LiLi Tower

[kier]

LiLi Tower



Hi there,
The new start of a new build, called the LiLi Tower.
I've always had a kind of love for the Lian Li cubes
Not one but two Lian Li PC-V351
One is new and the other one has some changes already

First i wanna thank some sponsors of this build

Mr. Freddy



En Mr. Ruud



Thanks to these guys my start is going to be a little faster and nicer. Thnx!!!

The hardware

- I7 920 D0
- 6x 2GB Corsair DDR3 1600
- 2 x EVGA GTX470
- Antec True Power Quatro-1000
- 2 x Aqua-computer Aquaero VF
- Asus Rampage III GENE
etc.

Water cooling

- 2 x Black Ice GT Stealth 240 Black
- 2 x EK GTX470 waterblock
- EK Supreme CPU block
- 2 x EK-Multioption RES X2 - 150 Advanced
- 2 x Swiftech 355
- Tygon slang
- Bitspower Fittingen

And more.........

The color is gonna be black and transparent

Some pics of the LiLi's

Number 1



And number 2



Number 2 is a little modded already



the top ia gonna be different, not with these fangrills



This is the only thing i have from this Lian, but it's not bad. Have some nice ideas for this



Number 1 is complete, this one is gonna be the bottum



Psu and Hdd's gonna be under the motherboard






The first idea was like this...



But like this is better



On top al the water cooling stuff is gonna be placed



2 rads, 2 reservoirs en 2 pumps.

To be continued!!!

Grtzzz.

[RacingTurtle]

Ambitious project!
Looking forward to seeing progress.

[kier]

Last week i did some measuring and drilling the rivets

Sawn a piece out of the 5,25 bay for the cables from the gpu



Gpu in it, already did the sleeving



Al of the remaining cables can be put behind the bay



And these grilz will be put here with transparent fans with white leds



Flipped the HDD bay, so now have space for 2 HDD's and a SSD





Placed the motherboard tray, also flipped





Nice slots for the cables



This space is gonna be sawn out of the top. (formerly the bottom)



The back is gonna be like this, but painted black and i need to get/make a plate for the gpu



Always nice to get a new motherboard. A sweet little rampage

The Asus Rampage III Gene

fat box



The motherboard



Republic for gamers, for a non gamer



6 Slots on a small motherboard, i like it



Fill it up, with..............

the EK-RAM Dominator



Shiny



installed it



Using a EK-Supreme HF



And 2 Black Ice GT Stealth 240



These are gonna be placed in the top Lian



Fits perfectly

Placed the motherboard in the lowwer Lian



Not much space anymore, what is a good thing in this build



And my 2 GTX470 in it



Everything fits, in the top Lian i have a lot of space for the watercooling



Now i needs to decide which reservoir i am gonna place



To be continued

Grtzzz.

[arkadur]

another projcet?

[kier]

another projcet?

Yup, another one
hate to sit still

[kier]

Update!!!

Hi everybody
This weekend i had a lot of sawning to do
Almost nothing is left from the Lian
The middle of the 2 Lians



And the top of the Lian



There gonna be 2 Aquaero's VF inside, for this 2 times a slot



Put it al together and brainstorming again



Made a little mistake, i tought that the aquaero,s where the same
but the are different versions,



So i had to drill the holes for the bolds again more to the left



just a little bit different



For the front 2 times a slot for the displays



Had some Acryl covers for the aquaero, but the aren't the same color. So need to order 1 more



The hole cover



Made a acryl midplate. This times 2, one for the top and one for the midplate



Did some drawning



And drilling/sawning time



Made holes for the cpu and the Rams and made a slot for the gpu's



Removed the tape, needs to be cleaned



And needs to straighten some lines, but this is the idea



And the BP fillports, a total of 4. @ for the cpu and 2 for the RAM



Second Lian on top, and more brainstorming.



This is it for now, but more to come

Grtzzz.

[Manicdan]

excellent work with the acrylic,
how did you cut the squares so nice?

[kier]

With my hightech Acryl tool

[Manicdan]

With my hightech Acryl tool

i envy you, lol, now i can never justify spending thousands of dollars on a CNC mill

right now ive done all my strait edge stuff with a steady hand and dremel cutting disks, but its tough getting close to the corners. pre-drilling the corners can really help prevent a bad snap, and i will probably pick up a jig saw.

[kier]

You're taking a big risk with your Dremel
i really dont like the combination, acryl and dremel
it cracks and melt, believe me, try a fretsaw (hopefully it's the right word for it )
i do everything now with this saw, example motherboard cover

[Manicdan]

You're taking a big risk with your Dremel
i really dont like the combination, acryl and dremel
it cracks and melt, believe me, try a fretsaw (hopefully it's the right word for it )
i do everything now with this saw, example motherboard cover

such quality work with a 10$ tool, thats art right there....

[Lu(ky]

Wow I think you read my mind or something I was thinking of this same build with the same hardware, but I was scratching my head on how to water everything.. Subscribed...

[kier]

Lol funny, i must admit. i have a lot of space in the top Lian for the water
more then a big tower
i can put 2 pumps, 2 radiators, 4 fans and 2 reservoirs in it

[barfastic]

Wow, i was thinking something similar for my build as well!! (Only 1 v351 though) Inverted, but with a twist... still need to see what i will do with it though...

none the less Subscribed!

[Johnny87au]

wow cant believe i missed this build, so far nice work mate! Cant wait to see more !!

[shazza]

Looking good! Nice job with your cuts.

[theseeker]

Very creative!

[kier]

Update!!!

This week Coolermaster has givven me some nice stuff for my build
A nice package with all kind of things



80mm fans with white leds



A nice psu tester (sometime i blow things up)



With upgrade units, for more load



Black screws and other stuff



A beautifull mouse, the Sentinel







And....... the turbine masters





which gonna be placed like this.



Also i had some black aluminium panels, so lets get to work



everything measured



Drilled the holes



And placed on the back



mounted on the back



And the fans for the radiators are finished



Power up



The are real quiet, and a lot of air

And finally my acryl has arrived
So sawn everything and drilled the holes

Top left



Top right



Left



Right



And placed on each other



Turned around



On each side there's gonna be brushed aluminium.
Th original panels i have finished already



Left



And right



That's all for today

Grtzzz.

[kier]

Update

Today i was brainstorming about the rads
First i wanna to make some costum Brackets
But dont think thats looks nice
So i did something different, have maked a radiator tray
Only need to Cut out 2 times a Rectangle for the airflow
Made slots for the fittings



Just like this



Slots around the fittings



Only need to connect the radiators together



Some highflow fittings



Looks nice i think



And the one on the top



The pumps are gonna be like this



I did a lot of thinking about the reservoirs, and tried a lot of things

I have spinbays, EK tubes 150 and EK tubes 250

Had taken some pics what i had tried

The spinbays like this





The 150mm tubes



Or like this



The 250mm tubes, but then horizontal



Was getting crazy about this problem, but then.............
Not horizontal or vertical, but in a inclined position

From the top. Have a lot of space in the middle for the tubes



Left side. Pump with a lot of rotary fittings





Right side, almost the same as the left. Only the tubes gonna be with a different angle





That's it
Grtzzz to you all

[fatherTime27]

wow looks amazing so far

[Johnny87au]

Wow dude, loving how yove manage to set the reservoir up like that on a angle, really different!

[kier]

Update: Glow in the dark

Last week i did some small stuff. I've tested the airflow through the mesh
It wasn't that good, so i've sawn a piece out of it



Needs a paintjob





1 rectangle is bigger then the other one, this is because i dont wanted to see the suspension from the rads

Also i had some Glostrings, nice stuff



I hoped they where white, but they are bleu/green, but doesnt matter.
Had to change my midplate



Looks fine in the dark



like this



This is also coming in a vertical line in the front



A nice glow, i think



Purchased a FrozenQ reservoir. The blue one



2 reservoirs looks good, 3 even better



Nice light in it



Only i have 2 different colors blue, sow need to brainstorm for that



And need to make something for the pumps



Also i have sold my 3 GTX470, and get some other nice gpu's



Gtx480, really nice cards



Nickel blocks on it, looks better with this build



Very shinny backplates



The hole thing is really havy, so need to make something for this



On the corners maked a kind of pilar





I am in love with the backplates





To be continued

Grtzzz.

[lowfat]

That is starting to look pretty damn snazzy

[Johnny87au]

wow can u say TRON? hehe.. 2x frozenq reservoirs would look uber cool imo! That gpu block looks a bit shonky hehe

[theseeker]

It looks great and those backplates are outstanding! I need two of those myself, now if I could find them in-stock! Keep it up

EDIT; I just found them....ordered, like I need them.