New Case

[Gavster]

Hi guys, I decided to treat myself to a new case, the lovely Lian Li 011D XL evo and covering options I got both the vertical and upright GPU mounts but I can`t make my mind up which one to choose.

First option is the vertical mount with the pump and reservoir mounted to the vertical fans, although the pipe routing is a bit more difficult I slightly prefer this.

Second option is the upright mount which I like, the pipe routing is easier and I like the location of the GPU but it hides the fans and could probably get a bit of noise from the fans blowing on the back of the GPU. I`m also not sure on the pump and Reservoir location as it looks a little odd looked worse elsewhere.

What do you think?
I haven`t placed the top radiator and fans yet and I still have some tweaks to do but I`m torn between the two.

 

[Smffy]

The amount of problems people have with rider cables I personally just go for the standard GPU mount… But that’s just my own preference to be honest.

I wouldn’t lose that nice radiator spot as it’s one of the best airflow parts of the case, mine is throwing tons of hot air directly out the vented back behind it.

What did you decide? They make a lot of distribution plates for these cases also a nice option

 

[Sin_Chase]

Nice case

I went with standard mount with res/pump on lower fans. The Velocity CPU block makes tube routing a pita when not using a distro plate/have a res in the way. I intentionally got a X-Flow radiator to mount on the side upright slot to simplify my tube routing.

 

[pastymuncher]

I no longer watercool but what I have found with my 011 Evo RGB is that with the gpu in the vertical position with the three fans set to exhaust just about all the heat from the gpu goes straight out of the case and the gpu fans rarely ramp up. I have the case in inverted mode so the motherboard is upside down and airflow is in at the bottom of the case and out at the top and vertical position. The rear vents are blocked off with filter material. The cpu is cooled by a Thermalright 360mm AIO with the rad mounted up top. Every fan in the case is set to my motherboards silent profile so the pc is nice and quiet. I have not had any problems with putting the gpu on a riser. Previous was a Kolink pci-e 4 riser and now I use the recommended Lian Li pci-e 4 riser.

 

[Gavster]

The amount of problems people have with rider cables I personally just go for the standard GPU mount… But that’s just my own preference to be honest.

I wouldn’t lose that nice radiator spot as it’s one of the best airflow parts of the case, mine is throwing tons of hot air directly out the vented back behind it.

What did you decide? They make a lot of distribution plates for these cases also a nice option

I have had two GPU riser cables and I haven`t had a problem with either so fingers crossed this one will be OK.

I have two radiators and they`re going top and bottom with the GPU upright mounted and the reservoir mounted on the rear bottom fan, I`m not a fan of distro plates personally, I prefer reservoirs and multi direction tubes as opposed to linear tubes with distro plates.

 

[Gavster]

Nice case

I went with standard mount with res/pump on lower fans. The Velocity CPU block makes tube routing a pita when not using a distro plate/have a res in the way. I intentionally got a X-Flow radiator to mount on the side upright slot to simplify my tube routing.

Thank you, they are nice to work with.
I think I have sorted my routing by putting the reservoir over the rear fan and having the top radiator inlet and outlet at the rear.

I see you have the very nice uni fans, I wish they had done reverse version in 140mm as I have two 420mm radiators and the bottom fans I want the reverse so I went with the D30 fans.

 

[Gavster]

I no longer watercool but what I have found with my 011 Evo RGB is that with the gpu in the vertical position with the three fans set to exhaust just about all the heat from the gpu goes straight out of the case and the gpu fans rarely ramp up. I have the case in inverted mode so the motherboard is upside down and airflow is in at the bottom of the case and out at the top and vertical position. The rear vents are blocked off with filter material. The cpu is cooled by a Thermalright 360mm AIO with the rad mounted up top. Every fan in the case is set to my motherboards silent profile so the pc is nice and quiet. I have not had any problems with putting the gpu on a riser. Previous was a Kolink pci-e 4 riser and now I use the recommended Lian Li pci-e 4 riser.

I have a Thermaltake 400mm riser cable on order but at the moment it`s on a pre order so I have a bit of wait for that.

 

[Smffy]

I have had two GPU riser cables and I haven`t had a problem with either so fingers crossed this one will be OK.

I have two radiators and they`re going top and bottom with the GPU upright mounted and the reservoir mounted on the rear bottom fan, I`m not a fan of distro plates personally, I prefer reservoirs and multi direction tubes as opposed to linear tubes with distro plates.

Fair enough, I would still consider the upright GPU over the motherboard and whether you might have fans throwing air out the side mesh which draws quite a lot of heat out the rear of the case as it goes out. But it should be epic regardless

 

[Gavster]

Fair enough, I would still consider the upright GPU over the motherboard and whether you might have fans throwing air out the side mesh which draws quite a lot of heat out the rear of the case as it goes out. But it should be epic regardless

Yeah I`ve had a look at various options but I`ve settled with the GPU upright at the side with fans blowing onto it to cool the back plate and bring some cool air into the case.

 

[pastymuncher]

Have the fans sucking because if you have them blowing it will only blow the heat from the card into the case. Sucking will cool the backplate because the fans are so close to it they will just suck the heat from it and dump it outside the case.