Soon to be v1000+ owner

[David230]

I have been tempted by this case for months and finally thought what the hell, I'm buying one. Delivery should be tomorrow!!

Just one question really, are the hard drive cage(s) easy to remove. As in screws only??

If these are riveted I think I have a valid reason to do away with my rubbish Hiper PSU..lol

Any new PSU Recommendations? Max setup is 7800GT SLI with 3800 x2 and raptors..

One more thing, whould the adda fans included be on the loud side. My zalman 9500 and vf700 are about the same and want to keep the db'sdown to the same level. Again recommendations please.

EDIT: delivery today even..woohoo!!

 

[David230]

Got it, love it!!

Love this case to bits already. I was getting annoyed with the side panel initially as It was rattling, turns out I just was'nt sticking it on properly.

H/drive is more audiable in the lian li though, even more so than my Jeantech case. Which is a slight negative as far as I'm concerned.

I'm using the rear 120mm as an exhaust and have left the front one off for now. The biggest problem I have is the mobo I use. Its a passively cooled ASUS premium board so did'nt work too great as it was. I have fixed a 62mm fan near to the northbridge and now my temps are 31-32 idle cpu and 33-34 idle for the mobo.. OCCT stab test bought cpu upto 41 thats a massive cut over my previous case and the mobo temp stayed at 34.

I know some people are not too keen on the "cheese grater" looks but I cant get enough of the way it looks in the flesh.. Superb case!

Gonna go watercooled shortly though but want to avoid any mods to the case. Watch this space.lol!!

 

[David230]

Looks a lot better. I am glad I went ahead thats for sure.

Took 1 x cage and partition out so I could fit the psu. It is also a nice case to work with inside. Love the seperate levels. Seems like a good basis for a watercooled rig.

 

[David230]

I'm gonna try out Alphacools cape cora's I htink. They can be made free standing so basically a variation to the reserator. You can literaly plumb in as many of these things as you feel you need. Just need to figure out where to put the pump.

 

[David230]

lol. no its not scrapped. Just need a decent case, now.

Still in the making, but like I said my times being used up doing other things. Atleast with the lian-li case its all installed, up and running in a couple of hours.

 

[David230]

Does thin mean your home made case is has gone off the boil?

for now things have died down with it, yes.

Have by no means finished with it though. I am looking forward to mirror finishing so I dont want to finish yet.lol

 

[David230]

hey man, post some pictures of your beast aka case

Heres the inside, nowt special at the moment. I wont bother tidying anymore in there because I'll be changing the PDU amongst other things very soon.