14 DAY TRIAL // When Lian Li showed off the moving locomotive case months ago, we didn't dare hope that the company would actually release it to consumers, but here it is.
Called PC-CK101, it comes in two variants: one that only looks like a train and is there just for aesthetic value, and another that does, in fact, travel along miniature railways.
The car and engine of the case are not part of the same whole. The former section holds the motherboard (a mini-ITX) and a 120mm fan.
The engine has enough space for a small power supply, a slim optical disk drive and one HDD/SSD bay (3.5-inch and 2.5-inch supported), plus the LED power button (on the front) and two USB 3.0 ports (on the side).
Unsurprisingly, there is no expansion slot anywhere, so buyers will have to settle for whatever graphics chip comes included in the CPU or APU.
That is more or less everything worth saying, except for one thing: one lucky fan will win a free PC-CK101. To enlist in the “contest”, hopefuls only need to “like” the new Facebook page dedicated to the company, and fill in a form.
Lian Li didn't say exactly when stores will ship the locomotive cases, but we imagine it will be soon. The statuary PC-CK101 2012 Special Edition will cost $299, while the moving one will sell for $379, in a bundle with six interlocking tracks.
Exchange rates say those sums correspond to 229 and 290 Euro, respectively, but we've long since learned that the prices on the old continent never reflect them. As such, if Lian Li does end up selling the cases in Europe, it will probably demand 299 and 379 Euro in exchange for them.
Below you'll find a stop-motion video of the case, and the product page can be found here. It has every bit of info one may be interested in, including the cables available, etc.
