Sorry to bump an old thread, but I dinally got around to buying myself one of these, and started doing a build in it, and... big problem for a case that's supposedly designed by an overclocker: the CPU cutout is too small!
Here's a marked-up image from Lian-Li's site to set the scene. The
aqua region shows the motherboard tray and standoffs above the CPU cutout, the
red region shows the tray and standoffs at the bottom of the cutout. Notice how the distances are different? I measured 5mm from the top standoffs to the cutout, and a whopping
17mm (or more than three times as much) between the bottom standoffs and the cutout.
Why is this a problem? Let's have a look at some pictures I took of my in-progress build (apologies in advance for potato quality):
This first one shows the stock AMD backplate. Doesn't look too bad due to the angle, but I can tell you that that this prevented me from removing that backplate - I had to pull the board out completely. But that's not the worst part...
... the above is. The backplate for the AIO I bought has a rubber pad that goes between it and the motherboard for insulation, and the fact that the CPU cutout isn't large enough means the bottom of said backplate is pushed closer to the mobo than the designer intended. Which means the top of the plate is pulled too far away. Which means
I can't mount the AIO!
This is something that literally five minutes of testing would've discovered, which is why I question whether a so-called "professional overclocker" had
any input into the design of this case at all. Because if a pleb like me can encounter such an issue, surely a "professional" would have too, right?
I already own the case, and I really like it except for this glaring oversight, so I'm going to borrow a Dremel from a friend and slice about 12mm out of the bottom part of the cutout so that I can actually access the back side of the board and fit my AIO. But I just wanted to post this to give anyone who might be considering this chassis a heads-up, in case this is a deal-breaker for them.
