Gaming Rig

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I've just finished my new Gaming Rig and transferred over my old GPU as I haven't decided on using an RTX 4080 or a 7900XTX yet.
AMD 7950x
G.Skill 64Gb 6000mhz cl30 ram
Nvidia Rtx 3080 ti
Lian li Evo case
1Tb SN850 M.2 SSD
2Tb SN850 M.2 SSD
2TB KC3000 M.2 SSD
2 * 360mm EK P360 Radiators
EK Lian Li Evo Distro Plate
EK D5 pump
EK watercooling fittings bar some temp bitspower fittings I used while waiting for the last fittings to arrive.
RM1000 psu with cablemod cables

 

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I've added the pump cover and replaced the silver allen key fittings with micro torque fittings so it appears more seemless.

 

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Looks almost identical to mine. The one downside of that distro plate, is it really limits customisation options.

You could have saved yourself about £30-40 if you just extended the outlet of the upper res to the lower port. Then you wouldnt need that U bend at the back at all.

But count yourself lucky your CPU ports line up with the distro. Mine were offset so had to adatpt

Also just incase you did wonder, your setup does still allow space for 3 fans at the back. They do fit and have clearance from the ATX connector etc. I have even managed to fit the Phantek 30mm fans there.

Lastly good call on the black pump shroud. I tried the titanium satin, and it didnt look right so sent it back.

 

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I went with the U bend so their wasn't a blank space at the front of the res that has no liquid in it. That would have bugged me which is why I didn't go that route.


I ended up ordering about 25 extra fittings that I have left over as I was thinking about putting a 280mm rad in the back but then was thinking it might look a little cramped. Saying that It may be good to put fans or something their as it looks too empty now.



Yea I got extremely lucky with the cpu and gpu lining up.



Thats good to know on the thickness of the fans if I decide to fit the third rad. This might ensure I don't have to ramp the fans and can just set them at a static speed.



I was looking at what I thought was the satin titanium cover but luckily noticed at the last minute it was a silver one so the colour wouldn't match so I ordered the black on from EK (everywhere else had it out of stock at the time).


All of the spare fittings.
I ordered the large adapters by mistake then when I did another order, I ordered the black and titanium micro fittings at the same time as I wanted to see if the black would look better with them (it didn't).

 

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I went with the U bend so their wasn't a blank space at the front of the res that has no liquid in it. That would have bugged me which is why I didn't go that route.

You could have just filled it with the coolant of your choice to remove the off colour . Athough, I think its definately a flaw in their design that its blocked off to the overall flow of a loop. They could have easily had a small cutout to let coolant fill all spaces.



I'm not sure you will get a rad in the back half as the ports are blocked by the top rad, and flipping it up, I believe the ports are blocked also. Fans will fit no problem. I tried and tried to get a rad there, but I guess my limitation is having an E-ATX board in that case. If I didnt have that, the Vertical GPU look is absolutely amazing when its fitted there.

Overall though, its a good looking build. I'm definately happy with the case. I just wish my motherboard GPU and CPU alignments weren't so messed up.

 

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It would be hard to not have air pockets in it if you filled it with static liquid.



The bracket that supports the fans at the back, you know you can take that out and turn it around which doubles the space available?


Like you I have the eatx board, my only worry is could you get the cables past the rad if you fitted a rad


Heres a build with the rad fitted:

You could have just filled it with the coolant of your choice to remove the off colour . Athough, I think its definately a flaw in their design that its blocked off to the overall flow of a loop. They could have easily had a small cutout to let coolant fill all spaces.



I'm not sure you will get a rad in the back half as the ports are blocked by the top rad, and flipping it up, I believe the ports are blocked also. Fans will fit no problem. I tried and tried to get a rad there, but I guess my limitation is having an E-ATX board in that case. If I didnt have that, the Vertical GPU look is absolutely amazing when its fitted there.

Overall though, its a good looking build. I'm definately happy with the case. I just wish my motherboard GPU and CPU alignments weren't so messed up.