Where is the USB 3 header on that board? Can't see it on the pics.
Lian-Li PC-011 rig photos?
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Where is the USB 3 header on that board? Can't see it on the pics.
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It's a 20pin connector on the right edge behind the GPU.
Think i see, its a right angle connector? Prefer these right angled ones, enables you to make a much neater cable route. Hate mine as it sticks out about 10 miles before looping round behind the motherboard tray
Ah thanks for letting me know. Ive been seriously looking at Air RGB because of the discount. Im thinking atm the dynamic looks better, but would cost more because ive got to factor in some fans. For £90 seems a great price with 5 fans, although im not overly keen on the plastic, over glass front. Some said the Air struggles with air-flow because of the filters, are they not the same as the dynamic?
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Think i see, its a right angle connector? Prefer these right angled ones, enables you to make a much neater cable route. Hate mine as it sticks out about 10 miles before looping round behind the motherboard tray
The cable goes in from the side but it won't fit as the distro gets in the way, so I think I need a flexible extender for it, female to male.
Yeah even in the dynamic, i took the filters out as they starve airflow. The difference with them in and out is night and day. Would suggest some more perforated filters that do a similar job.
That would work, i can see how its obstructing now. Do you use the front usb's much? I'm actually contemplating taking them out as i barely use them. It's just 1 less cable to deal with haha.
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I would like to have them working. I use an external hard drive quite often and also have a light gun and various other stuff that's easier to plug in the front. Also this cable would be mostly hidden anyway so may as well use it.
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Quick pic of what Mayhems X1 UV Blue looks like under a weak UV torch.
Looks fantastic that mate, bet you're well pleased with it. Whats next for this then?Quick pic of what Mayhems X1 UV Blue looks like under a weak UV torch.
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Yeah I'm very pleased with it. So glad I didn't take the easy option and went for hard tubing.
Next will be changing a few of the wires for better ones. And connecting the CPU block RPG wire.
Same! Although initially i did go with the soft tubing route but just figured i'd give hard tubing a try and so glad i did, its so much more pleasing to look at.
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I have really enjoyed planning and putting this together. I may have to plan another one once my bank accounts recovered. The Barrow test benchs look interesting!
i know the feeling, the upgrades have put a big dent in the bank account haha. Won't be doing anything drastic for a good year now i think since we've booked a holiday to Florida as well. I looked at that test bench, it does look good! Better than the older lian li ones anyway.
Got to say just how impressed I am with the Lian Li 011 xl. I've done a few WC builds before but I loved working with this case - I love it!
A couple of pics of my nearly finished build - Just waiting for my cable mods cables to come and a new fan hub cable to replace the one I had to splice together (how hard is it to find a female to female 4 pin pwm cable!!?).
Used the bykski Distro panel and fittings to get the right look and they are awesome with an awesome price too
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A couple of pics of my nearly finished build - Just waiting for my cable mods cables to come and a new fan hub cable to replace the one I had to splice together (how hard is it to find a female to female 4 pin pwm cable!!?).
Used the bykski Distro panel and fittings to get the right look and they are awesome with an awesome price too
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Very nice!! How hard were the double bends at the top to do?
Thanks. Not hard at all tbh, just did the first bend from the rads and then the ones to the distro board, however The first one I did I messed up through not heating the tube evenly enough and I
ran out of tube, so will order some more from OC to redo it.
Thanks mate! It still needs a bit of work with regards to the cabling, but that should be sorted soon with some new cable sets from cablemods. I pondered getting the normal dynamic, but I couldn't fit what I wanted in there. The XL is perfect for my needs and after having a
TT core x5 & Enthoo primo before that, I just wanted something more manageable in size. There are few Bykski distro boards for the lian li and you can either the front or side one for the normal 011, however, the side one is the only one that fits the XL. I just added a ddc pump that I already had.
I did get a flow meter too, but like a wally forgot to add it into the loop.
Yeah i was gonna ask about that odd cable hanging across your board but knew you had something in mind to hide it as the rest of the build is so clean. I really wish i had now since i have the space for it on my new desk too... maybe have to do a swap at some point later in the year ha!
We've all been there haha, get so into what we're doing and we forget what we actually need to do! Getting carried away
Just replied to your for sale thread, seen a few bits i might need
The biggest thing for me with the xl is the hot swappable drive bays at the rear - being a photographer it will come in handy with my new 6tb drives going in soon.Yeah i was gonna ask about that odd cable hanging across your board but knew you had something in mind to hide it as the rest of the build is so clean. I really wish i had now since i have the space for it on my new desk too... maybe have to do a swap at some point later in the year ha!
We've all been there haha, get so into what we're doing and we forget what we actually need to do! Getting carried away
Just replied to your for sale thread, seen a few bits i might need
The normal 011 was a no go as my gfx card wouldn't fit in the conventional way and if I had a vertical riser kit then it takes away a rad.