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checking in....someone cure me of my insanity

I have no less than 9 LL cases (only a couple do not have PCs in them!):

pc-a77fb
pc-201a
pc-201b
v2000a with window
v2100+b
v1100+a
v1000+b with window
v1000+b
pc-q07b

 

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Originally Posted by NKrader

Show off.. ;-)

no idea what you're talking about bro!

 

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Originally Posted by itald3sign

Hi all, newbie here. Glad to see many Lian Li Fans around. Sharing mine to keep the thread alive. Cheers

Lian Li PC888
Asrock Z97 Extreme9
Intel i7 4790k 4.0Ghz
32GB Patriot DDR3 1600Mhz
4x PNY SLR8 240GB SSD (Raid 0)
2x Geforce 770 GTX SLI
Asus Blu-Ray Writer
Samsung DVD-RW
Cooler Master GX750W

absolutely beautiful set-up.. am jelly.. want that case!

 

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Originally Posted by djgar

It's for function, not for looks

. There are 11 drives and 11 fans in there ...

I've had more drives & fans in a smaller case & waaaay cleaner

you're the only D8000 owner here? keep dreamin' :

http://www.overclock.net/t/1326857/official-lian-li-pc-d8000-owners-club/0_40

 

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Originally Posted by karmuhhhh

I was going to post my rig, but then I realized I have the worst-looking Lian Li build in existence. It was literally the only case I had on-hand that would fit my components, so I just threw it together in 30 minutes

Any suggestions here for a mid-tower that can comfortably fit a SSI CEB board? I want something that will cable-manage well, but not be overly big

...shut up and post pics..

edit: I especially want to these those 4 tasty intel SSDs (in sig)!

 

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Originally Posted by karmuhhhh

As of right now I only have one pic on my phone, lol. Still need to hook up my blu ray drive.

looks fine to me!

have any bench results of that SSD array?

I wouldn't down-size the case
You don't have many cables running around.. I reckon just buy pre-sleeved cables where possible, then make a small duct for the SSD cables, done

 

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Originally Posted by karmuhhhh

The SSD Arrary is only a temporary one for now, because the board only supports SATA II when using more than 2 drives in a RAID. I'm currently trying to decide which RAID card to purchase. Too many to choose from! Although I may have a PERC 6/I I can use from work

*Fingers crossed*

The PERC6 would be severely holing back 4 SSDs in RAID, I would advise against using it

 

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Originally Posted by wiretap

love the eerie blue!

 

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can't wait to post two recent acquisitions of mine

 

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bought 2nd hand & love it!

 

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Originally Posted by FEAR.

Love the colour and window. What are you using it for and whats going in?

thanks

the rig in my sig will go in it, seeing as its a rig that's all show & no-go (let's face it, it's an ancient P4!)

'Nostalgic Nirvana' I made with a fair bit of lighting - the PSU has red LED ran, the RAM has inbuilt LEDs etc etc so yeah, it should look good!

 

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that would have to be one of the best yellow themed rigs I've ever seen, beautiful

 

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Gimme a month or so, I'm doing a massive shuttle-about of hardware etc.. I'll post up V2100, D8000, A71F, V2110, that way I can add some variety to this thread

 

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old school fool:

Lian Li PC-A7110B

with ancient hardware inside:
SuperMicro X8STE (with ThermalRight chipset cooler)
Intel Xeon X5680 (some Noctua cooler)
24GB ECC DDR3-1333
ATi X1950Pro 512MB
Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic
LSI SAS2008 (with ThermalRight IFX-10)
CoolerMaster 1000W PSU
6x Seagate 3TB SAS HDDs
120GB SSD, with Kubuntu LTS as OS

Two purposes for this rig: the HDDs are a back-up array for Mum's data. The choice of video card? It has VIVO (Video In Video Out) - going to experiment using the video in function to convert/back-up some VHS tapes to computer.

Scuff mark on the front door, non-OEM PU castors underneath, & some innards / bits'n'pieces removed (but kept in storage, should I need/want them again)

 

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more old school fool...
a rather modified Lian Li PC-A71FB

again, ancient hardware:

SuperMicro X8DAH (dual socket 1366)
2x Intel Xeon X5690, with ThermalRight Ultra Extreme 120 Black Editions
12x 16GB Kingston DDR3 ECC+REG
Intel 520 180GB SSD, with ProxMox as OS
GigaByte 1200W Odin PSU
HighPoint 1144(?) (4x USB3.0 with PCIEx8 so that all ports get full bandwidth)
HIS AMD HD5450 PCIEx1 <- comes from the factory as an PCIEx1 v.card!
Chelsio quad port 10Gb SFP+ NIC
Hotlava(?) hex-port Intel GbE NIC
Pioneer IDE DVDRW
Sony or Pioneer FDD, yes a floppy drive... because I could

no HBA, yet

I've mod-mounted two ThermalRight 120/140mm fans; one is sitting on top of a 120mm fan frame. Both these are to cool IOH + expansion cards.

Purpose: yet to set-up server. Eventually NextCloud, Hauk, ATAK, TrueNAS, + other VMs.

here is a pic I grabbed from google images to show original case interior lay-out:

so about the mod(s) you are about to see..

1) door removed
2) main HDD cage (at front) removed
2) there are two C beams running the length of the case.. both of these connect to the cage @ top/rear (this cage can be used either to hope PSU or 3x HDDs. Both beams, and the cage have been removed. The inner beam was attached to the mobo tray.
So now the story.. I was browsing eBay, came across the aforementioned SuperMicro X8DAH mobo.. it was brand new, never used etc etc, and at a darn good price, so bought it straight away. Ha! Mistake! It's a EE-ATX mobo <- that's not a typo, that's supposed to be two E's. EATX = Extended ATX. EE-ATX = Enhanced Extended ATX. Most s1366 mobos have 6x DIMM slots per socket, this mobo has 9.
I had to mod the case to fit the mobo... the square alu bracket attachs to the mobo tray, extending to so-to-speak, so that the top three screw mounts of the mobo actually have something to go into. If you compare images of an EEATX & EATX mobo, you'll noticed that on an EEATX mobo the rear I/O is a little further down the mobo, whereas on a EATX (& ATX), the rear I/O starts at the corner.

All removed parts obviously kept, should I want to revert to original.

 

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and continuing...
Lian Li PC-201A

no actual computer system in this case!
SuperMicro JBPWR2 (ATX control card) <- not a mobo!
Chenbro CK23601 36 port SATA/SAS expander, with a mod-mounted chipset heatsink from AliExpress
SilverStone FS305B (3x 5.25" to trayless/toolless 5x 3.5" hotswap SATA/SAS)
(3x Samsung SATA DVDRWs, not actually connected, need to remove)
XFX 550W PSU
12x 2TB SATA HDDs (WD Purples, Toshibas, Hitachis) + 1x 2TB cold spare

Purpose: Windows DAS (Direct Attached Storage) box. My Windows 11 box has a LSI SAS2008 HBA, it has 2x 8088 external ports, this connects to the Chenbro expander. The HDDs are configured with SnapRAID + StableBit DrivePool (double parity, 'RAID6')

again, door removed
yes the PSU extender part at the back is the genuine Lian Li part, precisely for that purpose. The original rear plate of the case itself has been hacked up, so that a single 120mm fan can be mounted (instead of 2x 80mm fans)

 

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I have this case which is a Lian-Li D-600 case. The "D" is for double size case. The motherboard side has a plastic window for display of your goodies and the light show. The other side has room for fan controllers, your DVD drives and any other 5.25" gadget you might want to add. What did you do with your DVD/CD ROM drives? Did you toss them because you can't put them in your new case? I think new cases look nice but they limit your options. I know no one uses a DVD anymore and fan control is in mobo software now but I'm still a little old school and I like having a knob to tweak rather than open up a program or transferring all my files to newer media right now. Anyway out with the old and in with the new, it seems. I wish I had kept my Lian-Li D6000 case. I could have put my D-600 case inside of it and still had room.

?? did you mean to quote someone else?
mongoled's case is not a D600, it looks like it is a PC-O11. Also, there is no D6000, it's a D8000:

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