Lian Li A05b

matthew2456 · 24 Apr 2007 at 23:18

Just put together a new system in this and fear my psu is running hot, i've mounted it upsde down but the hard drive tray is in the way of the fan.

Thinking about cutting it apart or mounting the psu up the correct way.

Anyone else found this?

WJA96 · 25 Apr 2007 at 06:59

Mount it the right way up (fan at the bottom usually) and it will be fine. Trust me.

matthew2456 · 25 Apr 2007 at 14:24

thats what i've done now and seems to be runniong much cooler, loads of people on forums are recommending mounting it upside down but the hard drive bay blocks airflow, the correct way up there is about a 2cm gap under the whole psu.

WJA96 · 25 Apr 2007 at 14:55

Not everyone on forums knows what they are talking about. Loads of people look at pictures and make comments.

matthew2456 · 25 Apr 2007 at 16:40

Does anyone know if yate loons flow more air at 12v than the stock lian li fans?

skanky · 25 Apr 2007 at 17:20

would need fan model numbers to be able to google

p4radox · 25 Apr 2007 at 17:20

Just out of interest, did you order this from a UK based etailer?

And can I have some pictures of your rig too?

PU7E · 25 Apr 2007 at 17:21

yea can you post some pics

matthew2456 · 25 Apr 2007 at 18:53

got from overclockers

will post some pics shortly

p4radox · 25 Apr 2007 at 19:28

Overclockers don't have the A05B in stock :confused:

matthew2456 · 25 Apr 2007 at 20:09

i had to wait for around 3 weeks for a delivery

having some issues at the moment, my psu is getting very warm in the case face up and face down. may remove the hard drive bay and mount the psu upside down.

cpu and hd temps are brilliant tho

skanky · 25 Apr 2007 at 21:19

p4radox said:
Overclockers don't have the A05B in stock

overclockers arent the only online store..

p4radox · 25 Apr 2007 at 21:21

skanky said:
overclockers arent the only online store..

Correct. But the OP got it from Overclockers...

matthew2456 said:
i had to wait for around 3 weeks for a delivery

having some issues at the moment, my psu is getting very warm in the case face up and face down. may remove the hard drive bay and mount the psu upside down.

cpu and hd temps are brilliant tho

So when did you receive your A05?

I thought that the A05b has been out of stock since it was first listed...

Raikiri · 25 Apr 2007 at 21:32

p4radox said:
So when did you receive your A05?

I thought that the A05b has been out of stock since it was first listed...

They had 2 in stock at one point.

WJA96 · 25 Apr 2007 at 21:37

Their stock system isn't entirely honest.

PU7E · 25 Apr 2007 at 22:37

WJA96 said:
Their stock system isn't entirely honest.

matthew2456 · 25 Apr 2007 at 23:02

i think the problem is the exhaust fan on the front, its hidden behind the front faceplate, which is removeable, and vented through the sides. So its created an area of high pressuring making it very difficult for the very slow moving corsair fan to push anything out.

misterPK · 26 Apr 2007 at 09:15

I too wanted something small, but I went for the G50. The PSU is at the back and vents nicely, it just takes up the space a nice big CPU cooler would occupy. So its the stock cooler for now, with thoughts of water cooling for the future.

| classic case of the tradeoffs for a small case.

PK!

matthew2456 · 26 Apr 2007 at 14:37

i have replaced the two case fans and the tuniq fan with yate loons and cpu temp under load had dropped from 53deg max to 48max.

I have also now made a partition using a piece of plastic at the front of the case

this is seperating the psu from the fan above it, psu temperatures have improved but its still warmer than when run outside of the case

matthew2456 · 27 Apr 2007 at 11:22

this case is parp,

on one hand i have very low cpu load temps due to the fan blowing directly onto it.

BUT, and its a very big BUT, the front panel is causing my PSU to get too hot. running with the front panel off its not even warm but with the front panel on it gets hot!

Im going to leave my "partition" in there and add a volted down 80mm fan to the bottom section, I may at first just cut the hole and leave a fan out - just run with a grill.