Lian-Li PC-011 Air - where to put the fan header board?

Coojeekitten · 9 Apr 2020 at 12:06

I'm just in the process of building my new rig. I have fans in the bottom, top, front & back. 8 fans in total, plus the CPU cooler fan.

Where do PC-011 owners put their fan header board?

Coojeekitten · 10 Apr 2020 at 16:54

For info, using fan extension leads, I installed the fan header board in the drive caddy as though it was an SSD. Very neat indeed!

Alex h · 10 Apr 2020 at 18:05

Coojeekitten said:
For info, using fan extension leads, I installed the fan header board in the drive caddy as though it was an SSD. Very neat indeed!

I'm looking at this case myself what are you impressions of it

Coojeekitten · 10 Apr 2020 at 18:44

alex h said:
I'm looking at this case myself what are you impressions of it

Im pleased with the quality. Also a very nice design. It’s quite wide if space is an issue for you. The only minus point is if you are air cooling & want anything more than a mild oc then there’s not enough room for a big cpu cooler. Subject to that, I find the cooling very good. I’ve not yet tried any pc as I’m still installing stuff, but I still have the dust grills installed for the inflow fan.
Oh a silly annoyance. The der8auer marketing badge is right in the way of where the rear outflow fan should go.

Alex h · 10 Apr 2020 at 18:48

Coojeekitten said:
Im pleased with the quality. Also a very nice design. It’s quite wide if space is an issue for you. The only minus point is if you are air cooling & want anything more than a mild oc then there’s not enough room for a big cpu cooler. Subject to that, I find the cooling very good. I’ve not yet tried any pc as I’m still installing stuff, but I still have the dust grills installed for the inflow fan.
Oh a silly annoyance. The der8auer marketing badge is right in the way of where the rear outflow fan should go.

Thanks I read a review on the case and they reckon if you take the front filter out its the coolest case they've reviewed what are you useing to cool yours with oh I won't be overclocking this pc but want decent cooling

Coojeekitten · 10 Apr 2020 at 18:54

I’m using air cooling all Noctua.

Inflow
2x 120mm front
2x 120mm bottom

Outflow
2x 120mm top
2x 80mm rear

cpu Noctua u9s

Alex h · 10 Apr 2020 at 19:00

Ok cheers mate hope all goes well for you

Coojeekitten · 10 Apr 2020 at 19:01

Thanks.

1nfern0 · 1 May 2020 at 22:34

How did you find the build? I found it got a bit crowded in the compartment when you add additional fans and rgb controllers. I ended up removing the drive caddy and mounting the controllers to the rear of the case. fan and rgb extensions were necessary.
Love the case though, temps are good, although I either need better filters or switch to positive air pressure as I have started noticing a bit of dust.

Coojeekitten · 2 May 2020 at 10:29

I left the drive caddy as I was using one SSD. The other side, I installed my fan extension card as though it was another SSD, I attached fan cable extensions. It's now very neat, but that flat panel hides a lot of scruffy wires.

Here's a pic just after I finished the build, before putting back the side panels.

1nfern0 · 2 May 2020 at 16:12

Very tidy. I had to take a second look as there is so much space but then realised my AIO is quite deep. Something I didn't realise until upgrading the fan last month is the small removable panel in middle of the rear section has SSD mounts. it's an option if you need to remove the bay.

Coojeekitten · 2 May 2020 at 18:01

1nfern0 said:
Very tidy. I had to take a second look as there is so much space but then realised my AIO is quite deep. Something I didn't realise until upgrading the fan last month is the small removable panel in middle of the rear section has SSD mounts. it's an option if you need to remove the bay.

Yes, nice options for SSDs in this case. Your radiators are quite deep & this is cutting down the space for you. Nice & close for VRM cooling though?