First case mods Lian Li V351R & Build Log

Marine Iguana · 23 Aug 2009 at 22:02

Right now this is the first time i have really started to mod my own case. I really like the case but i also like to be able to see where all my money has gone

I do plan to update this thread as and when i get my parts for the case plans are for :

i7 920
Corsair Dominator GT
My two GTX 260's
EVGA Micro X58 (That i won

)
Corsair Hydro H50.
Antec 1000W. out of my old case
128GB M225 SSD for OS
1TB F3
Scythe Master fan controller

First off the case as new.

Front

Back

Now what i managed to do in a few hours today was start on getting a side window made for it so out came the dremel and so far i have done this

The X2 is just for show its spare.
I will do the other side during the week i think
Now it still needs a tidy up and the edges are not quite straight enough yet need to take a file to it, the window is held in place for photo with bluetack

Now for the inside

I cannot wait to finish this i hope once its folding it won't get too hot but i will have to wait and see

Marine Iguana · 23 Aug 2009 at 22:21

On it stupid photobucket

Hope that worked they look normal on my rig

The 4870X2 is not a good folding card that is going with my current rig to my brother.

Marine Iguana · 26 Aug 2009 at 06:38

Ice Tea said:
How much space is there between the Motherboard and the PSU to fit a cooler ?

There is not that much room so you wont get a True or Megahalems in there the Scythe Mini Ninja will fit though.

Marine Iguana · 27 Aug 2009 at 01:35

Ice Tea said:
Can the drive bays be removed an unscrewed or are they riveted in ?

They are riveted but nothing a drill and pop rivet gun wont take care of, i want all the silver gone inside that case, gonna do it matte black like the mesh on the back of the case as long as i don't bork it.

Marine Iguana · 3 Sep 2009 at 02:09

Well i have my fan controller and should be ordering the Corsair H50 this week then all that's left will be cpu and ram hopefully by the end of the month as long as i have no unseen bills coming my way :eek:

Also gotta find time to cut other window in the side thought i would do it bank holiday just gone but went for a bike ride instead

Marine Iguana · 28 Sep 2009 at 02:55

verbal said:
I was thinking of getting a Corsair H50 and a LianLi V351. I'm interested to see what you do with the combination. Are you going to mount the radiator at the front?

Hmm how did i miss this post :confused:

Yup i will be hope to get my cpu and ram in about a week so will be seeing how this goes at the moment the H50 is on my q9550 and keeps it at about 45°c under full load which is nice

Marine Iguana · 10 Oct 2009 at 02:48

Slight update to the build hoped it would be built by now but royal fail have let me down with my usb wi-fi adapter :mad:

i need it for my Folding/Seti work.

Anyways i got my i7 920 and a cheap 3GB memory till i can get hold of the Dominator GT set

CPU

RAM

I might have another update later next week when i have everything i need then to overclock it

Marine Iguana · 15 Oct 2009 at 01:11

And its on about time

Dirty GTX

Still got to cut a area out from the CD drive bays so i can fit the H50 properly as the side will not fit on the way its currently fitted but will do it this weekend if i get time

But i had the CPU up to 4Ghz but temps in a case this small are really to high for me so 3.8Ghz will do me fine temps in the high 70's

i will take some better pics when i finish a few mods and clean the ol girl up as its become covered in fingerprints

Marine Iguana · 16 Oct 2009 at 20:35

Happy said:
Very nice, I see there's plenty of space for the GTX 260s

Yup plenty

Cant wait to finish it with a nice new GT300 series GPU hope they are not as long as the 5870's are.

Still haven't got a side on the case because the H50 will not fit on it's side

Marine Iguana · 18 Oct 2009 at 09:19

Got one window done now to do the other and sort out the H50

Marine Iguana · 20 Oct 2009 at 11:27

Biffa said:
Now to watercool those GPUS

You never know what the future might bring as that first gpu is pretty loud when folding :eek:

Marine Iguana · 20 Oct 2009 at 22:05

Guardsmon said:
Like your fitting of hard drive, not sure its the best though... why does it need to be across 2 fittings?

Erm well the hard drive was the last thing i put in after spending 3hrs putting it all together and then found my sata cable just 2 inches short so had to mount it round that way and it would only fit that way didn't want cables going everywhere.
So ill be getting some longer sata cables plus that hard drive is old anyways so it has to come out at some point and be replaced with a SSD and a F3.

Marine Iguana · 20 Oct 2009 at 23:24

That is very nice

I want to do something like that in the future as i would prefer a custom water setup and my north bridge does get high temps it went to 94ºc before fitting second fan on H50 sits around 60ºc now.

You have given me ideas, now my wallet hates you

Marine Iguana · 22 Oct 2009 at 13:37

Sorted out the H50 radiator position now with some mod to the CD drive bay

Before

Bit of cutting and bending

After

Sorted

Marine Iguana · 31 Oct 2009 at 22:33

Hi, it was fairly easy all i really needed to do was cut the CD drive bay to fit the radiator in properly and cut one corner off my fan because the 24 pin power connector on the motherboard was hitting the fan, but might be different depends which mobo your going to use really.

Marine Iguana · 29 Nov 2009 at 12:41

Well it's been a while my board is currently in Germany with an RMA and EVGA couldn't be more helpful, but i was looking at my case and thought why not and started ordering some stuff for a cpu WC setup and a new PSU couldn't help myself

Marine Iguana · 30 Nov 2009 at 18:42

Currently thinking about these for the rest of the loop

Cant wait

Marine Iguana · 1 Dec 2009 at 00:39

Yeah i thought about that but it is the same size as the antec i am using now so it will just about fit otherwise i would have the corsair 1000w in there but that thing is massive :eek:

Marine Iguana · 2 Dec 2009 at 00:43

I may have to do something like that too if i hurt myself plugging in the modular stuff, might also see about braiding the PSU with some nice UV red braid

Marine Iguana · 2 Dec 2009 at 15:04

Well today i emailed EVGA as i have no idea if the board got there and i got a reply that they are waiting on a delivery of the board as it isn't available in Europe.
But i will be getting a new one sweet happy days i can now continue my build without worrying about whats coming back to me