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Hey guys. I'm not sure if this is the right thread, but I have a question about a newly acquired Lian Li case.

I got a v1000z (same thing as a v1000b, just with the cpu at the top), but it didn't come with the Hard drive hot sway bay. Is there any aftermarket part that I could buy that I could mount in the case, allowing me to mount my hard drives on it? I have 2 SSD's and 1 HDD.

Sorry of this is the wrong place to post this. I'll post pics when I get my build complete
 
FinalAura said:
Hey guys. I'm not sure if this is the right thread, but I have a question about a newly acquired Lian Li case.

I got a v1000z (same thing as a v1000b, just with the cpu at the top), but it didn't come with the Hard drive hot sway bay. Is there any aftermarket part that I could buy that I could mount in the case, allowing me to mount my hard drives on it? I have 2 SSD's and 1 HDD.

Sorry of this is the wrong place to post this. I'll post pics when I get my build complete
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There's several options for what you want (if hot swap is not necessary) at the very bottom of this page. I got one of the 5.25" ones for my server, will probably get another soon.
 
Thanks. Do you happen to know if those would fit correctly in the bottom chamber of my case? my 5.25 bay slots are full
 
I said to myself I would not light up my build. Funny how people do things they said they would never do again!

I like LED lighting. Cold Cathodes are out for me:D


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Now all that's left to do is for me to get rid of that fugly Asus SLI bridge..
 
^^ looks good..

to start my build I have to break down first....

full:
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Empty:
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got to love the feet:
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Okay Fedex man where are my parts?
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ready for battle:
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the old stuff:
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Got a pretty basic build to start with then adding water and graphics back into the mix later (more research need).

Cheers...
Mikey
 
I miss Voodoo PC and drooling over their laptops in college. (I ended up getting a Sager though.)

The Envy that they produced right before being bought up by HP was gorgeous, essentially an ultrabook (but not one without issues) ahead of its time.
 
Whach said:
Nice Mikey! Whats "the old stuff"? Looks like a couple of xeons?
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AMD based - it was....

TYAN - Thunder K8WE (S2895) workstation board
with 2 - Dual Core AMD Opteron 290's
and 2 - Nvidia GeForce 6800 ultra's in SLI
 
So I was happy today too see parts come in....

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Mounted:

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And looking clean...

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Back in it's case

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And hey look the BIOS Runs....

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Now a lot more work begins - may not post in this thread for a while. :)

Cheers,
mikey
 
Okay - crappy photo of the screen... (32" Sony TV to give scale of box)

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But up and running Windows 7 -- boot time from SSD - 21 seconds... Happy with that...

Super stable at 31C CPU, 34C Motherboard ( and about 10 other monitors on the board.. all fine)... Going to drop in about 7T of drives and this phase is done.. will start the GPU/water treatment soon.

Cheers
 
Yum Voodoo is the reason why I got into computer modding and gaming they were way ahead of the computer mod theme back in the day. I love there case designs, I have a Lian Li PC-V351 I want to mod in tribute to Voodoo...
Looking nice man.. :cool:
 
Got one. Upside down, but still at least its black. Lucked out I guess. The one sent to me was the exact length of the Asus bridge = )
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Nothing too extraordinary. I removed the stock drive rack and its base and replaced it with the rack from a Lian-Li EX-33A3. This really freed up airflow and allows the unit to operate with the case and CPU fans at an essentially-silent ~650 RPM under non-gaming loads.

Also done
- Cut the power cables to size and relocated the SATA power connectors.
- Some inexpensive foam noise insulation (Silverstone, IIRC) was added to the top and side panels.
- Replaced the stock fans with Scythe PWM units.

Profile shot:
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Close-up of the replacement rack. Note the brace on the side and the modified power cable:
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After a crisis involving NASTY plasticizer buildup in my H2O loop I decided I was overdue for a deep cleaning and a tubing change. While I was at it I upgraded my reservoir to something less acrylic...

BEFORE PICS:

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This is what happens when you don't change out your R-3603 often enough
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AFTER


XSPC Dual Bay D5 reservoir/D5 vario
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Brushed faceplate almost exactly matches the finish of the case :cool:
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I went with Norprene A-60-G tubing as it is plasticizer-free. Unfortunately I didn't order enough so I am temporarily using some silver-lined antimicrobial tubing while I wait for more. I also tidied up the wiring a bit and replaced the chipset fan with a rasurbo silent 50mm
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Added grills and sleeved the fan cable
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Among my dads hardware were some beefy stainless clamps
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Finally we have reached the penultimate update of the silent Lian Li! I got my Arctic Cooling S1 Plus heatsink at last and installed it a few nights ago. I thought their G1 thermal adhesive was going to be hard to work with as after I applied pressure and let go, the VRM sinks slid around, but luckily after curing for a few hours they didn't fall off and I was able to mount the actual VGA sink. First off, it's BIG, but not ginormously so, thus most cases will be able to swallow it. Secondly you really do have to check the heights of any capacitors on the board itself, as it JUST clears the tops of the capacitors on my MSI 7770:

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View from the front intakes, relatively unimpeded, straight to the two passive sinks. I may build a duct for the bottom fan to channel air directly to the GPU and out the exhaust, but temps look fine at the moment, we'll see.

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I used MSI's Kombustor to stress the GPU for an hour, and as you can see the max temps reported by Afterburner (and Hardware Monitor) was around 75C (it plateaued there and wouldn't go higher, and in fact started to drop).

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View from bottom intake.

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View from top intake.

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I had some braided wire left over from suspending my Ninja and used it to brace the GPU sink as well. Instead of drooping down, it hangs perfectly parallel.

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Close!

Brendan
 
EQWoody said:
Curious to why you bought a full atx tower and mobo when you were just going to use the APU, instead of getting a matx/itx board and doing a SFF. Do you plan on adding video cards later? Or just like larger cases?
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I had the case for several years now and was going to sell it but decided to keep it because it's too damn nice. Black interior, decent construction, ample airflow.

My folks had a FM1 setup and I just sold it last weekend. I wanted something that was "future proof" for a while until AMD releases whatever CPU comes out next on the FM2 platform. And I got a nice deal with the board which helped. :D
 
I have a couple of A17 with loose side-panels that rattle/vibrate occasionally. What is the right way to bend them so they become tighter.
 
reb00tin said:
I have a couple of A17 with loose side-panels that rattle/vibrate occasionally. What is the right way to bend them so they become tighter.
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I actually took a few of the little hdd/fan rubber washers (the little skinny ones that are supposed to go around the mounting screws and reduce vibration) and put those on the "peg" parts of my side panels. If you don't have the "pegs," but the tabs and slots instead, I would imagine that some electrical tape around edges of the sides might help.
 
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