Project: Lian Li PC-A77

what ashraf said is that he liked the way you had it before....understandably so. My suggestions are purely for keeping efficiency in mind. You will yield better results with my suggestions, I guarantee it. With regards to airflow in the case, you also have to remember that the PSU will provide circulation from the bottom as well. So i wouldnt worry about dead spots, but a little port hole opening definitely wouldn't hurt. But keep in mind that having more exhaust than intake is a good thing because you want negative pressure inside you case.

On another note, instead of a full cover block for your GPU's i would suggest running die blocks only, you'll get better temps and you're memory will not suffer either as long as you put sinks on them.

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Originally Posted by fadetoblack

hmm.. now im confused :confused:

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Sorry, but I won't let heat air go through the radiator as exhaust. :shrug:

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Originally Posted by Ashraf

Sorry, but I won't let heat air go through the radiator as exhaust. :shrug:

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Ashraf, i understand your concern, but realize that the volume of air he'll be pulling through that case every second will not be effected in any noticeable way by the heat emitted from the motherboard and other secondary electronics. Secondly, he would yield negative returns by forcing hundreds of watts of heat back into the case where he just cooled the components. The heat that would be pulled through the rads by running through the case first would be nothing but negligible. I'd be extremely surprised if there was even a 1 degree difference in temps. However, given the choice of running my 1 degree above ambient in my fluid line or possibly running above 40c on my motherboard...i would certainly choose the 1 degree of ambient.

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Originally Posted by fadetoblack

thanks. yeah, it was down to the tj07 and this case for me as well. yes, those are the mcmaster reducers - i have a link to them in the first post

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whoops sorry. did you need any sealant, tape, or o-ring for the reducers? thanks

nope.. the reducers come with a washer and o-ring. its a nice tight fit

cool thanks a bunch.

ok what do you guys think of this then? i can install an intake fan at the bottom of the case and then have the rad fans all pulling out

woe too much negative air pressure, sucking in all the dust through other airways into your pc...

i think its much better having both rad as air intake to give them slightly better temps and that the intake air will also benefit those 2 ddc...

or use the front 120.2 as intake together with the ex33 and the bottom intake, then the 120.3 and the back fan as exhaust for a more balanced air pressure...
of course its really up to you to decide on which way you want it, or try it both ways and see which would prove more temp friendly to your case...

you'll want that back 120mm as intake though, not exhaust. Again, it is up to you, but slap a couple filters on the intake ports and you're all set. no dust issues and negative pressure is good.

for the bottom intake fan, would i better off going with a 120mm or 140mm? i was looking at the 140mm yate loon medium but it has a lower cfm than the 120mm version. are there any good ones with a high cfm and around the same dba level?

like i said before, you don't even necessarily need a fan in the new opening at the bottom. a fan would only serve you well there for air cooling, but in this case with the radiators doing a large amount of pulling you will get circulation just by having the opening. It's your call though, 120mm fans are easily obtained and why make a larger cut than you need to?

yeah i figured if i'm making an opening at the bottom i might as well stick a fan there also, can't hurt right. i guess i'll just use a 120mm yate loon

might as well, build quality is superb and 120mm yate loons last forever and can be used on another case in the future if you were to so choose.

remember to use filters on your intake....it will make a world of difference for dust.

no, those yates won't last long if on horizontal position, read up "the sleeve bearing grind" 6 months to 1 year and it'll make some sounds... better get better fans if you're gonna put them horizontal...

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Originally Posted by septim

no, those yates won't last long if on horizontal position, read up "the sleeve bearing grind" 6 months to 1 year and it'll make some sounds... better get better fans if you're gonna put them horizontal...

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any you recommend?

I'd have both rad sets fans pull air out, and add a triple fan (or size thereabouts) opening on the side. You could either run 3 fans, or none, but that would give it the air required to maintain optimum cooling (and this would give you positive pressure if you ran fans).

Sflex-f has been nice to me for almost 2 years... and those sanyo denki's san aces 1011 (38mm thick) are also good if you can find some...

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Originally Posted by septim

no, those yates won't last long if on horizontal position, read up "the sleeve bearing grind" 6 months to 1 year and it'll make some sounds... better get better fans if you're gonna put them horizontal...

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In two months I'll have mine running for one year.
Until now no weird sounds.

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Originally Posted by Hor$eman

I'd have both rad sets fans pull air out, and add a triple fan (or size thereabouts) opening on the side. You could either run 3 fans, or none, but that would give it the air required to maintain optimum cooling (and this would give you positive pressure if you ran fans).

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yes, but you want negative pressure in heat removal

added some pics

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...68&postcount=3

very nice, let us know performance results when its all set up. I love this build.

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Originally Posted by mike8913

very nice, let us know performance results when its all set up. I love this build.

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will do

Neat and simple. Nicely done. :up:

a few updates

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...72&postcount=4

2 x 280gtx nice..


project is looking good