Old LianLi tower case borked / NVME wont allow graphcs card to fit

gigeorge · 14 Sep 2022 at 13:20

I've a Lian Li PC-A71FB, Black, Full Tower Aluminum Case with frontal Door, which ive basically borked together with zip ties holding my graphics card out as im using a gpu right angle riser due to the graphics card not fitting over the nvme drive on my Asus ROG Maximus XIII Hero (Socket LGA 1200) DDR4 ATX Motherboard.

Ive got quite 4 SSD drives, 1 nvme, 1 980ti and would like a case whereby the graphics card can fit in the case so the bottom of the card doesnt come into contact with the mobo and the length of the case isnt going to restrict power cables going to the GPU.

Its a shame to change the case as its lovely but ive had it well over 12 years.

I also have a corsair h100i twin fan cooler so a tower with exhausts at the top would be good..

Suggests on a postcard please

gigeorge · 23 Sep 2022 at 13:13

Is there anybody with some suitable suggestions?

hiroofheroes · 23 Sep 2022 at 14:01

You may want to post a picture to make it clear what the issue is. If the issue is an oversized m.2 heatsink you could look at a m.2 riser card if you've got a free PCIe slot.

lsg1r · 23 Sep 2022 at 15:45

Yeah I'm struggling to even work out what the issue is....
I know my nvme heatsink (firecuda 530) is incredibly close to my gpu but it doesn't stop it from fitting.

As the saying goes a picture is worth a thousand words.

gigeorge · 27 Sep 2022 at 13:46

Will sort an image when home from work. I couldnt believe it wouldnt work fit, bought one of those riser things, tightening it broke the rear pci slot screw rack. Its a bit fubared, the gpu is floating around . I surprised its not not swung and shorted at somepoint. My worst build to date, thats I get for rushing it, i guess !