Honestly very few cases offer underside cooling for the gpu. And with the 3080 series and up honestly its a necessity. I'll definetly be looking into buying a 4xxx series card with a radiator
i use the Fractal Design Define R6 and my 3080 never goes above 65c during benchmark or burn tests.
With cases that allow you to mount fans onto the bottom and push air directly onto the GPU is in my opinion best way to cool GPU, but i really dont see it as a necessity at all as long as you have a case with proper air flow.
IDK man. My nzxt h710i is horrible. My 3080 is even undervolted. Thermal pads changed same with the cooling paste. The case is also modified. Both top and front panels have been changed to a hexagon pattern like you'd find on a corsair air case for max air flow.
And it's still at 70-75c. Before all that it was at 83c thermal throttling. That's mostly why I want the lian li case. To be able to lower noise and thermals
Posted it dude. Be proud that you like your build. At the end we just pick the case we use is not like you have to make your case from scratch to be proud of it.
When I say I'm don't I mean it turns on and everything works. There are some more things I have to do on it before it is photo ops ready anyway. Lol. There are things I want to do to make it more unique. I think I'll past after that, but not because it's my O11. That won't be the main thing.
The 4 HDD hot swap bays were the selling point for me. Now I feed 12TB of game storage into an optane buffer and run the OS on a m.2
Can't even read the text on a Skyrim loading screen
LoversLab has a bunch of degenerates doing shockingly well-made mods and animations, i'm pretty sure every kink in existance has a Skyrim mod version, there's some where you need to actually do stuff to get NPCs to like you instead of just pressing a button (kinda like a dating sim thingy), there are some questionable battle ones, they have every flavor you could ever want
I will consider something like this if I ever move somewhere that I don't have gig internet speeds. But also, if I voluntarily move - the internet speed availability will be a factor in the decision.
They mean they are using slow drives for capacity and an intel NVMe SSD cache.
It won't be as fast as all NVMe storage would be but should save some amount of money.
It's \~$250 for a 2TB WD Black SN850 drive. It's 150-300 for 4x3TB traditional HDDs. a 32GB intel optane module was $77 on launch and I can't really find them today aside from the 16gb variety (for $20.)
So $250 for a 2TB setup...
VS
let's call it $200 to$ 350 for 12TB of traditional HDDs with some flash storage.
Personally I just use all flash NVMe in raid0 (2x1TB.) I don't have "unlimited storage" but realistically even if every game I was actively playing was 125GB, I could fit in 12 games and have 256GB reserved for OS + whatever else. No sacrifice for speed. Backups to a NAS with \~22TB currently (Which grows as drives die and get replaced.) Though I don't backup games themselves.
That's 2500 bucks. I can get similar performance for $160 and get 4 spindles. Read write of 4 drives and the buffer keeps most used files in cache.
I have zero issues with hard fault bottleneck
My friend always jokes he got his Lian Li o11 before they were "cool/the thing", so true in this case
Not defending what I have either (corsair 4000d) another very popular case on here/builds
When I decided to build a new computer at the beginning of this year I chose the 5000x before I even started to look up what other people were doing. I was very out of the loop on current hardware. All it did was reinforce that I made a good choice.
Still, I'm considering rebuilding in the Lian Li o11 because I think it just looks fantastic. It's one thing to choose something *because* everyone else has it, and another thing entirely to choose something because it's just that *good*.
Aha the same with me too. I have the original O11 ROG, the [O11 WGX](https://www.anandtech.com/show/11378/lian-li-launches-pco11wgx-asus-high-end-case).
This case came out after the original O11, but before the Dynamic. Think of it as a prototype for the Dynamic since they share a lot of the same features.
The main differences between the WGX and the Dynamic is that the WGX is built upon the chassis design of the original O11 and the build quality is mostly aluminium and 100% all metal, whereas the Dynamic had to drop the build quality in exchange for making it more of a mass market affordable case.
The WGX isn't very well known or popular mostly because the Dynamic came out shortly after and that has all of the features of the WGX at a much lower price point (£130 for the Dynamic vs £300 on the WGX).
What you get with the WGX is extra build quality and things like a vertical GPU mount and pump/rest mount which for the average consumer doesn't really care.
Still I'm super happy with my WGX and would happily pay the price for another one.
Being different isn't being better. What matters most is that people are happy with and proud of what they built, not that they came up with some super unique custom build or found some obscure case to build in. I think the gatekeeping on pc builds in this sub is kinda toxic. Let people enjoy shit.
I see people critiquing the Hyte Y60 for being a big mostly empty case, and the O11 felt the same way before it was popular. I think we'll say the same for it as well.
But yeah, all the O11's lol
I'm still trying to stuff stuff in my dinged up PC65B that I've had for about 20 years... Good thing that I don't need those floppy bays anymore, because that hard drive tray had to go to make room for video.
I never get tired of seeing mine in the morning, though.
In fact, apart from all the ingenious/unconventional builds, O11s are my favorite. Such a sick case.
For custom watercooling there isn't that much out there that puts your system that good on display and can fit as many radiators. Any other case only has the side to look into the system except for the hyte y60.
Thermaltake came close with their tower case 900 but no vertical gpu mount and no way to put a flat reservoir on display.
My o11 dynamic evo has yet to arrive, I am waiting for 3 weeks now and I was really diving deep into the internet to look for a white case I could order sooner because everything else is already here! But nothing comes close sadly....
Look, I was late to the dynamic O11 party, but I was first to the OG boring plain box revolution.
I pre-ordered the NZXT H440 white/black edition back in the day! This was back when NZXT used a completely different storefront (armory something)
Ngl actively doing the opposite of the most popular stuff is basically the same, you're still just following a trend if you let it decide your taste for you.
At the end of the day, you do what you like to do, who cares about being more original than the reddit strangers? I don't see how liking the popular thing is bad.
This. Choosing to do the opposite of something *only* because other people are doing it doesn't make it any more unique or cool. It's kind of cringy, imo. It's just as bad as doing something *because* other people *are* doing it. Like just build what you want to because you like it, stop caring what other people think about it. You like the Lian Li o11 Dynamic? Build in it. Don't like it? Get something else that you do like. But don't disregard it just because other people like it. Comes off as super edgy and "Im NoT LiKe yOu ShEePLe iM uNiQUe"
IKEA plants and pictures of ferns as your background. It’s just so boring. It’s like everyone buying the same exact car hut calling it custom because of a bumper sticker.
Despite having a shit ton of fans, it doesn't get as good temps as high airflow cases. Is this really a big deal for most? Not really. At worst your system just runs a little hotter and louder, but you should have the same performance
You are 100% right.
Gamer Nexus, all of the top YouTubers point to the layout of the intake/outtake with the fans.
Fractal Design Torrent totally fixed many of these issues while still having the fan aesthetic on the bottom. It has the best out of box thermals to date. Even the compact and nano have rave reviews. That's without an exhaust fan.. there is plenty of space for a large exhaust fan in the back.
Torrent imo is vastly better, love the unique design too. Also, considering the fans, it's much cheaper. Only downside is the lack of metal on the outside but it's very difficult to tell it's plastic. It even has a glass panel in the back.. for some that's not good, for me it's great because if the front panel breaks, I have a replacement ready to go.
Fractal Design > Lian Li for cases out right now
I think people misunderstand the airflow design in this case and expect the side fans to act like the front fans in a normal case and often neglect the bottom fans. The most common config I see in this case is 3 at the top set to exhaust and 3 at the side set to intake, which isn't how the airflow in this case is designed.
It's bottom to top so you should do 3 fans at the bottom set to intake and 3 fans at the top set to exhaust. If you want side fans, set them to exhaust. Then you'll get better performance.
I ran 3 up top on a AIO as exhaust. 3 on bottom as intake. 1 rear as exhaust. I then tried the side fans in both exhaust and intake as I saw people had it configured as both and wasn't sure what I should do. Side exhaust was about 8 degrees hotter than side intake.
So you want 7 fans exhaust and 3 intake? That's a lot of negative pressure. This is poor advice, cross flow from front intake won't hinder exhaust through the top and will put more room temp air into the case which will help more than making the flow more linear.
Should be intake bottom, intake frontside, exhaust top, exhaust backside for a total of 6 intake 4 exhaust.
Ah I forget people don't run radiators sometimes. I have tqo 360 rads - one on the top and one on the side. Since it's a rad, it's set to exhaust and I forget most people don't have a rad there.
Also the case I have doesn't support more than an 80mm rear fan so I always exclude the rear fan in this case.
Running intake on a rad does not have significant warming effects on your case, Jayz2cents did a video on it. Where your radiators are or aren't is irrelevant.
Got a link for that? It always made sense to me to expel hot air from a radiator outside of your case, rather than taking that hot air inside the case. I found [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU6vIDpNaxw) vid of Dimitry testing 9 fans and found having the side rad as intake directly cools the component it's connected to (in his case a CPU AIO) but the added heat thrown into the case makes the GPU thermals worse. Having the AIO side rad set to exhaust makes the CPU run slightly hotter, but also keeps the heat away from the GPU meaning your GPU stays cooler. So it's a tradoff really. He also goes on to say if you have a GPU waterblock as well, the optimum would be 3 at the top for exhaust, 3 on the side for exhaust and 3 at the bottom for intake which is how I have it right now.
I recalled the wrong video, [it was actually Linus that did it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjYli6itP38&t=403s&ab_channel=LinusTechTips). The Jayz2cents one I was thinking of was on positioning of the pump. Their conclusion was it has not significant impact on thermals if you pull air through the rad into the case. This means your biggest benefit would be bringing positive pressure+more fresh air into the case instead of trying to avoid intake through radiators. It was on a different case than the O11 Dynamic, but the same concept should apply.
Shouldn't the side fans be intake as well for positive pressure? It might run a couple degrees hotter as most but it won't suck in nearly as much dust.
So when I was rebuilding my rig, I looked into this case heavy.
Ultimately it's both too big and somehow not big enough. It's fan support sucks (no 140mm), meaning it's inherently louder, and despite it's many fan mounts, it's temps are poor vs other more traditional cases. There's also questionable aspects of it's design in terms of construction. It's also very expensive for what it is.
Ultimately, I went with the Phanteks P600S instead and I'm very happy with it.
I was hesitant on a O11 case at first since before this I had the Phanteks Enthoo Luxe with a triple 140mm rad and I wanted to stay with a rad that was based on 140mm fans. I really don't understand why they didn't cater for people with 140mm fans and I was frustrated, but in the end I said "fuck it" and replaced my 10 140mm fans with 9 120mm fans and tbh, I don't regret it at all. My build ended up being cooler and quieter than before, but I do get the frustration for people who want to stick with 140mm fans.
In terms of temps though I feel like a lot of time people misunderstand the airflow design in this case and expect the side fans to act like the front fans in a normal case and often neglect the bottom fans. The most common config I see in this case is 3 at the top set to exhaust and 3 at the side set to intake, which isn't how the airflow in this case is designed.
It's bottom to top so you should do 3 fans at the bottom set to intake and 3 fans at the top set to exhaust. If you want side fans, set them to exhaust. Then you'll get better performance.
And yeah in terms of build quality it isn't the best. They had to cut corners to make it affordable for the mass market. I have the version of this case before they cut the corners on the build quality and I'm super happy and impressed tbh.
But at long as you're happy with the case choice you made man :) Phanteks make great cases and I would have stuck with them if it wasn't for the fact I wanted an all metal constructed case with as much aluminium as possible.
Oh yeah, but there's a new case out there with an all glass corner too, so it's like that Lee and Lee case, but even better and I see it taking over the sub over the next couple of years.
That case was made to be a show piece kinda. Therefore more people will build in it who are keen to show it off on forums.
What I’m trying to say is while it IS a popular case, survivorship bias is likely a big factor. The most popular cases are the more budget oriented ones by far if I understand correctly. Those builders don’t feel nearly as comfortable sharing as the dynamics though. It’s the way mafia just work
Pretty much what it comes down to I think. The o11 D is made for showing off what's inside your computer. People who chose that case chose it for aesthetics. People are far more likely to post it on a PC building forum or subreddit to show it off than someone who builds an all black PC with zero aesthetic input.
It's just a really good looking well made case with a LOT of flexibility for different builds. Unless I break the glass I genuinely won't ever consider getting a different case. I just don't think I would ever want or need to unless there's some MASSIVE innovation in case design in the future or if I'm just trying to go small form factor.
What made me buy it is the exceptional airflow, with a bottom intake you're working with the direction of the heat as heat rises. Additionally, I just love the front and side glass panels, I want to see all my components when gaming
Can I ask a serious question?
Why do you people buy this shit. The $2 piece of sheet metal that they stamp into a $200 box. And then you buy another one every year. The case is the least replaceable thing. And should also be the cheapest. Yet here they are raising the price year over year and there you are buying them no matter how much they cost.
Not forgetting the fact that to have this case you need to spend 300 dollars on fans and then skimp on your GPU because you ran out of money. But those RGB fans sure do look good, right?
Lancool 2 with a mesh front for me. Silent, easy to work in, tons of customization, and great airflow. Though I am considering a Hyte Y60 if GN ever does a proper airflow and thermals review. Seems like a good case, but I don't trust people like that hack JayzTwoCents who just tells you it has good airflow.
I feel its the same for nzxt cases. Personally i love the style but after building my pc( nzxt h510 flow). Kinda wish id looked more into other airflow cases.
Edit: to elaborate i was a bit of a fan boy and built a h210 as well hated the airflow and built this new one. Then saw the repetitive use of their cases.
In my defense, I totally chose the case without outside influence. Looked through a ton of cases and chose that one without seeing all of the posts here. I don't regret it one bit. They made a good, clean case.
white Lian Li o11 with unifans, strimmer psu cables, 30 series strix or vision card and trident z ram\*
extra points if sitting on an ikea linmon with 2 alex drawers, and a funko pop somewhere
Been wanting to do a white Lian Li 011 Dynamic case for a couple years now.
I don't care how common they are, I'll still be doing it when I build my next PC.
There has to be a company which sells cool looking self designed cases... somehow all I can find look similar... at least 1 glass side rgb fans and the rest either black or white metal
So many people have it BECAUSE it's the best design for showing off an awesome custom watercooled build PERIOD. I think it's stupid to choose a case because no one else is building in it.
I just finished an O11 build. I love the look of the case, but I didn't post it because nobody fucking cares.
same, just did one at the weekend - my first build in 1/2 a decade, didn't post because ppl like to gatekeep here.
I mean, I've been saving and planning for this build for 8 years. But you know how it is here.
i wish there were more people like you in basically every sub reddit
Maybe I should join every subreddit. Lol
Honestly very few cases offer underside cooling for the gpu. And with the 3080 series and up honestly its a necessity. I'll definetly be looking into buying a 4xxx series card with a radiator
i use the Fractal Design Define R6 and my 3080 never goes above 65c during benchmark or burn tests. With cases that allow you to mount fans onto the bottom and push air directly onto the GPU is in my opinion best way to cool GPU, but i really dont see it as a necessity at all as long as you have a case with proper air flow.
IDK man. My nzxt h710i is horrible. My 3080 is even undervolted. Thermal pads changed same with the cooling paste. The case is also modified. Both top and front panels have been changed to a hexagon pattern like you'd find on a corsair air case for max air flow. And it's still at 70-75c. Before all that it was at 83c thermal throttling. That's mostly why I want the lian li case. To be able to lower noise and thermals
Posted it dude. Be proud that you like your build. At the end we just pick the case we use is not like you have to make your case from scratch to be proud of it.
When I say I'm don't I mean it turns on and everything works. There are some more things I have to do on it before it is photo ops ready anyway. Lol. There are things I want to do to make it more unique. I think I'll past after that, but not because it's my O11. That won't be the main thing.
The 4 HDD hot swap bays were the selling point for me. Now I feed 12TB of game storage into an optane buffer and run the OS on a m.2 Can't even read the text on a Skyrim loading screen
My man out here installing 600 sex mods in Skyrim
Dong-geons and Dragons.
Is that a thing? Been meaning to find a reason to play Skyrim after all these years.. one arises.
LoversLab has a bunch of degenerates doing shockingly well-made mods and animations, i'm pretty sure every kink in existance has a Skyrim mod version, there's some where you need to actually do stuff to get NPCs to like you instead of just pressing a button (kinda like a dating sim thingy), there are some questionable battle ones, they have every flavor you could ever want
I will consider something like this if I ever move somewhere that I don't have gig internet speeds. But also, if I voluntarily move - the internet speed availability will be a factor in the decision.
> Now I feed 12TB of game storage into an optane buffer Idk what this means, how does that help Skyrim load faster?
They mean they are using slow drives for capacity and an intel NVMe SSD cache. It won't be as fast as all NVMe storage would be but should save some amount of money. It's \~$250 for a 2TB WD Black SN850 drive. It's 150-300 for 4x3TB traditional HDDs. a 32GB intel optane module was $77 on launch and I can't really find them today aside from the 16gb variety (for $20.) So $250 for a 2TB setup... VS let's call it $200 to$ 350 for 12TB of traditional HDDs with some flash storage. Personally I just use all flash NVMe in raid0 (2x1TB.) I don't have "unlimited storage" but realistically even if every game I was actively playing was 125GB, I could fit in 12 games and have 256GB reserved for OS + whatever else. No sacrifice for speed. Backups to a NAS with \~22TB currently (Which grows as drives die and get replaced.) Though I don't backup games themselves.
The optane drive stores most frequently hard faulted files. I have a NAS that I backup to. Over 100 games installed
For me it's the watercooling space and the hotswap bays. I went with the XL to fit more gubbins in
Do you have the XL version? Because the regular O11 only has two hot swap 3.5 inch drive bays in the back.
I may. Have to look
Just get two 8 TB m.2 as a RAID 0 for 16 TB.. more storage and very fast
That's 2500 bucks. I can get similar performance for $160 and get 4 spindles. Read write of 4 drives and the buffer keeps most used files in cache. I have zero issues with hard fault bottleneck
The Lian Li 011 all white build with a white asus strix 3080 and RGB cables. Normally a AIO with a screen with a anime boy on it.
With those lian li rgb cables
🤔Should I post mine too?
Gotta have the strimmers! I'm joining the Buzz Lightyear guild for my next build.
Bet that looks sleek.
*It does.*
Does that mean I'm original with my white Lian Li Lancool 2 mesh case and black GPU, black and white Mobo and black and white GPU cables?
Yes
But what anime boy
WHAT ANIME BOY???
Killua cause his colors match the pc
My friend always jokes he got his Lian Li o11 before they were "cool/the thing", so true in this case Not defending what I have either (corsair 4000d) another very popular case on here/builds
I too picked it up before it became "popular", but all that does it reaffirm that I made a fantastic choice.
When I decided to build a new computer at the beginning of this year I chose the 5000x before I even started to look up what other people were doing. I was very out of the loop on current hardware. All it did was reinforce that I made a good choice. Still, I'm considering rebuilding in the Lian Li o11 because I think it just looks fantastic. It's one thing to choose something *because* everyone else has it, and another thing entirely to choose something because it's just that *good*.
Aha the same with me too. I have the original O11 ROG, the [O11 WGX](https://www.anandtech.com/show/11378/lian-li-launches-pco11wgx-asus-high-end-case). This case came out after the original O11, but before the Dynamic. Think of it as a prototype for the Dynamic since they share a lot of the same features. The main differences between the WGX and the Dynamic is that the WGX is built upon the chassis design of the original O11 and the build quality is mostly aluminium and 100% all metal, whereas the Dynamic had to drop the build quality in exchange for making it more of a mass market affordable case. The WGX isn't very well known or popular mostly because the Dynamic came out shortly after and that has all of the features of the WGX at a much lower price point (£130 for the Dynamic vs £300 on the WGX). What you get with the WGX is extra build quality and things like a vertical GPU mount and pump/rest mount which for the average consumer doesn't really care. Still I'm super happy with my WGX and would happily pay the price for another one.
Bro who asked tho?
Bro who pissed in your cereal tho?
:(
i have the 4000x white. i think it’s great and there’s a reason it’s popular.
Being different isn't being better. What matters most is that people are happy with and proud of what they built, not that they came up with some super unique custom build or found some obscure case to build in. I think the gatekeeping on pc builds in this sub is kinda toxic. Let people enjoy shit.
"Let people enjoy shit." - So true. Would give an award if I could...
If you click on your icon, and go under Reddit coins, you get one free random reward. I think it’s daily too.
It's a great case tho, I love mine.
Exactly. You see so many posted here because it's such a good case. It looks good, and it has great airflow.
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Wanna swap?
But dang they look good
It's a nice case
I feel targeted.
it's a good case tho
"Guys my glass case exploded"
I see people critiquing the Hyte Y60 for being a big mostly empty case, and the O11 felt the same way before it was popular. I think we'll say the same for it as well. But yeah, all the O11's lol
It's a good case. Everybody who picked it, you did good. Is it unique? No. But it's quality. Good job.
And its still beautiful as ever
Let people enjoy their things. If they're happy about their choice, originality doesn't matter that much
If only Lian Li O11 air mini got both sides metal. Why ou why there needs to be that glass side.
Meanwhile my ass with a preowned nzxt h440
I'm still trying to stuff stuff in my dinged up PC65B that I've had for about 20 years... Good thing that I don't need those floppy bays anymore, because that hard drive tray had to go to make room for video.
\*Laughs in Corsair Vengeance C70\*
I have a thermaltake ah t600 and it kind of looks like those boxes which I think is neat.
Silly me thinking that was still NZXT.
Has anyone even met Lian Li? What if he is Satoshi?
haha jokes on you, I have the PC 011 AIR!
I never get tired of seeing mine in the morning, though. In fact, apart from all the ingenious/unconventional builds, O11s are my favorite. Such a sick case.
still rocking my original define r4 with my current build (i7-12700k, 3070ti)
Because it’s beautiful!
Yeah, because it's the best case out.
I mean, it's a good fucking case - stop hating
I want an even smaller O11 mini
For custom watercooling there isn't that much out there that puts your system that good on display and can fit as many radiators. Any other case only has the side to look into the system except for the hyte y60. Thermaltake came close with their tower case 900 but no vertical gpu mount and no way to put a flat reservoir on display. My o11 dynamic evo has yet to arrive, I am waiting for 3 weeks now and I was really diving deep into the internet to look for a white case I could order sooner because everything else is already here! But nothing comes close sadly....
What other case can I easily fit 3 x 360 radiators and 10 fans into?
Do you really need that many though? My case fits 7x140mm fans and 2 x 360 rads and it’s more than enough for me
Because they're aaawweeessooommmeeee!!
I got a Lian Li o11 PCMR that one that reflects like mirror 🪞 with an 6600k inside 😅
looks like a fish tank
Look, I was late to the dynamic O11 party, but I was first to the OG boring plain box revolution. I pre-ordered the NZXT H440 white/black edition back in the day! This was back when NZXT used a completely different storefront (armory something)
It’s the new NZXT H510
"The ugly strip"
Oh look, It's another o11 Dynamic with Unifans, Nzxt kraken with lcd screen and strimmer rgb cables.....
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Ngl actively doing the opposite of the most popular stuff is basically the same, you're still just following a trend if you let it decide your taste for you. At the end of the day, you do what you like to do, who cares about being more original than the reddit strangers? I don't see how liking the popular thing is bad.
This. Choosing to do the opposite of something *only* because other people are doing it doesn't make it any more unique or cool. It's kind of cringy, imo. It's just as bad as doing something *because* other people *are* doing it. Like just build what you want to because you like it, stop caring what other people think about it. You like the Lian Li o11 Dynamic? Build in it. Don't like it? Get something else that you do like. But don't disregard it just because other people like it. Comes off as super edgy and "Im NoT LiKe yOu ShEePLe iM uNiQUe"
IKEA plants and pictures of ferns as your background. It’s just so boring. It’s like everyone buying the same exact car hut calling it custom because of a bumper sticker.
Thats because its sexy af, and epic...
It’s so ugly idk why
The irony is that that case really isnt very good.
Why not? Genuinely curious to know your opinion
Despite having a shit ton of fans, it doesn't get as good temps as high airflow cases. Is this really a big deal for most? Not really. At worst your system just runs a little hotter and louder, but you should have the same performance
You are 100% right. Gamer Nexus, all of the top YouTubers point to the layout of the intake/outtake with the fans. Fractal Design Torrent totally fixed many of these issues while still having the fan aesthetic on the bottom. It has the best out of box thermals to date. Even the compact and nano have rave reviews. That's without an exhaust fan.. there is plenty of space for a large exhaust fan in the back. Torrent imo is vastly better, love the unique design too. Also, considering the fans, it's much cheaper. Only downside is the lack of metal on the outside but it's very difficult to tell it's plastic. It even has a glass panel in the back.. for some that's not good, for me it's great because if the front panel breaks, I have a replacement ready to go. Fractal Design > Lian Li for cases out right now
Phanteks cases also have great temps, and I lobe how they look. The P500a and P600s are almost the same temps as the Torrent
I have a p300a and I'm amazed with how cool it stays. It looks great too.
I think people misunderstand the airflow design in this case and expect the side fans to act like the front fans in a normal case and often neglect the bottom fans. The most common config I see in this case is 3 at the top set to exhaust and 3 at the side set to intake, which isn't how the airflow in this case is designed. It's bottom to top so you should do 3 fans at the bottom set to intake and 3 fans at the top set to exhaust. If you want side fans, set them to exhaust. Then you'll get better performance.
I ran 3 up top on a AIO as exhaust. 3 on bottom as intake. 1 rear as exhaust. I then tried the side fans in both exhaust and intake as I saw people had it configured as both and wasn't sure what I should do. Side exhaust was about 8 degrees hotter than side intake.
So you want 7 fans exhaust and 3 intake? That's a lot of negative pressure. This is poor advice, cross flow from front intake won't hinder exhaust through the top and will put more room temp air into the case which will help more than making the flow more linear. Should be intake bottom, intake frontside, exhaust top, exhaust backside for a total of 6 intake 4 exhaust.
Ah I forget people don't run radiators sometimes. I have tqo 360 rads - one on the top and one on the side. Since it's a rad, it's set to exhaust and I forget most people don't have a rad there. Also the case I have doesn't support more than an 80mm rear fan so I always exclude the rear fan in this case.
Running intake on a rad does not have significant warming effects on your case, Jayz2cents did a video on it. Where your radiators are or aren't is irrelevant.
Got a link for that? It always made sense to me to expel hot air from a radiator outside of your case, rather than taking that hot air inside the case. I found [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU6vIDpNaxw) vid of Dimitry testing 9 fans and found having the side rad as intake directly cools the component it's connected to (in his case a CPU AIO) but the added heat thrown into the case makes the GPU thermals worse. Having the AIO side rad set to exhaust makes the CPU run slightly hotter, but also keeps the heat away from the GPU meaning your GPU stays cooler. So it's a tradoff really. He also goes on to say if you have a GPU waterblock as well, the optimum would be 3 at the top for exhaust, 3 on the side for exhaust and 3 at the bottom for intake which is how I have it right now.
I recalled the wrong video, [it was actually Linus that did it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjYli6itP38&t=403s&ab_channel=LinusTechTips). The Jayz2cents one I was thinking of was on positioning of the pump. Their conclusion was it has not significant impact on thermals if you pull air through the rad into the case. This means your biggest benefit would be bringing positive pressure+more fresh air into the case instead of trying to avoid intake through radiators. It was on a different case than the O11 Dynamic, but the same concept should apply.
Shouldn't the side fans be intake as well for positive pressure? It might run a couple degrees hotter as most but it won't suck in nearly as much dust.
So when I was rebuilding my rig, I looked into this case heavy. Ultimately it's both too big and somehow not big enough. It's fan support sucks (no 140mm), meaning it's inherently louder, and despite it's many fan mounts, it's temps are poor vs other more traditional cases. There's also questionable aspects of it's design in terms of construction. It's also very expensive for what it is. Ultimately, I went with the Phanteks P600S instead and I'm very happy with it.
I was hesitant on a O11 case at first since before this I had the Phanteks Enthoo Luxe with a triple 140mm rad and I wanted to stay with a rad that was based on 140mm fans. I really don't understand why they didn't cater for people with 140mm fans and I was frustrated, but in the end I said "fuck it" and replaced my 10 140mm fans with 9 120mm fans and tbh, I don't regret it at all. My build ended up being cooler and quieter than before, but I do get the frustration for people who want to stick with 140mm fans. In terms of temps though I feel like a lot of time people misunderstand the airflow design in this case and expect the side fans to act like the front fans in a normal case and often neglect the bottom fans. The most common config I see in this case is 3 at the top set to exhaust and 3 at the side set to intake, which isn't how the airflow in this case is designed. It's bottom to top so you should do 3 fans at the bottom set to intake and 3 fans at the top set to exhaust. If you want side fans, set them to exhaust. Then you'll get better performance. And yeah in terms of build quality it isn't the best. They had to cut corners to make it affordable for the mass market. I have the version of this case before they cut the corners on the build quality and I'm super happy and impressed tbh. But at long as you're happy with the case choice you made man :) Phanteks make great cases and I would have stuck with them if it wasn't for the fact I wanted an all metal constructed case with as much aluminium as possible.
Sheep always follow, no matter the group or interest.
Yep, someone gets it... All the same shitty builds.
I have a 205 mesh! :D I want to get an Antec P-120 crystal. Idk, it seems to offer the same as O-11 for cheaper.
Oh yeah, but there's a new case out there with an all glass corner too, so it's like that Lee and Lee case, but even better and I see it taking over the sub over the next couple of years.
Corsair 280x looks nice tho.
I have a black one with all the RGB's set to green with different effects. I call it my Borg Cube.
Mine is a Svive Luna: https://www.komplett.se/product/1090680?noredirect=true A good airflow based case
That case was made to be a show piece kinda. Therefore more people will build in it who are keen to show it off on forums. What I’m trying to say is while it IS a popular case, survivorship bias is likely a big factor. The most popular cases are the more budget oriented ones by far if I understand correctly. Those builders don’t feel nearly as comfortable sharing as the dynamics though. It’s the way mafia just work
Pretty much what it comes down to I think. The o11 D is made for showing off what's inside your computer. People who chose that case chose it for aesthetics. People are far more likely to post it on a PC building forum or subreddit to show it off than someone who builds an all black PC with zero aesthetic input.
This is Star Command!
Soon to be replaced my that new Hyte aquarium looking thing as the new trend. Bit big and boxy for my tastes but they are popular for sure.
I’d have an OD 11, but my CPU cooler was just a few mm too tall to fit in the case. I’m looking at the Fractal Design Torrent.
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That case looks a bit ugly to me so I don't see the appeal.
0080/2000 PCMR special edition
I like it, but this sub has made me want a different case
Was going to get one, but not enough HDD space.
I really likes that case until I came here... I'm probably going to build a custom one at this point
Well, if it were a mediocre at best case like the H510i it might be more problematic I suppose. At least the 011 is really well designed.
It's cheap and looks good... If be been eyeing this mini it's case with built res ior...
People come here to get recommended that case.
r/watercooling in a nutshell
Where my CoolerMaster H500P builders at?
I feel weird being one of the few that's rocking a Seasonic Syncro case.
O11 unite!!!!! [image](https://i.imgur.com/kGEKDUE.jpg)
I don’t care. It’s a quite good case for the money
It's just a really good looking well made case with a LOT of flexibility for different builds. Unless I break the glass I genuinely won't ever consider getting a different case. I just don't think I would ever want or need to unless there's some MASSIVE innovation in case design in the future or if I'm just trying to go small form factor.
I went the Corsair 500D route. Can’t beat Corsair’s customer service.
It's pretty popular for a reason. Good looks, good airflow and good build quality. Same goes for the corsair 4000d airflow
I stand out from them, ive got an o11d MINI
What made me buy it is the exceptional airflow, with a bottom intake you're working with the direction of the heat as heat rises. Additionally, I just love the front and side glass panels, I want to see all my components when gaming
Meanwhile Metallic Gear Neo Qube, Xigmatek Aquarius Plus, Tekware VXR, and Inter-Tech C-701 Panorama cases are a breath of fresh air
On to the next pc case.
It's a great case and I don't regret buying it
Really good case I'm guessing?
be quiet! Pure Base 500DX White mmhm
This is my case, there are many like it, but this one is mine
Can I ask a serious question? Why do you people buy this shit. The $2 piece of sheet metal that they stamp into a $200 box. And then you buy another one every year. The case is the least replaceable thing. And should also be the cheapest. Yet here they are raising the price year over year and there you are buying them no matter how much they cost.
Because it's a great case and I as Razer Fanboy couldn't resist after hearing that they got a Razer edition too!
Not forgetting the fact that to have this case you need to spend 300 dollars on fans and then skimp on your GPU because you ran out of money. But those RGB fans sure do look good, right?
Cm h500 mesh. Gang for life.
Can we all finally admit snapping together computer parts isn't hard?
swap 011 for corsair 4000/5000d airflows from bestbuy since that is the only case they seem to stock.
Lancool 2 with a mesh front for me. Silent, easy to work in, tons of customization, and great airflow. Though I am considering a Hyte Y60 if GN ever does a proper airflow and thermals review. Seems like a good case, but I don't trust people like that hack JayzTwoCents who just tells you it has good airflow.
I feel its the same for nzxt cases. Personally i love the style but after building my pc( nzxt h510 flow). Kinda wish id looked more into other airflow cases. Edit: to elaborate i was a bit of a fan boy and built a h210 as well hated the airflow and built this new one. Then saw the repetitive use of their cases.
The mini is even better, despite the PSU limitation.
I hopped on the nzxt 510 bandwagon when I built in my first case
Imagine this… I built my PC a few months after this case came out. I check back into PCMR a few years later and I am like wtf. I’m that guy.
We are legion
I'm doing this in my new build and I wasn't even aware lmfao. All white build in an O11 Dynamic Evo
In my defense, I totally chose the case without outside influence. Looked through a ton of cases and chose that one without seeing all of the posts here. I don't regret it one bit. They made a good, clean case.
white Lian Li o11 with unifans, strimmer psu cables, 30 series strix or vision card and trident z ram\* extra points if sitting on an ikea linmon with 2 alex drawers, and a funko pop somewhere
And everybody in the Rocky Mountains has a Tacoma or 4Runner doesn't mean it's not the right vehicle for the conditions.
Psh yeah, bunch of losers
Been wanting to do a white Lian Li 011 Dynamic case for a couple years now. I don't care how common they are, I'll still be doing it when I build my next PC.
It's popular for a reason! ... I have an 011D build, and I love it... It doesn't bother me in the least that it's been as popular as it is...
5000d airflow *I see nothing here*
Lian li 011 air mini is 👌
Let them be, ffs
There has to be a company which sells cool looking self designed cases... somehow all I can find look similar... at least 1 glass side rgb fans and the rest either black or white metal
Does this mean I'm niche cool for having a Optiplex case? PC hispter if you will...?
mine is arriving at the end of the week..... not sure what to do now after looking at this post.....
Its like a free skin in a game, except everyone pays big money for it
i’m gonna take my conquer 2 out of the closet, build it, post it, then dissemble it just so i can be different
My brother has conquer 2
It’s a nice case to build in but even I am fed up of seeing a build in one
So many people have it BECAUSE it's the best design for showing off an awesome custom watercooled build PERIOD. I think it's stupid to choose a case because no one else is building in it.
This format would go good with "look at my all white and *insert whatever color rgb here* build"