Question 1

Hi, I'm thinking about buying this case, but I wanted to get some of opinions.

What do you think of the noise levels on open air cases? I was planning on just running my CPU heatsink fan  and my GPU fans (2080ti). Does the fan noise bother you? I currently don't overclock (CPU or GPU) because my current case doesn't have very good airflow so my fans are cranked up quite a bit. I'm hoping they won't have to run as fast with an open air case. I'd also consider watercooling my CPU if it's more efficient at cooling and I can run the fans quieter.

Also, do you guys worry about static charge damaging the exposed components?

Thanks!

Accepted Answer

I use the case for Bitcoin and Alt-coin testing.  I have installed a 1050Ti and 1070Ti GPU on it for testing and it works fine.  OPEN AIR is great and the fan noise did not bother.  For heat dissipation its good as well since it is an open air TEST BENCH.

If you are planning on making it a long term personal computer without the 2080ti in it.  I would not recommend it since it does collect dust fairly easy.  It does look cool with all the stuff once attached.

- Noise level not an issue
- Dust is an issue since is is OPEN AIR
- Easy access to components if your doing test is not an issue
- I have 4 of them for general testing if that means anything.
- First one will take you a bit to build as it does not come PRE-BUILT but once
   you get the hang of it your good to go for the subsequent ones you build as you
   will have a frame of reference to go by.
- I would stay away from any water-cooling gear.  There is just that much space on this unit
  for that stuff. 
- At one point I had 48TB attached to this thing 8Tb*6 drives
- You can get creative with extra fans along the front edge.  At one point I had 3 120mm
  fans along the front bolted together with zip ties and bolted down.  Worked great. 
- Love the fact that you can just pick it up and move it anywhere.

I recommend the product !

Question 2

Do mITX boards fit on this? Is putting the motherboard ontop of the cardboard box it came on to test a suitable alternative?

Accepted Answer

If you are looking for a one time test site , a antistatic mat will do the job.
I would not try to test any electronics on a paper box because of electro-
static discharge exposure. If you intend to work with the PC electronics
in the future Lian Li Test Bench is an excellent choice. It looks like a MITX
board will mount on this Test Bench but I have not tried it.

Question 3

curious i bought one of these a couple of months back and i finally got  a chance to assemble and ent to bench test a MB and i can not mount a mb since there is no compatible mb mounting screws standard screws do not fit  wasit supposed to come with screws ro fit the mb mounts? since they do not work with standard mb mounting screws i have tried 3 different board screws and none of them fit

Accepted Answer

Linda, I also have one of these purchased about the same time. Make sure you used thumb screws where indicated. I had only 2 screws left for mb install but that was sufficient with the backplane card bracket installed and a pcie card installed. I don't remember but I think HDD screws work with the standoffs. I also found it helpful to double check the assembly of the test bench to make sure things fit properly and use double standoffs to raise the mb.

Question 4

Will this fit an E-ATX or SSI-EEB Motherboard, or will it hang over the edge?

Accepted Answer

The motherboard tray is 13 x 13, so it will fit an EATX MB with no hanging over the edge. I believe SSI-EEB is smaller than EATX, so there would be enough area. I don't know if the mounting points line up for SSI-EEB though.

Question 5

Can this be assembled without the large top piece that sticks up over the motherboard?  The one with the Lian Li logo on it?  Or does that go all the way down to the bottom?

Accepted Answer

You sure can. It basically gives you something to lift the unit with if needed plus it gives the two uprights support, but do not absolutely need to have it attached. Plus if you need to remove a plug in card it is easier to remove the bar and get better access to them. Easy to remove also.

Question 6

I plan on connecting 6 GPUs, several of which using risers..... it looks like it would be a tight fit as the cards sit right on the mobo.... is there enough room to do this?

Accepted Answer

The only problem you might run into is the bar that goes across the top (with the logo). 
My processor heat sink doesn't fit under it, you may run into a similar issue with graphics cards if you have risers. But, the rig works just with without the bar in which is how I run it.

Question 7

If I use a Cooler Master Hyper 212 Evo CPU cooler, will it fit with this case's top crossbar in place?

Accepted Answer

The cooler IS taller than the crossbar, but the crossbar is not in the way, the crossbar sits above the ram on an ATX motherboard.  I removed the crossbar just to make it easier to install it, but put it back on afterwards.

Question 8

I bought this along with the fan cooler rack.

About how long of tubing would I need to safely reach from the cpu socket to the radiator?

Planning to use the Swiftech H240X with this system

Accepted Answer

I guess it really depends on the location of cpu socket on your motherboard, but I can tell you on my Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H motherboard it is approximately 7" from front fan to cpu socket, and if cooler needs a bend in it maybe add 2" more.

Question 9

where do i buy the optional extras USB and fan mount?

Accepted Answer

frozencpudotcom has their line of products worst case.

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