Lian Li O11 EVO

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I want to get an evo for my next build, I currently have an XL and love it. I saw a video yesterday on YouTube where a guy has the hanging mount for his gpu with 3 fans behind, with the increased size of the cards do you think it will be possible to do the same with the 4090?

I think so. I own a 3080 Suprim X 12GB which is a very, very long card. It does fit. The main issue for the 4000 series would be how thick the cards are, not much how long they are.
Obviously, I would check before ordering one, but the thickness of the card shouldn’t be an issue.
Just considering how much heat the 4000 series is expected to generate, I would also consider the front mesh, but would try first without it.

 

[benji182]

I want to get an evo for my next build, I currently have an XL and love it. I saw a video yesterday on YouTube where a guy has the hanging mount for his gpu with 3 fans behind, with the increased size of the cards do you think it will be possible to do the same with the 4090?

As above, the thicknes (depth) won't be an issue as the added HSF/Cooling Fans will come forward (towards the side panel) and there is about 18cm from the front of my 3090 (all be it mines watercooled).

Length shouldn't be an issue unless it is insanely long.

The height of the card will be the main issue as the PCI-E slot is fixed in place.

 

[Tasocahtfu]

Finally about to do a new build to replace my ageing 3770k, and loved the look of this case so picked one up last week. Well out of the loop on all this stuff so excuse the likely stupid questions, but are Lian Li fans high quality, or is it just preference that I see a lot of build examples using them?

Also, I appreciate it would differ with varying fan brands and setup, but purely based on what I've seen so far I was anticipating to go the route of a 360mm AIO, plus bottom and side intake - how is the noise generally if you have a full complement of fans?

Cheers for any advice!

 

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Can’t comment on Lian Li fans but I don’t think they’re bad. The issue is that most RGB fans won’t perform as good as “regular” fans at the same price range.
Tried quite few brands so far, was reluctant to splash on the Phanteks T30… expensive, yes, but they move a lot of air and are quieter doing it than any other fan I’ve tried.
The Arctic P12 are excellent for the price, but present humming between 1000 and 1200rpm. Last batch I used was better, but can be hit and miss.
Corsair ML are noisy, LL not as much but won’t move much air.
Silent Wings 3 is quiet but won’t move much air. The Pure Wongs move more air but are slightly more audible.
Tried the Noctua NF12 and wasn’t impressed. Tried in the Evo and also in the Air Mini.
Ditched my custom loop, back to the EVO, which now seems like a premium case, two previous purchases since launch and some quality issues. All sorted now. Even the small plastic case for screws, panels are flush, etc.
Cooling a 12700K (EK 360 Elite), vertical mounted 3080 Suprim X 12GB. As quiet as the custom loop idling, only notice the GPU fan when under load.
CPU temperature better than custom loop, but GPU was at mid 50s under load, now is mid to high 60s, but not pushing fans to improve thermals yet.
This case allows some large aircoolers, but I would recommend a 360 AIO. Planning the airflow using an AIO at the top as exhaust is as simple as it sounds. Vertical GPU will allow cool intake air for the motherboard and all connected to it, and the GPU won’t blow hot air on top of your NVME and chipset.
For AIO the Arctic Freezer is a very good choice, but in my case, the backplate will interfere with the cutout at the back. Played safe and went with the EK, which, with the pump at 40 or 50% is very quiet and the fans at 40% are reasonable.
Decided to replace the fans for Phanteks T30, despite having six D-RGB fans and a fan hub in the box now. The elite is at a good price on Overclockers, love the black nickel finish of the block and the very discrete RGB.

 

[cHk4]

Can’t comment on Lian Li fans but I don’t think they’re bad. The issue is that most RGB fans won’t perform as good as “regular” fans at the same price range.
Tried quite few brands so far, was reluctant to splash on the Phanteks T30… expensive, yes, but they move a lot of air and are quieter doing it than any other fan I’ve tried.
The Arctic P12 are excellent for the price, but present humming between 1000 and 1200rpm. Last batch I used was better, but can be hit and miss.
Corsair ML are noisy, LL not as much but won’t move much air.
Silent Wings 3 is quiet but won’t move much air. The Pure Wongs move more air but are slightly more audible.
Tried the Noctua NF12 and wasn’t impressed. Tried in the Evo and also in the Air Mini.
Ditched my custom loop, back to the EVO, which now seems like a premium case, two previous purchases since launch and some quality issues. All sorted now. Even the small plastic case for screws, panels are flush, etc.
Cooling a 12700K (EK 360 Elite), vertical mounted 3080 Suprim X 12GB. As quiet as the custom loop idling, only notice the GPU fan when under load.
CPU temperature better than custom loop, but GPU was at mid 50s under load, now is mid to high 60s, but not pushing fans to improve thermals yet.
This case allows some large aircoolers, but I would recommend a 360 AIO. Planning the airflow using an AIO at the top as exhaust is as simple as it sounds. Vertical GPU will allow cool intake air for the motherboard and all connected to it, and the GPU won’t blow hot air on top of your NVME and chipset.
For AIO the Arctic Freezer is a very good choice, but in my case, the backplate will interfere with the cutout at the back. Played safe and went with the EK, which, with the pump at 40 or 50% is very quiet and the fans at 40% are reasonable.
Decided to replace the fans for Phanteks T30, despite having six D-RGB fans and a fan hub in the box now. The elite is at a good price on Overclockers, love the black nickel finish of the block and the very discrete RGB.

Interesting, you’ve got the aio I want. Do you run it will all 6 fans albeit different ones? Is there enough room to have all 6 on it and have fans at the side I take?

 

[V F]

Can’t comment on Lian Li fans but I don’t think they’re bad. The issue is that most RGB fans won’t perform as good as “regular” fans at the same price range.
Tried quite few brands so far, was reluctant to splash on the Phanteks T30… expensive, yes, but they move a lot of air and are quieter doing it than any other fan I’ve tried.
The Arctic P12 are excellent for the price, but present humming between 1000 and 1200rpm. Last batch I used was better, but can be hit and miss.
Corsair ML are noisy, LL not as much but won’t move much air.
Silent Wings 3 is quiet but won’t move much air. The Pure Wongs move more air but are slightly more audible.
Tried the Noctua NF12 and wasn’t impressed. Tried in the Evo and also in the Air Mini.
Ditched my custom loop, back to the EVO, which now seems like a premium case, two previous purchases since launch and some quality issues. All sorted now. Even the small plastic case for screws, panels are flush, etc.
Cooling a 12700K (EK 360 Elite), vertical mounted 3080 Suprim X 12GB. As quiet as the custom loop idling, only notice the GPU fan when under load.
CPU temperature better than custom loop, but GPU was at mid 50s under load, now is mid to high 60s, but not pushing fans to improve thermals yet.
This case allows some large aircoolers, but I would recommend a 360 AIO. Planning the airflow using an AIO at the top as exhaust is as simple as it sounds. Vertical GPU will allow cool intake air for the motherboard and all connected to it, and the GPU won’t blow hot air on top of your NVME and chipset.
For AIO the Arctic Freezer is a very good choice, but in my case, the backplate will interfere with the cutout at the back. Played safe and went with the EK, which, with the pump at 40 or 50% is very quiet and the fans at 40% are reasonable.
Decided to replace the fans for Phanteks T30, despite having six D-RGB fans and a fan hub in the box now. The elite is at a good price on Overclockers, love the black nickel finish of the block and the very discrete RGB.

Geez! You weren't kidding for those Phanteks T30. If I was to replace my X3M Vardars, I'd need 12.

£79.99 for a pack of 3. I'd need 4 packs. £319.96. Buying them single on OcUK is £29.99. £359.88.

 

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Interesting, you’ve got the aio I want. Do you run it will all 6 fans albeit different ones? Is there enough room to have all 6 on it and have fans at the side I take?

The 6 fans will allow side intake, won’t interfere with the motherboard or RAM and using all of them. You can run them very low rpm, or simply use them somewhere else in the case, as side or bottom intake.
Doing that you would only need another 4 fans to fill all the spots, not necessary, but visually appealing.
I can connect the 6 fans and their RGB in the hub, can’t control individually, but if using them exclusively for the AIO, no reason to.

 

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Geez! You weren't kidding for those Phanteks T30. If I was to replace my X3M Vardars, I'd need 12.

£79.99 for a pack of 3. I'd need 4 packs. £319.96. Buying them single on OcUK is £29.99. £359.88.

Madness, but as I wanted a very quiet system and with as minimum maintenance as possible, was able to downsize from the 7000D and its nearly a grand of water cooling and back to the EVO, which now feels like a premium case. Tried aircooling the GPU in the 5000D and the 7000D. CPU is fine, GPU really need bottom intake, otherwise NVME and chipset crossing the 70C mark got me worried. The Suprim X can push up to 390W, all exhausted at the side of the card, reason why the vertical bracket of the EVO plus bottom intake keep it under 70C and the rest of the system cool.
The Phanteks are expensive, as much as the Noctua. Tried slightly cheaper Noctua fans and couldn’t justify it. The Phanteks, at least for me, are excellent and the noise profile when testing the fans at higher rpm was pleasant. One thing that would make or break for me is when the fan sounds like it is unbalanced, like slightly increasing and decreasing speed, or as of the blades have some play, of that makes sense.
Speaking of fans, if aí wasn’t planning on splash on the Phanteks, my choice would be the P12 at 800rpm max.
Now I’ll just stop the upgrades and changes.
Front mesh just for looks, unless going very low rpm or using the upright mount.

 

[lsg1r]

Finally about to do a new build to replace my ageing 3770k, and loved the look of this case so picked one up last week. Well out of the loop on all this stuff so excuse the likely stupid questions, but are Lian Li fans high quality, or is it just preference that I see a lot of build examples using them?

Also, I appreciate it would differ with varying fan brands and setup, but purely based on what I've seen so far I was anticipating to go the route of a 360mm AIO, plus bottom and side intake - how is the noise generally if you have a full complement of fans?

Cheers for any advice!

Stupidly closed the tab so lost my longer post - here's the basics lol

I had Lian Li AL120 fans originally, they went back because I felt they were faulty. They were loud imo (had bequiet in old case), they had a nasty vibration that was resonating with the case no matter what I did, the lian li software prevented low power states on my cpu and the rgb, while looking good wasn't anywhere near accuate to the colours I'd set them to in the lian li software. Replaced them with non RGB Noctua

AIO - I bought the EK 360mm basic, didn't care about rgb and the fans were going in the spare parts bin anyway (they were noisy though). I actually run my AIO on the side pulling air in from outside and allow the top and bottom fans to create a thermal channel to pull out the heat. It works well for me but I doubt the difference between placement is that different.

I've got my pump set around 90% and I can't hear it, in all honesty I can only really hear it when it's above 95%.

Geez! You weren't kidding for those Phanteks T30. If I was to replace my X3M Vardars, I'd need 12.

£79.99 for a pack of 3. I'd need 4 packs. £319.96. Buying them single on OcUK is £29.99. £359.88.

Sadly that seems to be the going rate these days for a quiet fan....

My Noctua NF-A12x25 PWM chromax.black.swap cost £30 a pop.... so £300 for the 10 I've got running in my build, plus another £30 for the 60mm noctua fan and controller in the rear of the case.

 

[jammir]

I want to get an evo for my next build, I currently have an XL and love it. I saw a video yesterday on YouTube where a guy has the hanging mount for his gpu with 3 fans behind, with the increased size of the cards do you think it will be possible to do the same with the 4090?

You can put fans where I have the EK res's will work with any card.

 

[PaulC2K]

Really liking the look of this case, just read through the whole thing expecting to see dozens of build pics, but sadly theres only a handful.
I've been trying to wrap my head around the build possibilities of this case, whether they fit what i'd like. It certainly seems incredibly versatile, but theres always someone wants too much

Can the Evo be configured to run 360 rads at the top and bottom, and still use the vertical GPU mount, or do the rads push it too far up?
If i went with the upright mount, whats the most popular solution to the unsightly stock riser cable? Go 'Express' and get the mount with 600mm cable, or just the mount and source a PCIe 4.0 cable locally? When Gen5 GPUs appear, now we have PCIe5 mobos, is this going to be a potential issue in the future, or is it likely gen4 will be sufficient for a while yet before the cable becomes a bottleneck?

Im looking to build something over the next 3-4 months, buying pretty much everything except PSU (fingers crossed), with a Zen4 3D-vcache being the cork in the plans, but that at least gives me plenty of time to organise myself. I have 3x 360 rads which are a bit roughed up but should be watertight that i'd like to repurpose if safe to do so (~15yrs since last used!) especially as the total build price seems to be increasing dramatically with every product launch, but im open to replacing if it solves problems, or they're dated in performance etc. I'd also like to go hardline, it just looks more spectacular IMO.

 

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You can use a rad at the bottom, no problem. The vertical mount have some kind of squarish plate that can be removed and the bracket can be mounted higher.
I tried to fit 3 rads in the Evo, is doable, but the issue was my GOU, too long, would t allow space for pump/reservoir in the main chamber.
If the radiators are fine, you can always give them a very good flush, and covering the fin area with some paper, and also covering the ports, spray it back to life using some automotive spray paint. Very thin coats and it will look like new.
For a custom loop and triple rad, the XL would be my choice, despite the many improvements of the EVO over any other O11.
Just note that using the GPU bracket at a higher position, the GPU will overlap the CPU block.
I’m using the EK AIO Elite, which the pump is taller than the other EK AIOs. At the second lowest possible mounting position (didn’t want the bracket touching the bottom fan, and the T30 is thicker than other fans) my GPU is about 1 to 2mm from touching the CPU block. With a custom loop that wouldn’t be a problem, as the CPU blocks, even with fittings won’t be as tall as an AIO block/pump.
Another option is the upright GPU.
For that I would suggest trying to source only the bracket, and getting a 90cm riser cable, which would allow the cable to go down from the PCI slot and at the back (secondary chamber). The cable crossing the motherboard isn’t something appealing to me.

 

[PaulC2K]

Thanks. Im only planning on using 2 of the radiators, I just happen to have 3 as i bought my mates old gear when he was getting rid and never ended up using any of it. A lick of paint on them would help, yeah.

Just seen what you mean about the vertical mount, it shows it quite clearly blocking half the view of the CPU block in the accessory page on Lian Li's website. Thats a shame.
The XL seems like a good fall-back option, but i prefer the size of the Evo currently. It looks more cosy, snug, and the space better utilised without being cramped. The XL is pretty much the same size as my current case (Phanteks P500A) and if i look at it and imagine the PSU & shroud disappearing, it looks like it'd feel a bit empty.

Going with the GPU upright in the Evo, I would have thought i'd need a riser longer than 45cm (abs. minimum) in order to go down and directly to the card. The extra 15cm giving it the ability to go through intended cable channels, and have some slack. I'll keep looking into it. Reading peoples initial comments following the YT video showing the installation, the stock route absolutely put me off the idea. It seems like such a poor decision, like they were just going to carry on using the short riser cables the vertical kits used to save money. It needs to go around the back, 100%.

Browsing through Lian Li reddit, for case photos, brought up discussion where it sounds like there is an Evo XL in the works? That might push my timeline a few months longer but it could be ideal. In fact, theres an official video showing the pre-production model.

Lian Li 011D Evo XL

That looks soo good, but probably £100 more than the base Evo (currently £180 Evo vs £240 XL). As i said last night, every new product launch pushes my build cost up & up.

 

[jammir]

Really liking the look of this case, just read through the whole thing expecting to see dozens of build pics, but sadly theres only a handful.
I've been trying to wrap my head around the build possibilities of this case, whether they fit what i'd like. It certainly seems incredibly versatile, but theres always someone wants too much

Can the Evo be configured to run 360 rads at the top and bottom, and still use the vertical GPU mount, or do the rads push it too far up?
If i went with the upright mount, whats the most popular solution to the unsightly stock riser cable? Go 'Express' and get the mount with 600mm cable, or just the mount and source a PCIe 4.0 cable locally? When Gen5 GPUs appear, now we have PCIe5 mobos, is this going to be a potential issue in the future, or is it likely gen4 will be sufficient for a while yet before the cable becomes a bottleneck?

Im looking to build something over the next 3-4 months, buying pretty much everything except PSU (fingers crossed), with a Zen4 3D-vcache being the cork in the plans, but that at least gives me plenty of time to organise myself. I have 3x 360 rads which are a bit roughed up but should be watertight that i'd like to repurpose if safe to do so (~15yrs since last used!) especially as the total build price seems to be increasing dramatically with every product launch, but im open to replacing if it solves problems, or they're dated in performance etc. I'd also like to go hardline, it just looks more spectacular IMO.

benji182 runs two rads and gpu mount.

 

[PaulC2K]

Found it, thanks. It certainly looks acceptable on their build, but not sure how it'd differ with a GPU & block, rather than their audio card. I expected it to cover about half of the CPU block, but that might only be with a chonky AIB etc.

Your build looks freaking amazing btw. Theres only a few items i feel pretty confident about wanting in my next build, and they all appear in your system

 

[Fatpizza]

I run 3 radiators plus fans mounted to the front mesh kit. The pump/res is attached to the fans at the front. I'd put a rad there too but my GPU is too long so fans+res only just fits.

I plan on upgrading to the Evo XL so I can fit in 4 radiators.
Why? Because I can, and using X-Flow radiators looks cleaner than long tube runs.

 

[Noxia]

Is anyone using this case just with air cooling? I recently saw this really good value (but also performs great) air cooler and it makes me wonder if I would just use that in this case. Without wanting to start obsessing about +ve -ve static pressure etc, I thought maybe just two 140mm in the front, 120mm rear. Not sure if it would be worth putting more in top and bottom.
Might look quite empty but I get so bored researching cases and I know this one will fit 4090 in various configs + accommodate if I ever decide WC loop is worth the time and money.

 

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Used with the Noctua NHD15 and NHD15S. Performance is good. The only reason I ended up going for a 360 AIO was because I wasn’t able to use the GPU vertical mounted, and the GPU blowing air straight over the NVME and the chipset was a no-no for me. But more to do with the 390W GPU cooling design than anything else. You should be fine. Amazing airflow, just make sure you add enough fans.

 

[V F]

You can use a rad at the bottom, no problem. The vertical mount have some kind of squarish plate that can be removed and the bracket can be mounted higher.
I tried to fit 3 rads in the Evo, is doable, but the issue was my GOU, too long, would t allow space for pump/reservoir in the main chamber.
If the radiators are fine, you can always give them a very good flush, and covering the fin area with some paper, and also covering the ports, spray it back to life using some automotive spray paint. Very thin coats and it will look like new.
For a custom loop and triple rad, the XL would be my choice, despite the many improvements of the EVO over any other O11.
Just note that using the GPU bracket at a higher position, the GPU will overlap the CPU block.
I’m using the EK AIO Elite, which the pump is taller than the other EK AIOs. At the second lowest possible mounting position (didn’t want the bracket touching the bottom fan, and the T30 is thicker than other fans) my GPU is about 1 to 2mm from touching the CPU block. With a custom loop that wouldn’t be a problem, as the CPU blocks, even with fittings won’t be as tall as an AIO block/pump.
Another option is the upright GPU.
For that I would suggest trying to source only the bracket, and getting a 90cm riser cable, which would allow the cable to go down from the PCI slot and at the back (secondary chamber). The cable crossing the motherboard isn’t something appealing to me.

It's funny that. I wish there was an XL version like the Phantek Enthoo 719. Allowing you to put in 480 radiators. I'd love one where you could put in 4, 480mm radiators with no compromises. I hate this obsession with watercooling wanting more.

 

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It's funny that. I wish there was an XL version like the Phantek Enthoo 719. Allowing you to put in 480 radiators. I'd love one where you could put in 4, 480mm radiators with no compromises. I hate this obsession with watercooling wanting more.

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