Cant fit graphics card into 011D XL

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Hi, I decided to do my first custom loop build using the o11d XL and all EK Water cooling stuff.

If we ignore everything else I have a really wierd problem that the graphics card is 2mm higher than the side of the case with the water block on it :(. The card is the 2080TI MSI Gaming X Trio, with the EK water block for it. I CAN get the side of the case on if I push really hard, but it just feels wrong!

Any ideas on how I can sort this? As far as I can see there isn't even the option to use shorter motherboard standoffs!

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Ian Woolfenden
 
Hi, I decided to do my first custom loop build using the o11d XL and all EK Water cooling stuff.

If we ignore everything else I have a really wierd problem that the graphics card is 2mm higher than the side of the case with the water block on it :(. The card is the 2080TI MSI Gaming X Trio, with the EK water block for it. I CAN get the side of the case on if I push really hard, but it just feels wrong!

Any ideas on how I can sort this? As far as I can see there isn't even the option to use shorter motherboard standoffs!

Kind Regards

Ian Woolfenden
Changing motherboard standoff height isn't possible - the rear I/O and card slot heights are fixed anyway.

Which way do the fittings face on the card?

Would a vertical mount solve this problem?
 
A picture as they say is worth a thousand words.

Would a vertical mount fit here do you think? The rear intake fan isnt on yet incase you are wondering, but its 2x EK 360 PE, and 1x EK360XL and a D5 Pump. I put the drain valve into the bottom of the bottom radiator. Any other rookie mistakes ive made? I made it much more awkward for my 1st water cooled build picking acrylic tubing!

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That looks like a standard height case so I'm surprised the waterblock doesn't fit underneath the lid. You dod move that stray wire away, right?

Unfortunately yor photo doesn'rt focus on the important bit: the GPU and block and the bit to the immediate left.
 
That looks like a standard height case so I'm surprised the waterblock doesn't fit underneath the lid. You dod move that stray wire away, right?

Unfortunately yor photo doesn'rt focus on the important bit: the GPU and block and the bit to the immediate left.

The O11D XL is I think a bit shallower in the main section as the PSU goes behind the motherboard.

Yes, the wire isn't the problem - it contacts and pushes where it says 'Geforce RTX', im working away for a few days so have to finish the build at the weekend, I do have another pic I took earlier in the build before I swapped to the D5 pump (didn't think it would fit to begin with)

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Right. You've got a full two slots of room so there shouldn't be a problem. That case can fit a 167mm cooler, so get the measurements of the GPU waterblock.
 
something like this should shave the necessary few mm off the depth of the card - assuming it fits your card. or get a vetical gpu mount though you may lose the ability to fits fans at the bottom of the case - that's the only issue i had using the non xl version of the case.

it's the only negative i have about the case design - they are quite limited in the gpu&waterblock combo that will fit. at least the smaller version has a compatibility chart on the lian-li website

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-terminal-rotary-90-black
 
So the block is 157mm High, so if as you say I've 167mm of depth, the motherboard + Risers will be taking up another 10mm, I wonder if the card will go in another 1 or 2 mm into the slot...…. will check at weekend!
 
So the block is 157mm High, so if as you say I've 167mm of depth, the motherboard + Risers will be taking up another 10mm, I wonder if the card will go in another 1 or 2 mm into the slot...…. will check at weekend!

edit: remember the pc slot itself comes out from the motherboard by about another 10mm on it's own - i'll hazard a guess and say it's never going to fit

edit 2: bitspower do a 'VGA Multi Direction Link - Acrylic' that would probably also shave a few mm off the depth of the card but not sure if ekwb do anything similar other than the previous fitting i linked to.
 
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something like this should shave the necessary few mm off the depth of the card - assuming it fits your card. or get a vetical gpu mount though you may lose the ability to fits fans at the bottom of the case - that's the only issue i had using the non xl version of the case.

it's the only negative i have about the case design - they are quite limited in the gpu&waterblock combo that will fit. at least the smaller version has a compatibility chart on the lian-li website

https://www.ekwb.com/shop/ek-fc-terminal-rotary-90-black

Hmm, that looks like it could well be a solution! the pain is that i would have to order it, and i dont know whether it would be a few mm shorter or taller by the time the compression fitting is on it! :(.
 
Hmm, that looks like it could well be a solution! the pain is that i would have to order it, and i dont know whether it would be a few mm shorter or taller by the time the compression fitting is on it! :(.
measure the bit that 'sticks out' from the card - the bit with the gefore gtx writing on it. that should be what it replaces.

edit: looking again at the dimensions of that part and the part it would be replacing on the card it may not save you much if anything at all - apologies.
you may need to search and see if ek do a similar fitting to the bitspower one.
 
Get a vertical gpu mount, problem solved. I took this step in participation of this happening as a quick measure did indeed seem like it would either not fit or be very very close to the glass panel.
 
Get a vertical gpu mount, problem solved. I took this step in participation of this happening as a quick measure did indeed seem like it would either not fit or be very very close to the glass panel.
vertical mount isn't likely to fit with his current rad and fan set up at the bottom by the looks of things. unless he removes the top set of fans and macgyvers the fitting to the top of the rad.
 
vertical mount isn't likely to fit with his current rad and fan set up at the bottom by the looks things. unless he removes the top set of fans and macgyvers the fitting to the top of the rad.
Hmm you're right, the bottom radiator is seriously thick. I think even if he removed a set of fans from the bottom rad he would still struggle abit. He would be able to do it if he used a slim rad at the bottom with 1 set of fans. I'm using the phanteks vertical gpu mount which is actually a 5 slot system so it gives me some flexibility in having the card sitting higher or lower, see below. I think this could work for his situation dependant on the rad of course.

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You can move the whole gpu mount 1 slot higher or even 2 with some modding which would easily allow him to squeeze a bigger rad in.
 
Hmm you're right, the bottom radiator is seriously thick. I think even if he removed a set of fans from the bottom rad he would still struggle abit. He would be able to do it if he used a slim rad at the bottom with 1 set of fans. I'm using the phanteks vertical gpu mount which is actually a 5 slot system so it gives me some flexibility in having the card sitting higher or lower, see below. I think this could work for his situation dependant on the rad of course.

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You can move the whole gpu mount 1 slot higher or even 2 with some modding which would easily allow him to squeeze a bigger rad in.
aye, vert mount is probably the only option unless ek do a similar fitting to the bitspower one but he'll definitely have to lose something from the bottom set up. seems massive over kill rad and fan setup unless op is trying to cool something extremely 'exotic' - would a 9900ks for example @ 5.2 or whatever it can do even need that kind of cooling or threadripper maybe? i'm seeing a 360 slim rad at the top, a 240 slim on the side and a 360 think at the bottom - that's bonkers levels of cooling :p
 
The phanteks riser card may just about fit, though I've heard really bad things about vertical mounting GPU water blocks, particularly about getting air bubbles that you cant get rid of!
not had an issue with vert mounted gpu and it's been drained and refilled several times the past couple of months. pump on 100% for a few minutes soon shifts any air bubbles coupled with a gentle 'shake' or 2.
 
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