Yewen looks at: Lian Li S80b

da_mic_1530 said:
you are younger than me and can afford this how? lol :p
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Work, live at home etc....

I have spent £1000 on cases and cooling since start of June, I really do think I have an obsession. :(

£150 case, for a £40 PC. :(

Yet I do not feel bad in my purchases, as I know I will make the money back, and then some. ;)
 
Ran my 7800gt on the Res and with a VF900.

The fans seem to be best as they come, in and out.

The PSU ducting when removed reduces temperature, and maybe fan speed if your PSU fans are based on thermal control.

I have gotten really good temperatures at low noise, don't get me wrong. But I am having trouble getting it literally noiseless, the last big just keeps eluding me. :(

Why the new fans to try. Taken the SilenX and Lian Li fans as far as they will go.
 
No worries.

I spent £175 on this case, a further £100 on fans specifically to test in it so I want to get it right at the end of it!

Will do a fairly comprehensive review, not the sort of thing you find on a review site as the temperatures I will be quoting are stable, and that is it. ;)

Not made the case unstable, but made the exterior side panel get to 40deg so far. That was with the stock AMD HSF, no fans and vents blocked to see how it worked purely on dissipation + PSU for cooling.

Very well was the answer but you will see in the review when I list up the combos of cooling I have tried. :)

I love the quality of the case, but prefer the look of the v1000+. Undoubtedly the S80 is the one thats more high end, but it has less prescence than the v1000+. S80 wont be a super classic, much as the 111c is to the 110 CM.

I may be wrong, as its just the vibe I get from the case. It really does look extremely expensive in person, especially with the door open looking at the silver strip, yet does it look to pricey for what it is.

Quite a lot of things like this I can't make my mind up on, stunning case, looks really expensive aswell. Yet the v1000+ seems moreso just on externals, its only when you start working with the case that the S80 shows it is several times better.

The handles on the internal pannels, and the spaces for easy screw removal when you drop them still get me, brilliant design!
 
I am getting some dustproofs to try, hopefully in the next few hours actually as its 1am! (not OcUk there, can get a better deal.)

The reason why I did not try them, is quite literally until you just mentioned them I had no idea they existed to be honest with you.

May buy one of the slowest ones to see how it performs, but I do not trust fan specs or other peoples idea of silent, as silent pc's or what some people call them to me are what I would consider really loud.

Will probably pick one up just to see what they are like, however I think I have exhausted my fan budget for a while, unless anyone wants to loan me one to try out! :p
 
The dustproofs in any situation shine though.

I want to get it with cheaper fans if possible, gotten them as my fallback incase I dont manage it! ;)
 
Possible, most certainly.

If it would not fit on the inside you could always mount it on the outside.

Had no heat issues though, just got to find enough time to do a mass fan swap.
 
TR3a is not a fan controller in the normal sense, better of just buying a decent set of fans, noisey fans at 12v will be just as bad comparably at 7v.

And getting it in with the mobo in, hmm, would it fit in the hole for the PSU?

This is something you normally fit in before you carry on with the build, and it will go in through the front aswell. Just take your time and remove two 5" bay covers.
 
No worries, they can be a pain if youve never used a Lian Li before. :)

They have these little nipples on each side, on the inside of the drve cage, you need to pick a side, I usually take the right on, pull inwards on the tab while pushing foreward and the cover will move out. Now do the same on the left.

Go round to the front, and then pull it out a bit more, then bend in the tabs to get the nipples away from the case front.

Do this twice, and you should be able to feed the drive in. :)

The door is open of all of this, if you are still having trouble let me know as I can make you a instructional video. :p
 
Don't get that.

Find something called a matrix orbital. ;)

Much better! Glad I could help, if you get stuck on anything else add me to msn or just post back and ill help out if I can. :)

Its a good drive system, keeps them all in line, without need for screws everywhere.
 
Been quite busy with the whole UB and settling in and the Don and settling it.

I have it half written, again its a month late but will be soon. Sorry for the delay.

(Got some interviews possibly coming up so that may add a few more days still. :p)

If you like the look of it buy it, if you have any doubts then I would not go for it. Best case in the world, or a pain in the rear end depending on how you look at it.
 
adfinni said:
Looks awesome yewen, but im not a fan of doors.

Erm, i know no shop talk but i ordered my lian-li side panel and a few HIS x1900xt's on tues and no sign of them yet. Now the side panel is out of stock. Any ideas ?
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I do not work for them just a moderator here. :) http://www.overclockers.co.uk/contact.htm give them a ring or drop them a webnote and they will be able to help.

And to the dremel idea, way ahead already on that one. Not going to say what it is but its more, lets make a slightly bigger space so I can run a wire through.
 
Psh.

As long as nobody comes to the door, comes over or asks me to go out then it will be around 5 when I have the review done.

It will be text only with links to the pictures though, as I have not changed anything. :)
 
Its called RMA + Job applications. ;)

I don't live on OcUK, much. :D

Just give me enough time and it will pop up, tempted to just upload the word doc to keep you all happy. Or just suspend you all to keep you of my back, ones easier to do than the other.
 
Its up, although not sure if its what you are all expecting. :)

Take note of the add me to msn part, happy to chat on there of an evening about the case if you have any specific questions on it.

Enjoy. :cool:
 
I ran stock Lian Li fans, a set of ADDA ones taken from PC7's, Akasa Ambers, YS Tech own brand fans FD1238 and the Acoutsifan Dustproofs all round. Also used a 80mm Acoustifan clear one.

The top fan is installed at the moment but not turned on as it does nothing for my rig. Only used the fans I had lying about really.

I just like the 7v Ambers in the S80, I get along with them well personally. :)

The fans was the main reason for the delay of my final thoughts.
 
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