Lian Li Mini-Q Quad Core ITX

neil_g · 14 Jul 2010 at 13:39

ooh hello, havent been on for a bit and only just noticed updates on this thread.

tankskun - the auction place. the standard (black) USB header is still in place i just needed the extension to clear the grapics card.

jmp_78 - thank you

got a bit of an update too soon (see below)

c.ruel - yeah there are a few compremises in the case but i does work extremely well. to be honest with the PSU acting as the exhaust fan no other fans are needed, but yes youre right about the GFX card options being limited.

right update..

i decided that my backup routine needed an off side archive so i have purchased:

LG BH10LS30.AUAU10B 10x BD-RE & DVD±RW

now this means that the hard drive needs to come out of the 5.25 bay and a standard 3.5 drive wont fit with the GFX card in place.. so that means only one thing... SSD:

OCZ Vertex 60GB SSD 2.5" SATA-II 230MB/s Read, 135 MB/s Write

photo updates when the parts arrive, got them on a slow free delivery method as im away for a few days.

Eatchipz · 14 Jul 2010 at 15:58

Do you know if it is possible to swap out the 2 front USB's to Run USB 3.0 speeds when using a USB 3.0 compatible board?

Sorta like on the new Lian Li Q08-B case?

neil_g · 14 Jul 2010 at 16:02

Eatchipz said:
Do you know if it is possible to swap out the 2 front USB's to Run USB 3.0 speeds when using a USB 3.0 compatible board?

Sorta like on the new Lian Li Q08-B case?

i dont know im afraid it may be worth emailing lian li direct, apparently theyre quite helpful

koolpc · 16 Jul 2010 at 22:23

Nice build. What about using a Pico PSU? Can that be done? Like the case very much indeed. Quite fancy a go myself.

mjones1 · 17 Jul 2010 at 10:58

Delete.

neil_g · 19 Jul 2010 at 10:00

koolpc said:
Nice build. What about using a Pico PSU? Can that be done? Like the case very much indeed. Quite fancy a go myself.

was discussed a little on page 2 i think.. i think it could be done, personally im not sure it would cope with higher load from the CPU during high usuage?

SSD and BD-R drive have arrived now, just waiting on some time where I can strip the box down without needing to use it.

Azzy.. · 19 Jul 2010 at 12:51

This is a fantastic build and has really motivated me to build something similar.

Its always good to look at a build like this to draw inspiration from.

koolpc · 19 Jul 2010 at 21:51

Been looking at small cases for some time and this one is very appealling to me. Not sure about the PSU though as that looks very tight. Would a Pico PSU support an Athlon Quad 2.9 CPU, Hard drive, 4gig ram and onboard graphics?

neil_g · 20 Jul 2010 at 13:19

koolpc said:
Been looking at small cases for some time and this one is very appealling to me. Not sure about the PSU though as that looks very tight. Would a Pico PSU support an Athlon Quad 2.9 CPU, Hard drive, 4gig ram and onboard graphics?

with the cpu cooler i used there is actually a nice amount of space around the PSU.

as for he pico option you would have to try and work out the total power draw your system is liable to use at its peak and see if a pico can handle that.

neil_g · 27 Jul 2010 at 10:01

sorry for the lack of updates, been trying to squeeze in the upgrade between work (as its my main editing box i cant have too much downtime as i need to get prints done and out of the door etc)..

SSD is now in..

couldnt clone the drive in the end, most cloning apps i tried would not let me image from a larger to a smaller drive.. so reinstalled windows 7 (nice to clear out the crap seeing as im limited to 60Gb now)

in bits..

scuse the lack of photos, you can see the LG BD-R in the background and the Samsung 1TB in the foreground transferring files.

first thoughts are windows load time hasnt really sped up anything noticable but CS3 and LR2 loads very quickly and in windows everything is much much snappier.

i followed a suggested list of OS changes for the OCZ:

http://www.ocztechnologyforum.com/f...ormal-use-most-of-these-tweaks-are-NOT-needed.

next job swapping the Netgear ReadyNAS nv+ for the Synology DS1010+..

neil_g · 18 Aug 2010 at 11:37

Lack of updates recently due to moving house but now we're in got my set up how i want it finally..

2x Dell 2209WA, Spyder 3 Calibrator, Wacom Bamboo Fun Small, Sennheiser hd25-1 ii, HTC Desire, Logitech Di-Novo Edge, Logitech MX620 Laser Mouse.

PC Final Spec - Lian Li Mini-Q, Zotac 9300 ITX, Intel Q9550 Quad, Geil 8Gb DDR2-800, OCZ Vertex 60Gb, XFX Ati HD4650 1Gb, LG BH10LS30 BD-RE, Be-Quiet 480w modular. Storage - Synology DS1010+ w/ 3x Samsung HD203WI 2TB in RAID5. Network - Netgear GS108.

Desk - Ikea Vika Amon and Alex combo, Signum cable solution

koolpc · 18 Aug 2010 at 12:34

Nice build

Robert · 18 Aug 2010 at 17:32

How are you finding the Synology DS1010+

gatecrasherlok · 22 Aug 2010 at 21:06

Nice build. I'm also doing summit similar atm

egnshane · 23 Aug 2010 at 00:27

Nice build and monitors

neil_g · 23 Aug 2010 at 09:45

thanks for the kind comments

Robert said:
How are you finding the Synology DS1010+

blisteringly fast. blows my old netgear nv+'s out of the water.

Nikumba · 23 Aug 2010 at 13:52

On the specs of the Synology DS1010+ shows it can use MKV in the uPNP server, does this mean it transcodes an MKV file for a PS3 to read?

Thanks

Kimbie

neil_g · 23 Aug 2010 at 14:56

pass, i use windows media center not PS3.. sorry

Azzy.. · 24 Aug 2010 at 13:00

Does anyone know how hot an i7 860 would run in one of these... Buy run i mean would it be too hot for it... And also been looking at the single slot 5770's from XFX does anyone know anything about these, and if they do about the kind of temps i would likely get if using the i7 and the 5770?

http://xfxforce.com/en-gb/products/graphiccards/hd 5000series.aspx

Legion · 24 Aug 2010 at 19:16

This isnt a good choice of case to build an M-ITX gaming rig into,at least not without some modding.

It has little to no airflow and will cook higher end components.
In it's stock form I think you'd get away with an i5 750/760 and a lower power gfx card such as a 5670,any more than this and you'd be looking to mod the case.

The Q11 which is the soon to be released update to this case has the same footprint,but with "slighty" better cooling potential.
Other than that it the usual SG05/6/7 and the Lian-li Q-08.

If you dont fancy any of those Langear also has an m-itx case in the works although there's no actual release date for it yet.