Ikle A05-B Project..

[Vargher Warg]

great work! I really like this case for a small loop waterCooling!

[phinix_mike]

Cool watercooling loop there man... SO 54mm thick radiator can be fit in A05 - good to know So I believe PA will fit nicely too, covering only two PCI slots... right?

[mpower1001]

Nice work, i'm thinking of getting the supreme

[Mankz_91]

Thanks. I still need to take some overall finished shots.

[SGwillis]

wow, for a small case you certainly get a lot of hardware inside, looks good

[just a noob]

hmm maybe i'll make a cheap lan rig with the a05-b, then make a main rig with a ufo, of course my mother still won't understand the point
edit: when are you going to have any updates on watery?

[Mankz_91]

hmm maybe i'll make a cheap lan rig with the a05-b, then make a main rig with a ufo, of course my mother still won't understand the point
edit: when are you going to have any updates on watery?

Sooner than you might think... It'll be something rather noice....

[breathemetal]

This is nice to see. I like these small cases with everything crammed inside nicely

[Metasheep]

Cool watercooling loop there man... SO 54mm thick radiator can be fit in A05 - good to know So I believe PA will fit nicely too, covering only two PCI slots... right?

The A05 is about 5.5 inches between the left and right rails and about 16.75 inches between front and back rails at the top. There is also a little more clearance under the front rail(enough that the end of a TFC 360 will fit even if it's shifted too far forward ). It might be big enough for a PA120.3 if you squeak the ends under the front and back rails.

[skane]

but with a pa120.3 i guess you wouldn't be able to fit an optical drive, right?

[Metasheep]

Pretty much.

[phinix_mike]

but with a pa120.3 i guess you wouldn't be able to fit an optical drive, right?

Well, you can do everything if you only want to
You see, I'm planning a nice mod of that case - PA 120.3 and GTX280 in SLI.
I will flip to mobo tray on other side so will have mobo in regular position on the right side, CPU up. I will move this mobo a bit higher to make sure even a ful ATX mobo will not loose more then 2-3 PCI slots with PA radiator on the bottom of the case. I will move PSU on the top but leave 2cm for slim DVD-RW. Then gonna use 2 SSD in RAID when still having space for 1 or 2 huge hdds. CPU and both GPUs watercooled. How does it sound now??? Already bought PA rad second hand, now looking for used Lian Li A05B..

[skane]

wow, that sounds impressive.
ive finally got the money for a wc build, and was thinking of an a05 with xspc rs360 or swiftech mcr 320 in top, and a double on the bottom if it doesnt interfere with the psu. im not much of a modder, so relocating stuff is a bit much for me.

[Angmaar]

Nice build for such a small case!

[dpajur]

I really like your build, I was looking for a small case to do a decent-spec quiet build and this is just perfect!

Could you let me know how much space is there on the top for a radiator? It seems like a pretty tight fit for a BIX2 and I'm not sure if you can put any other rad in there. I was hoping to use one of the new 2x140 rads.

Black Ice GTS/GTX 280 are 316mm long, dunno if there's any space to squeeze. I'd want to keep the optical drive, same as you.