Phanteks Liam-Li copy

hyperseven said:
Planning on doing a dual build? Going post some pics?
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No dual build.

*New stuff*
MetallicGear Neo Qube
Ryzen 3600
Aorus Master x570
16gig of Corsair 3600 ram
PCIE gen4 256gig NVME drive
Cooler master 360mm fan setup for a bit of RGB

*Existing being transplanted in*
Vega 64 Strix
2 1TB ssds
EVGA G2 750W gold
Custom cables from Cablemod red and black
Master Liquid 240

Just waiting on the Aorus Master, 360mm fan block and the NVME drive to arrive before I start to build.

Then it's off to the members market to sell my current i7 setup
 
No I'm waiting for my MOBO and other bits before I open and build. I may do a bit of a build log.

Here's the box it comes in :)



 
Where are you planning on mounting your cooler rad? I was looking at this case but the Air cooler clearance was pretty bad on the Lian Li and this is even worse :( 148mm but I suppose these are more for AIO's right?
 
Ok so I've opened it and started building in it.

Quality seems good thus far. I'm waiting on more fans to arrive but I'll fire up a few pics now.

One thing I didn't like right out of the box was the bag for the case screws. They have every single screw just in one open bag so it took a while to work out what screw was for what. Not the clearest instructions for a newbie but an experienced builder will know the different screws for PSU, MOBO etc, let me upload the pics. Bit potato cam but didn't have much time to do any better shots. Still trying to get time to dismantle the parts from my old build like the PSU and cablemod custom cables.
 
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https://imgur.com/ANmEDYt - bare case with glass sides taken off - taken of with a hinge type of ation at the bottom of the panels

https://imgur.com/4wq2gqU - again another bare pic - sorry for the poor lighting. you can see the grommets for cable management

https://imgur.com/Ohy6j7U - Box that case screws came in

https://imgur.com/8bB3LCb - Opened box with a single bag of screws - could have been separated better

https://imgur.com/i1fsUF8 - Instructions page 1

https://imgur.com/gUa51jz - Instructions page 2

https://imgur.com/Boh5owY - Mobo fitted (Aorus Elite x570) lots of room up top

https://imgur.com/GeoXsZ7 - mobo shot with stock cooler in for placeholder - sorry for the dark pic again

https://imgur.com/rzkXyZQ - looking at the rear. No space for a rear fan. I'll be running 3 fans in bottom for intake, 3 fans on top in the AIO for exhaust and 3 in the "side" slot near the front as intake too

https://imgur.com/fROqKr8 - I remembered to use the flash in the camera :D

https://imgur.com/TT3mguC - A shot looking at the internals again, from the front

Very happy so far with how it feels. It feels premium but it's early days yet. Lots to do so that may change if I find anything annoying, other than the bag of screws thus far
 
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looks good - wondering if Lian Li was the Producer still or factory used .

@subbytna get some demciflex Filters via Dynamic case! not sure what the quality of phanteks filters are compared to Lian Li's, But Lians is naff compared to Demci replacements :)

might have to post mine up on MM soon. £50-60 for full filter kit but then £20 on Custom charges
 
orbitalwalsh said:
looks good - wondering if Lian Li was the Producer still or factory used .

@subbytna get some demciflex Filters via Dynamic case! not sure what the quality of phanteks filters are compared to Lian Li's, But Lians is naff compared to Demci replacements :)

might have to post mine up on MM soon. £50-60 for full filter kit but then £20 on Custom charges
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I need to get a 360 AIO before I do anything, the stock ryzen cooler is a placeholder. I have no fans working in the case other than the cpu Wraith fan. No other case fans yet at all. There's no rear case fan mount which is a bit of getting used to so I'll have 3 on the bottom, 3 on the top and the side "front" bit will have the AIO 3 fan rad put in there.

It's up and running now with the sabrent Gen 4 NVME drive but no other drives plugged in yet. Just to get windows installed.

One gripe I have is the rear mounting column for sata SSDs and mechanical drives, you can't mount the SSD's low down on it, even though it's got the screw holes to do so, as the PSU blocks the ability to put sata or power cables in. I had to mount 1 single SSD above the PSU level so that i could plug in cables (havent'plugged them in yet but I will do this weekend) I think the designers need to revisit that aspect. You can get 1 mech drive and 1 ssd in, the rest of the space is blocked by the PSU.

It's a standard sized g2 750W EVGA psu so not super long either.

Other than that it's a good looking case. I'm struggling a bit with the RGB setup though. Need to look into that more as the case RGB seems to be just one single colour. That might be driver related at this stage though and no software to control RGB
 
is it 4 pin RGB or 3 pin ARGB ? Phanteks stuff should just work straight off with Aorus board

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I'll need to check, I think I put it into a 3pin on the mobo. I'm out djing at a house party on saturday night and will be for nothing on sunday lol. I'll perhaps attempt to do some more on Sunday evening.
 
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