Here at Clunk.org.uk, we love products that dare to be different, things that deviate from the norm, but are still entirely functional and possibly even beautiful.  The all new PC-X500FX chassis from Lian Li appears to tick all those boxes, so you can imagine that we are quite excited when the courier dropped off a large, tall box on Monday! The X500 was originally launched back in 2008, and while it was certainly unique and interesting, it did lack some of the features that perhaps, prevented it from being as popular as it could have been.  Lian Li have been busy, and while the basics are the same, they have added a series of nice touches, such as a fully anodised black interior, a side window, and some other things that we will take a look at later. This review is going to be in two parts, this part will cover the photos, thoughts, a brief build overview, and testing, and then we have a second article on the way with a full indepth build log. Let's take a look at what we have then...