight: the Lian Li Lancool 207 fits an ATX board in a micro-ATX footprint, though its graphics card limit drops to 375 mm. If you want four fans in the box and solid panels, the Antec P7 S ships four PWM fans and sound-dampening foam on its side panels, although at 222 mm wide it is tighter for an RTX 50 power cable.

All five cases, including this one, are compared in Gaming PC Case 2026: Follow the Air, Not the Glass.