Lian Li 011 EVO XL HALF LIFE BUILD

tomcoleman · 22 Oct 2023 at 13:48

Right!

its that magical time again to start a new build - This time around i'm going for the Lian Li 011 EVO XL with a half life theme (orange/black scheme)

So far Parts will be

LG Electronics UltraGear Gaming Monitor 32GQ950-B
Ryzen 7950X
Rog Hero AM5 Motherboard
T700 4TB NVMe
Corsair Xc7 RGB LCD CPU Block
HX1500i PSU
Corsair QX140 RGB 140mm Fans
Custom loop using Hydro X Series XT Hardline 14mm Tubing

Parts im still thinking about is

EK Water Blocks EK-Quantum Surface P420M Triple Fan Radiator Black, this give around 44mm of depth coupled with the fans 25mm depth giving a total 69mm im not sure if that thickness is too skinny for the base of the chasis as its quite large. Shown in red in the photo

I like the look of lots of pipes this build is inspiring my design. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZTDTu8s9n0

Items will trickle through as i purchase and select

tomcoleman · 23 Oct 2023 at 14:00

Small update

ordered the below so hopefully they will arrive soon.

I went for the P420M based on its 44mm height profile, i thought the X version at 58mm might be too deep, we'll see. If i dont like it i'll swap over and get 2 x.

EK Water Blocks EK-Quantum Surface P420M Triple Fan Radiator
EK Water Blocks EK-Mana G2 PC-O11D EVO DDC D-RGB Distro Plate

tomcoleman · 24 Oct 2023 at 18:09

Some new toys arrived today....

for the rad the EK Water Blocks EK-Quantum Surface P420M Triple Fan Radiator is 44mm and too small in height for the bottom so going to use this at the top then order the EK Water Blocks EK-Quantum Surface X420M Triple Fan Radiator @ 58mm for the bottom

tomcoleman · 25 Oct 2023 at 07:49

ok so i think im going to swap out the DDc 4.2 pump that comes with the plate to a D5 this way i can rely on the silent and water cooled pump.

more parts on order

tomcoleman · 25 Oct 2023 at 09:12

Ram will be DOMINATOR TITANIUM RGB 32GB (2x16GB) DDR5 DRAM 6000MT/s CL30 AMD EXPO

This has been ordered :cool:

tomcoleman · 27 Oct 2023 at 12:38

decided to get a 4TV NVME to help with the PCI lane issue and some other bits.....

I think the 58mm rad looks much better being thicker at the bottom

tomcoleman · 27 Oct 2023 at 14:48

As mario would say.... HERE WE GOOOOOOooooooooooo

Install some components, intresting the PSU sits directly behind the CPU

I ordered the satin version of the 14mm tubing much prefere it over the clear.

tomcoleman · 27 Oct 2023 at 14:49

img said:
looks like its going to be a beacon of RGB. Its impressive seeing how much bigger it is from first picture.
The link though looks like they are never getting those bubbles out of the water and how the hell do their drain it

Can you expand on the bubble comment?

I'm not a fan of RGB so will turn most off, however its a Half Life themed PC so orange and black

tomcoleman · 27 Oct 2023 at 15:42

img said:
the youtube link felt like it spend 10 minutes just showing how much air was in all components and due to the placement couldn't fill it up enough.

ahh - i just used that for inspiration

tomcoleman · 29 Oct 2023 at 11:14

So on the EK Rads they come in this light grey end caps, which didnt suit the black/orange combo i was looking for so i decided to spray them matt black with some HOLST SIMP17 Spray Paint, 500ml Black from Amazon.

The finish came out really nice and its adhered to the metal lovley.

I had to cut the mounting fram to make the EK G2 Manga plat fit properly, the pump got in the way

Case coming together

tomcoleman · 29 Oct 2023 at 13:03

Jay85 said:
Looks good!

thanks

I have been looking around at the RTX 4080 and 4090, im currently rocking a 3080 FE

After much thought and going through all the benchmarks and reviews, it just doesnt seem worth it to get a 4090 at the moment, specially if the 4080 Super or refresh is around the corner.

So for now i'll waterblock my current 3080 and put it into my new system, keeping an eye on the GPU market to see what comes out in early 2024

On route is a Corsair Hydro X Series XG7 RGB 30-SERIES FOUNDERS EDITION GPU Water Block (3080) - Fits NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ (3080)

tomcoleman · 29 Oct 2023 at 13:14

Jay85 said:
Yup the 4080 super would be a good upgrade but honestly depends on the price it releases at and whether they drop the price massively on the 4080. If they do, i could see more people buying the 4080 rather than the super especially if it comes in at under sub 1k for the 4080, even better if its sub 900 and plonk the 4080 super at 1200. Ofc that means there's gonna be a lot of annoyed 4080 owners!

Interesting choice of waterblock for the FE card, i would have personally gone for the EKWB FE block as it looks amazing and i think can be had on the used market too now for relatively cheap. The Heatkiller block would be the other option but im biased on that lol.

I didnt want to invest a bunch into a EK block and then throw it in the bin in a few months, the Corsair 3080 block most likely will be a temporary measure untill new 4xxx series cards hit the market.

It will be normal mounting for the GPU block, im not too into the RGB EVERYWHERE

tomcoleman · 29 Oct 2023 at 13:19

Something like this for flow design, going to use my DeWalt laser to get stright runs

tomcoleman · 30 Oct 2023 at 13:14

yea RGB is kinda old now ha, lets see how this orange and black theme turns out. expecting some more parts this week.

tomcoleman · 31 Oct 2023 at 11:19

Got the memory arrive!

Corsair Dominator Titanium

tomcoleman · 31 Oct 2023 at 18:58

let me start the fluid war!

and a RGB cable woo woo

tomcoleman · 5 Nov 2023 at 07:25

was a logn day yesterday pipe bending was going ok i got into a groove then hit 1 bend that was impossible CPU<>DIstro block but it was a awakard route i wasted about 4 pipes testing different designs still of which im not 100% on the last one i figured out. Ran out of pipes got more coming today with Amazon.

I didnt want to use any fittings but im going to need to got the GPU as very sharp 90 required and also 1 fitting for the distro plate as anothe pipe covers the inlet so need to sharp 90 that also. Doesnt look to bad, i had some left over fittings from the old Doom build so sprayed these black.

The photos here arent the finsh design, the clear pipes are just me testing with some left overs i had.

I also noticed i ordered the wrong Lian Li Strimmer cable for the GPU so have ordered a replacment!

I waster blocked the GPU which was fairly easy but in the process i snapped off the fan connector on the old housing on the RTX 3080 fan, but thats not required anymore :cry:

tomcoleman · 6 Nov 2023 at 09:01

Had abit more time this weekend todo more of the pipe work, I got stuck on one particular bend which wasted about 3 boxes of pipe! :mad:

Got there in the end though, hopefully can get it filled this week.

tomcoleman · 9 Nov 2023 at 07:57

so small updates, got a pressure tester for the pipe work to make sure no leaks and then this is the biggest kick in the balls

lian li stupidly decided that on their 140mm fans, not to make it compatible with the lian li hub thats sold in the UK. YOU HAVE TO order a different hub from china, so now i have to wait for that to turn up which will take 1-2 weeks.

For anyone intrested to control the 140mm fans you need this hub https://www.aliexpress.com/item/100...der_detail.order_detail_item.4.377df19cINAQ6N

Not sold in the UK anywhere apart from included in the Triple 3 120mm pack which is £100 - SO WERID!

I'm travelling with work at moment but when im back hope to get fluid in it and boot it up!

tomcoleman · 5 Jan 2024 at 07:36

ok sorry for the delay!

The build is completed.

I tried shaving down the connector cable for the Lian Li LED GPU cable but it just didnt fit so i stuck with the stock black cable.

Filled the machine powered on and fine! - Only issue i have is an ongoing PCI gen5 speed issue with the T700 but they want a RMA on that.

I had to modify the case to fit in the EK DC pump was allot larger then i thought but manged to get it in