Lian-Li V1000Z Build

gazza0371 · 30 Dec 2008 at 21:52

Hi All,

Just got my 1000Z today, and am very impressed with this case. It is a lot more compact than I expected, but moving from an Eclipse 62 I happily managed to fit in everything. It feels smaller than the 62, but in a good way if you know what I mean.

The quality of the case is excellent, and I especially love the drive bays in the bottom compartment. The only annoying bit is the PSU sticking out the back, but not a big deal.

Anyway, attached are a couple build pics for your viewing pleasure...

Motherboard (P5Q Deluxe with Q9550) and power supply (Enermax 720W) installed:

Cooler and hard disks added:

The finished product:

Very pleased with how it has turned out - cable routing works really well in this case even though the cables for the front connectors (USB, audio, etc) are numerous.

Kanifee · 30 Dec 2008 at 23:34

Looks pretty sweet, i dont think lian li have made a bad case, maybe just some not as good as others

Helios1234 · 30 Dec 2008 at 23:39

damian666 said:
Looks pretty sweet, i dont think lian li have made a bad case, maybe just some not as good as others

You're absolutely right, my friend fails to understand that but each to their own.

The v1000z is looking sweet!!What's the cooling like in their?

gazza0371 · 31 Dec 2008 at 10:00

Helios1234 said:
The v1000z is looking sweet!!What's the cooling like in their?

I'm running a Noctua NH12F cooler and all standard fans and have clocked the Q9550 to 3.6 - idle I'm getting about high 20s degrees on each core with CoreTemp and high 50s on full load with Prime which seems pretty good to me.

I'm running the side 140mm fan that I think quite a few people remove due to graphics card size, but I've managed to just about fit it in.

Thermo · 1 Jan 2009 at 02:14

Looks good. How did you find the I/O shield alignment? Can you post a pic of the back?
On mine, the ports on the motherboard are about 2mm too high for the I/O shield openings. Any higher and I wouldn't be able to insert any USB plugs.

gazza0371 · 1 Jan 2009 at 12:08

Thermo said:
Looks good. How did you find the I/O shield alignment? Can you post a pic of the back?
On mine, the ports on the motherboard are about 2mm too high for the I/O shield openings. Any higher and I wouldn't be able to insert any USB plugs.

The alignment wasn't spot on, but I think a lot of that is to do with the new backplate that you get with the Asus P5Q - it is padded so the connectors push right on to it and there isn't much 'wiggle' room. I can get all the connectors in, but if the alignment was out by another 0.5mm then I probably wouldn't be able to.

I'll grab a pic later today and post it.

gazza0371 · 1 Jan 2009 at 16:33

Here's a shot pf the back panel

Thermo · 2 Jan 2009 at 00:56

That's exactly how mine looks. You can really notice is by looking at the audio ports.

redeye_uk · 2 Jan 2009 at 11:30

Had the same problem with my v1000z a few months back. I ending up sending it back and getting an A77 instead.

gazza0371 · 2 Jan 2009 at 19:09

redeye_uk said:
Had the same problem with my v1000z a few months back. I ending up sending it back and getting an A77 instead.

I'll be definitely keeping mine, couldn't be happier with the overall quality of the case and how much you can fit in easily is such a compact case.