Project Gene - Lian Li PC-A71F

[Elpy]

Also, an Intel X25 G2 would be a good boost for you =)

Yeah I was originally planning on buying a SSD but then ended up using that money for watercooling. Going to get one sometime next year though, probably after I buy the genelecs. And most likely going to buy the motherboard blocks next month.

Forgot to take pics of the case when it was still all together but either way, here's how it looks atm:


Someone mentioned this in the Lian Li case thread in liquid cooling section and it is indeed right, the usb/speaker thingy hole IS bigger in these new cases so as you can see, the top cover I bought doesnt fit this case without modding. I'm not really too interested of starting to cut a bigger hole there so I might just directly cut the fan holes to the original cover. Not sure yet


Still cant really do much because I'm missing a lot of stuff. Need to make an order to chilled pc to get stuff and aluminum sheet(surprisingly it's cheaper there than one local store here) so I can start making the holder for the 360mm rad. Also gotta go buy a rivet tool and I need to get a dremel from my dad when I'm going there for christmas.

I also though that bleh those rads arent enough so I'm gonna buy a EK 240mm rad that I'll stack with the thermochill. I started planning on putting the top radiators sideways just like in TJ07 because that would let them suck fresh air... but had to cancel it because this case just doesnt have enough room that way. The chassis and top cover gets in the way so the hole wouldnt be big enough for 120mm fans, even if i cut the motherboard tray a bit smaller, it still wouldnt fit well enough.

But all in all, I'm very pleased with the case. Very good quality and looks good. Although I gotta say, if I could choose again.. I'd probably get the TJ07 as having the radiators sideways really seems handy.

Oh and yea I think I'll have to get the 150 multioption res afterall. I forgot that HD5870 is quite lengthy card so it might get a bit too tight with the 250 multioption. Argh I cant wait to have all the tools and rest of the stuff so I can finally do somethingggg!!!

Then I still need to decide on the fittings. I'd really wanna go with compression fittings since they look good... but daamn why are they so expensive . Basicly could ditch the EK 240mm radiator idea and get the fittings with that money... but bleh I want the radiator <.<.. Sigh I guess I still have a lot of planning to do also.