Lian Li PC- Q08 itx case : Specification & Feature

How exact is that 300mm length for the videocard? Can say 308-310mm work? Without removing the the intake fan of course.
 
next-Jin said:
How exact is that 300mm length for the videocard? Can say 308-310mm work? Without removing the the intake fan of course.
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This is a photo from when I was doing some planning work for a case mod. This is from the back to the front. You can see the stock case fan thing at about 31cm. But this isn't exactly accurate and its kind of loose, so about 30.5cm would be the maximum i'm guessing with the front fan. Replacing it with a slimmer model, or a different mounting would get the extra space. The 6990 is 305mm and that should just about fit...but it would be tight :D
 
DeathPrincess said:
This is a photo from when I was doing some planning work for a case mod. This is from the back to the front. You can see the stock case fan thing at about 31cm. But this isn't exactly accurate and its kind of loose, so about 30.5cm would be the maximum i'm guessing with the front fan. Replacing it with a slimmer model, or a different mounting would get the extra space. The 6990 is 305mm and that should just about fit...but it would be tight :D
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Going by your loose estimates according to MSIs website their lightning series card should fit then. They state 310mm and thats exactly 31cm lol, eh I might have to tell him to get something else that's an ass hair away from not working.

I don't want to give wrong advice to someone. He is set on the 6970 Lightning and not a GTX 570.:mad:

EDIT: He got it anyway, damn thing fits. The shroud goes under the intake fan. It's a huge ass card but still having an exhaust card would be optimal imo.
 
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Anyone know whether the H60 will fit in the same way the H50 does at the top? I think it's 2mm thicker. Thanks!
 
grilledcheese said:
This Case seem"s to be the Perfect Server case!?
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It was for me! Built myself a new file server using this case based on OpenIndiana/ZFS. About the smallest case you could get that would run 6 data drives and a laptop drive for the OS. Did some custom work on the SATA power cable and had to dig on the web to find left-angle SATA data cables, but the end result is pretty clean. Powerful too, I'm getting 300MB/s writes & 600MB/s reads in bonnie++.

Build log here for anyone who's interested.

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raiderj, can you fix your pictures? I'm curious to see what you've got there.
Also for read/write speed testing -- is there a reason you're using bonnie++ to test? E.g., why not the HD Tool (standard in Ubuntu 11.04, I believe; downloadable for other flavors, I think)?
 
cyberkost said:
raiderj, can you fix your pictures? I'm curious to see what you've got there.
Also for read/write speed testing -- is there a reason you're using bonnie++ to test? E.g., why not the HD Tool (standard in Ubuntu 11.04, I believe; downloadable for other flavors, I think)?
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Fixed, didn't realize the host I used at AT wouldn't work here!

I used bonnie++ because it's what is typically used when benching an OpenIndiana/Nexenta/OpenSolaris based ZFS server.
 
Veg said:
Anyone know whether the H60 will fit in the same way the H50 does at the top? I think it's 2mm thicker. Thanks!
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For those interested, there was plenty of room with my Corsair HX450 :D
 
Does anyone know if current versions of this case allow the front USB 3 to be plugged directly into a USB3 motherboard? I saw in a review that the case comes with a cable to convert USB3 to USB2 for the motherboard, but is that the only way? By downgrading your front USB3 to USB2?

I know they initially had you running the USB cable out the back of the case and plugging into the back of the motherboard, but that's just silly.
 
mate thanks for that. I ordered this case and was thinking of changing it to something else because of the USB3 issue. I just read that someone on another forum said one of these UC-01 adapters came with his Q08 - so that's good news. At least I now know they exist.
 
Little update on my mini itx, consisting in a radical modification of the internal cooling system.
At first I move the H50 on the top (fan configured extraction);it wasn't easy to install because the tubes of corsair touched SO-DIMM, so I had to place the radiator on the top, with the fan below:

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Then I decide to put on the front (as intake) a huge silverstone AP181: I finally opted for a "homemade" solution that guarantee a good accessibility for maintenance / cleaning / etc ..

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As you can see the fans is "stuck" between two soft media (recovered from the packing of the case: D) On the floor of the case I put a small metal stand, while the fan on the top fits against the small ledge below the 5.25" bay; since there is enough space I've been able to keep the original dust filter.

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The second update concerns a problem related to overclocking and summer temp: my mobo (asus M4A88T-I) has 3+1 phases (that's why there is the 95W limit for CPU);'cause I put on a 1055T 95w, I previously placed heat sinks (enzotech) on the vrm-mosfets to avoid throttling of frequencies (if the temperature of the VRM rise too much the mobo automatically drops the multiplier down): on winter everything worked without any issues, but on summer temperatures rise too much, and so I put a 40mm fan directly on the mosfet, controlled by the motherboard:

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thanks to the fan no more drop problems, and my cpu is now overcloked to 3300mhz (236x14, turbo core enable @ 3894): here there is a screenshots of prime 95 after 27h

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What's everyone's thought on cutting out the bottom of this case with a dremel then edging it with molding and covering it with something like this? Keeping it nice and neat.

http://www.frozencpu.com/products/1...m_x_10mm_HEX_Aluminum_Mesh_Panel_-_Black.html

I have a 6970 Lightning and it seems like it is struggling to get enough air through the base vents. My temps hover around 85c at 1035Mhz on the core 72c stock which is about 10c higher than in larger cases.

I was thinking about extending the cut out farther than the stock intakes go so it's about square with the entire bottom of the case leaving around 1/2 inch on all sides maybe a full inch. I have not really taken any measurements yet.
 
How are you guys mounting your PSUs? Fan up or fan down?

I have a Silverstone Strider Plus ST50F-P (great clearance to the HDD cage btw), and I mounted it fan down to give the CPU some air. But maybe this is wrong?
 
"Fan down" -- is that looking toward CPU? If so, and if you have a "standard" CPU cooler (stock or other that has the fan parallel to the mobo surface) the two will compete for air as normally PSU fan sucks air into the PSU and the CPU fan (normally) pushes air toward mobo ...
 
cyberkost said:
"Fan down" -- is that looking toward CPU? If so, and if you have a "standard" CPU cooler (stock or other that has the fan parallel to the mobo surface) the two will compete for air as normally PSU fan sucks air into the PSU and the CPU fan (normally) pushes air toward mobo ...
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Solution is to turn the CPU fan over and have it blow into PSU, or have PSU facing out.
 
cyberkost said:
"Fan down" -- is that looking toward CPU? If so, and if you have a "standard" CPU cooler (stock or other that has the fan parallel to the mobo surface) the two will compete for air as normally PSU fan sucks air into the PSU and the CPU fan (normally) pushes air toward mobo ...
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Haha, is this competing for air an actual or a hypothetical situation? I have the stock cooler on an i5-2500. I don't think these fans have enough power to create a low pressure zone. I turned it on briefly and the PSU does pull air in from the fan side and exhausts out the rear, but shouldn't forcing warm air out of the case be a good thing? Sure my PSU might not be as cool, but my peak draw should be less than half the rated output.
 
It's even more complicated b/c PSU fan is controlled by PSU and CPU fan is (normally) controlled by mobo. It sounds like you're not going for a mega-overclock (and don't really need the PSU fan help cool the CPU), so I'd use the PSU with fan to the outside, like the case designers intended.
 
Unless you have some highly inefficeint power supply I seriously doubt it'll be fighting the cpu fan for air.
 
Hi,

Is anyone tried to fit Kühler H2O 620 to PC- Q08? In picture H20 looks same that Corsair H50.
 
Hey guys,

I have a question,

I recently bought a H67 by Zotac + Intel i3 2130, and a 6850 to make a backup gaming rig/medai server.

For a cpu cooler i orignally bought a shuriken B, but i cant seem to fit it anyway to get the GPU to clear. So i isntalled the stock cpu cooler and my temps are really bad. 48-49 in bios.

Any ideas or pictures. to help me figure it out how to fit the shuriken??

TIA
 
Well, there are only 4 ways it can be fit in theory obtained through 90-degree rotation from whichever one you start with. If none of these work then Shuriken B does not work with this board and a card in the PCI-e slot.
 
yeah, got it to fit, man was it hard getting on, and my temps are little off too...

53 in bios :S
somethings not right...
 
Your i3 2130 has a little GPU ... try to get to good temps without 6850 in. Some questions to investigate:
1. Is HSF thermal contact with the CPU ok? (right amount of thermal paste, HSF contact surface is parallel to the CPU, etc.) -- do this with case open.
2. Isn't there an "accidental" overclock?
3. Does Shuriken fight for air with the PSU? (I think the PSU fan should, in most situations be taking air from the outside of the case)
 
Just got this case and what a pita it was to install wouldnt be so bad if the motherboard wasnt mounted to the side panel, got it all hooked up and neither of my fans are spinning so that must have come undone and i must have got the + and - of the power led connectors the wrong way around on the motherboard, having an axp-140 doesnt help matters either :(

Will have to rip it apart and start again.
 
wwischerath said:
Solution is to turn the CPU fan over and have it blow into PSU, or have PSU facing out.
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On that principle would you think its better to turn the top case fan so its blowing cool air onto the cooler then the cooler into the psu?
 
Hey Guys,

Thought I would post my Q08 build. You guys may have seen it on youtube as "Ultimate Gaming Mini ITX 2011." These are the parts I currently have installed:

Intel Core i5 2500k
AsRock H67 mini ITX board
8GB Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600
Corsair H50 cooler
1 TB WD Caviar Blue
Corsair AX750 watt PSU
Asus GTX 590
LG Blue Ray burner

Still waiting to get an SSD to finish it off.

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Bradmax57 said:
On that principle would you think its better to turn the top case fan so its blowing cool air onto the cooler then the cooler into the psu?
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going to claim ignorance on this one. No experience with a case that has fans. Might be best in this case to turn the PSU to draw it air from outside and not fight with CPU cooler.
 
I am building my ITX configuration for a PC-Q11 and the PC-Q08 is appealing too but I am worried it would be too big sitting near the monitor on a desk.
Anyone have pic comparing both of them in size or simply a pic of the PC-Q08 sitting on a desk?
 
Does anyone know if you can purchase an adapter like the one you get with the case to convert the usb 3 motherboard plug into a usb 2 one? Ive managed to snap one of the pins on the supplied one which means I can no longer use the front panel usb ports :(
 
Isnt it already a USB 2.0 plug? I know it has USB 3.0 blue connectors on the other side (for some reason), but it only has a USB 2.0 connector at the base, so it/s 2.0 all the way through!

You can get this from lian li to do actual 3.0.

Otherwise, the parts model number is PW-IO4H515 (comes bundled with the front panels and the PCI bay thing)
 
Nope mine is like this, my usb ports have the blue usb style header plug that connects directly onto the motherboard and you use this cable to connect to a usb 2 header on the board, im not sure if any itx boards have a usb 3 header so why they made it the way they did im not sure

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I havent actually tried it as the pin that snapped off has landed on the board and taken that out too :( but im guessing from that it may still work on one port? (its the second red lead)

Fortunately one port does still work and ive managed to bodge it so both do :)
 
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Bradmax- did you tie the two reds together? I think the red wire is the +5V supply, so tying them together should work.

Wonder if you will encounter power issues though with both ports running off of one 5V connector. Like maybe you will be limited in max current across both ports because they're running off a single port's worth of supply.

FWIW my mITX mobo has the USB3.0 port header right on the board so I could use the front ports as full USB3.0 and also not need the adapter.

Ruahrc
 
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