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LianLi G70 - Help please with 2 questions

So I cancelled my Lian Li A10 order, and ordered myself a G70B. Got it for 135 quid including shipping to Ireland too so did ok. I love the looks of this case and the fact it has no front door.

A couple of quesitons though especially on cooling :

http://www.lian-li.com/Product/Chassis/Server_Full_Tower/Classical/S_C_PC-G70.htm

1. The top fan is an intake and cools the cpu, and hot air is drawn out by the psu fan and side fan, which also exhausts hot air from the gpu area and hard drives. Seeing as I am using a Tuniq Tower and presumably will have to reverse the fan on it to blow in instead of out, will this be an issue, especially as I will probably not be able to use the cpu duct over the tuniq being too tall. Would I be better off reversing the side fan to blow in (like on the Akasa Eclipse), and the top fan to exhuast.


2. Secondly, does anyone know if it is still shipping with no blanking plate for bottom psu area ? There are very little reviews, but one I saw on Overclockerclub showed a blanking plate in the bottom.

http://www.overclockersclub.com/imageview/?/images/lian-li/lian-li_23.jpg


Thanks
 
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Thanks. But since he became a mod I don't see as much posts from him here.
Hopefully he will see my post. Any advice from WJA96 would be much appreciated also.

Hoping this case is going to be up to my Akasa Eclipse standards in terms of cooling but just as important - I need to know what is the best fan setup when using a Tuniq in this case.

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It looks like this guy has his Tuniq Tower blowing towards the fan in his PSU.
Does this make any sense ? Wouldn't the fan in the Tuniq be pulling hot air off the back of the video card. Presumably he is also using the stock config with the rear fan cooling the cpu also. Maybe I am slow but I am :confused:
http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/7919/img0734ez1.jpg

I still think maybe having the tuniq and rear fan exhausing hot air, and the front fan and side fan as intakes might be better. Especially as the 8800GTX's actually exhaust some of the hot air, and having the side fan pull air instead of push would be working against them. Maybe I am totally off.
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Anyone ?
 
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Thanks mate.
Your opinions as always are much appreciated.
Sorry to hear about your PSU. I have recently jumped on the Etasis bandwagon and wouldn't look back.
 
Thanks Yewen. And thanks to Arthalen and everyone else for their helpful comments.

Yep...dual 8800gtx's now. See sig.


So just to confirm, I should reverse the side fan so it is an intake, and the top fan so it's an outtake. Leave the bottom fan as stock intake. Basically traditional setup. I was thinking if I used the stock Lian Li setup the warm air at the top of the case would have nowhere to go considering the length of the G80's blocking airflow a bit. That side fan would have a lot of work to do, try to exhaust warm air from hdd's, gpu, and cpu.

Arthalen - are the stock fans 3pin jobs. Did you try hooking them up to our mobo headersa or are they too high power for that ?

I also agree with Arthalen said about the Etasis. It's considered here to be a "Tier 1" psu by this chap while the Galaxy is considered "Tier 2". Basically server grade psu.

http://www.jonnyguru.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103

I also found this for around 130 quid including VAT !! It just does not have the sata or molex cables sleeved but is essentially the same PSU as the Silverstone Zeus. G80 SLI certified too. 80mm fan is not as quiet as the Seasonic I had though.
 
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Thanks...yes that's what I meant when I said I would reverse the sidefan so it is an intake. Do you mean add another fan there ?

So I would have :

bottom front fan => intake - cool hd's (stock setup)
side fan => intake - cool gpu's (instead of outtake)
top rear fan <= outake - remove heat from case (instead of intake, and dont bother with cpu guide thing)

Just wondering though - would the Lian Li cool better then my Akasa Mirage setup at present

It's exactly the same, except I have converted the bottom 3 x 5.25 bays to hold an 800rpm 120mm fan which blows a small amount of air towards the front on the Tuniq Tower.
 
Don't want to cut such a beautiful case.

I spoke to someone on another forum who has this case and he recommends leaving all fans at stock, and using the psu to remove the hot air from the cpu. Read on. Would be interested in your comments Yewen.


"Since my huge 1000watt Galaxy has an intake fan right there, I turned the Tuniq around so it could blow the air up through the fins and directly into the PSU intake. The rear exhaust fan of the Galaxy would then remove the warm air.

As far as the bottom fan goes you absolutely DO NOT want make any changes. Lian-Li's engineers have this down to a science. You would be risking adding hot spots within your case.

The bottom fan is an exhaust fan and it quickly removes heat not only from your case but from the video cards. This is crucial you do not make the mistake of turning that fan around. You would only raise the temps inside your PC.

The way most cases are built is that you have one or two fans in the front of the case pulling in cool air. It is then that the rest of the fans on the sides, rear and sometimes the top exhaust the warm air. I'm sure you understand that."

Hmmm....
 
Actually I am still waiting for my case :) It has not even shipped yet, and now I am having 2nd thoughts. Currently my rig is in an Akasa Mirage case. The problem with the Etasis (same psu actually as Silverstone Zeus, but without the fancy sleeving) is it is a server style psu with the 80mm fan in the front of it. It has no 120mm fan on bottom. So the PSU really cannot aid in case cooling. Which as you say looks to be the way this Lian Li was designed. So to be honest, I probably am not doing myself any favours from a cooling perspective by going with the G70.

Hence I am considering the Coolermaster Stacker 810 and possibly the Silverstone TJ09 again.
 
You would think, but this is not the way Lian Li are making cases these days. The A10 for example blows cold air in from the top onto your cpu heatsink, and the rear fan extracts hot air out. I always thought this created a "short circuit" as the cold air is sucked out as fast as it get blown in. Then on the same case, they have another fan extracting hot air from the gpu, and another fan at the bottom blowing cold air over the hard drives. The Silverstone TJ09 on the other hand blows cold air onto the gpu instead of extracting, and for the cpu area you have 1 reaf fan and the option to add 2 more fans on top (presumably extracting air). Silverstones approach makes more sense to me, then what Lian Li have been doing lately with airflow.
 
simonnance said:
Another vote for the Etasis ET850......... extreme power for a decent price!

Only prob i have in my Eclipse is it is a little on the noisy side, pob because the 80mm fan is thermaly controled, and a bit away from the normal airflow cycle...... maybe a fan duct or a top 120mm would help? Or a fan swap for a quieter fan.

OK, the Eclipse isnt the MOST attractive case in the world, though it isnt too bad, but i go for function over form any day, and it is a great functional case.
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You are talking about the 80mm fan on the Etasis. Yeah..it can wind up when the load increases, like all semi-server grade psu's.

By the way - do you hear a sort of faint electrical buzz (pretty high pitched) from your Etasis ? I can hear it on mine, and very obvious when you put your ear to the back of the psu. Sort of a buzzsaw effect. Not too loud, but irritating as it's at a different ptich from the case fans/ Just wondering if I have a dud.
 
Tell me about it. In the end I ordered a Lian Li A10B. From looking on other forums looks like I am completely out of luck mounting my Tuniq Tower as it's going to be touching the top fan. This is an imperfection in my book as now I am going to have to settle for a cpu cooling solution not as good, which with a quad core is not something you really want to do. Now having second thoughts about the A10. Of course if I got the TJ09 I would not have these issues, but then again I don't like the look of the front of this case at all - too plain just below the on/off buttons. And the side is hideous. I also heard from a few people the quality of the sidepanels is not lian li A10 standard but that is just heresay.


Yewen said:
But the Zen is not a bad case at all. :p

Those are the sort of people you enjoy working with. Each to their own with regards the looks of a case, if we all liked the same thing then the world would be a boring place.

The SR71 design is just superb, nothing you would really change and it is probably the best case out there, but I would never have my main rig in one. :D

Case has to have a feel good factor, regardless of imperfections.
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Nope I cancelled again......the tuniq will not fit if you use an evga mobo because the cpu socket is positioned so high the top of the tuniq interferes with the top 120mm fan in the lian li. Not a problem with the bad axe I had, but definitely a problem with 680i. So I cancelled.

Then I was set on a tj09 but no one had stock, and then I thought I would water cool my mirage. Still mulling it over.
 
Thinking about it. Was initially thinking about a basic all in one yoke that clips onto the 120mm rear fan area but now looking at more elaborate solutions.
 
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