Water Cooled Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO Project Build

[Chicken Patty]

Got 3 of these running off 1 fan header which is pretty neat.

It is indeed. Ordered 7 to have all my fans the same. I'm more excited for that than the build itself

 

[dgianstefani]

It is indeed. Ordered 7 to have all my fans the same. I'm more excited for that than the build itself

I think there is still a limit, as each fan will have a certain W draw, and one header can only provide x W before there's an issue. But yeah, cool tech.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I think there is still a limit, as each fan will have a certain W draw, and one header can only provide x W before there's an issue. But yeah, cool tech.

I'm going to be using 3 per header which I had done before so it should not be a problem. but yes, of course there's is a limit and one we should always keep an eye out for if we don't want to be short a header hehehe

 

[AM4isGOD]

Just looked, the SL120 are 5.16w per fan

 

[Chicken Patty]

Just looked, the SL120 are 5.16w per fan

Should be fine and thanks for looking that up!

 

[HammerON]

Sub'd.
I have used mono blocks on several builds recently. I have found them to work pretty well. One big downfall though is the lack of being able to use it in other builds since they are specific for the motherboard. Hence the reason I have moved away from them in my recent 3960X builds.
Looking forward to you build CP!!!

 

[Chicken Patty]

Sub'd.
I have used mono blocks on several builds recently. I have found them to work pretty well. One big downfall though is the lack of being able to use it in other builds since they are specific for the motherboard. Hence the reason I have moved away from them in my recent 3960X builds.
Looking forward to you build CP!!!

That's something I thought off too and I believe was mentioned earlier too. Sub'd at a good time. I'm installing some stuff today!

 

[A Computer Guy]

That's something I thought off too and I believe was mentioned earlier too. Sub'd at a good time. I'm installing some stuff today!

Don't forget to do some of those sexy plastic peel off photos.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Don't forget to do some of those sexy plastic peel off photos.

Unfortunately nothing had anything to peel off, but here is the distro plate installed. Tomorrow I'll order the rest of the loop. Need to figure out which radiator I want to go with.

what do you guys think of it? I think its a lovely piece!

 

[A Computer Guy]

Unfortunately nothing had anything to peel off, but here is the distro plate installed. Tomorrow I'll order the rest of the loop. Need to figure out which radiator I want to go with.

what do you guys think of it? I think its a lovely piece!

Awesome. For some reason part of my brain is working on how to gift my 011D for Christmas so I have an excuse to get an EVO. It looks like they really engineered the problems and issues out of the original 011D and still managed to add some cool features.

I can't help but think it might be nice to have a small vertical display panel behind the large unobstructed part of the distroplate and display stats like temps and stuff. (never mind, just forget I mentioned that.)

 

[Chicken Patty]

Awesome. For some reason part of my brain is working on how to gift my 011D for Christmas so I have an excuse to get an EVO. It looks like they really engineered the problems and issues out of the original 011D and still managed to add some cool features.

I can't help but think it might be nice to have a small vertical display panel behind the large unobstructed part of the distroplate and display stats like temps and stuff. (never mind, just forget I mentioned that.)

It truly is an amazing case. I also removed the HDD Cage from the back and mounted my two HDD's where the side fans go using the supplied plate it brings. So now I got tons of room back there for cables and tidying them up.

As far as an LCD, that's in the works. Planning one currently to see if I can mount in the rear case fan area.

 

[Chicken Patty]

P.S., you should totally get the EVO HAHAHAHA

 

[Chicken Patty]

Just ordered the rest of the loop. Hopefully it's all compatible, and I'm not missing anything . If not I'll have to exchange/order as I go.

My you know what still hurts. Atleast they included free lube, I mean lubricant for bending hard tubing

 

[A Computer Guy]

I'm not a fan of the EK Duraclear soft tubing. My first box clouded quickly (like the insides were covered in a white powder) and yellowed fairly quickly although this may have been due to not cleaning my rad well enough. My 2nd attempt (replaced all tube from my first year) lasted significantly longer maybe 6-8 months before dulling and not looking so great. I'm switching to an opaque black PrimoFlex (still waiting for it to arrive) while I try to optimize loop flow to reduce pump noise.

 

[Chicken Patty]

I'm not a fan of the EK Duraclear soft tubing. My first box clouded quickly (like the insides were covered in a white powder) and yellowed fairly quickly although this may have been due to not cleaning my rad well enough. My 2nd attempt (replaced all tube from my first year) lasted significantly longer maybe 6-8 months before dulling and not looking so great. I'm switching to an opaque black PrimoFlex (still waiting for it to arrive) while I try to optimize my loop flow to try and reduce my pump noise.

I'm going to be using the hard tubing, hopefully it doesn't suffer from that. But I bought soft tubing just in case I needed a small portion or something. Doesn't hurt to have. Or for filling/draining.

Black tubing would look great!

 

[A Computer Guy]

I'm going to be using the hard tubing, hopefully it doesn't suffer from that. But I bought soft tubing just in case I needed a small portion or something. Doesn't hurt to have. Or for filling/draining.

Black tubing would look great!

I don't think hard tubing has those problems.

EK has a very nice drain valve fitting. In this picture I have an redundant plug on the end of it but you can screw in a compression fitting at the end with a tube which is very handy including if you need to pressure test your system before you fill it. This is one of the best mods to my loop where before I used to have a heavy and cumbersome ball valve.

 

[AM4isGOD]

Just ordered the rest of the loop. Hopefully it's all compatible, and I'm not missing anything . If not I'll have to exchange/order as I go.

My you know what still hurts. Atleast they included free lube, I mean lubricant for bending hard tubing


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Not cheap eh, think i spent over £600

 

[Chicken Patty]

I don't think hard tubing has those problems.

EK has a very nice drain valve fitting. In this picture I have an redundant plug on the end of it but you can screw in a compression fitting at the end with a tube which is very handy including if you need to pressure test your system before you fill it. This is one of the best mods to my loop where before I used to have a heavy and cumbersome ball valve.

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I was actually on the fence of getting one and I think I will. Ordering now. Thank you for the heads up. That indeed seems much easier.

 

[Chicken Patty]

Not cheap eh, think i spent over £600

Nope, right under $500 USD. But they threw in some free stuff and it was 10% off storewide for labor day. had to take advantage.

 

[Chicken Patty]

D5 PWM pump installed. Now to wait for the motherboard tomorrow and hopefully by Saturday the rest of the loop. Can't wait!. Also need to order some black sleeving to take care of some misc wires such as the pump wires. Going to do that now.

 

[Chicken Patty]

So, the mother load from Titan Rig full of EK goodness has arrived. They even threw in some free stuff.

Dark Hero VIII X570 ready to drop in

EK block installed

Today's progress, fittings, caps, rad mounted

I ordered two fittings shy of what I needed, brain fart! I ordered another pack of 6 to have some extra for maybe adding GPU later when I upgrade it. Those get here Sunday. Tomorrow I will cut and install tubing. I'll move the fittings around to do the tubing then Sunday when I get the missing ones I'll flush it, and fill it

Arriving tomorrow I ordered a Samsung Pro 2TB NVMe. Arriving Tuesday I have a 7"LCD to mount in the rear case fan area (hopefully) to monitor everything. Then Wedneaday I get my 6 Lian Li SL Infinity fans and that is it folks. Build should be done then!

Let me know what you guys think so far. Anything I should change, etc?

 

[A Computer Guy]

So, the mother load from Titan Rig full of EK goodness has arrived. They even threw in some free stuff.




Dark Hero VIII X570 ready to drop in


EK block installed


Today's progress, fittings, caps, rad mounted



I ordered two fittings shy of what I needed, brain fart! I ordered another pack of 6 to have some extra for maybe adding GPU later when I upgrade it.

Ha I did that too!

Those get here Sunday. Tomorrow I will cut and install tubing. I'll move the fittings around to do the tubing then Sunday when I get the missing ones I'll flush it, and fill it

Arriving tomorrow I ordered a Samsung Pro 2TB NVMe. Arriving Tuesday I have a 7"LCD to mount in the rear case fan area (hopefully) to monitor everything. Then Wedneaday I get my 6 Lian Li SL Infinity fans and that is it folks. Build should be done then!

Let me know what you guys think so far. Anything I should change, etc?

Looking nice!
Don't forget to clean your radiator very important!
Do you have a leak tester? (it's quite handy to use before filling the loop)

 

[Chicken Patty]

Hahaha tends to happen all the time man, end up a fitting or two short somehow.
I forgot to order one *knew I was forgetting something). I'll see if I can ghetto rig something tomorrow if not I'll just do some praying hahaha. And yes, I will be flushing everything with distilled water first

 

[Chicken Patty]

Definitely a learning curve. Took some trial and error but got it done. Now just need to 90º fittings that arrive tomorrow to connect the outlet to the inlet so I can leak test

I also ordered a Samsung 980 Pro Gen4 NVMe 2TB drive which is already installed. So next stage is leak test so that then I can also flush it and get to the cable management.

 

[ThrashZone]

Hi,
90's ? bite your tongue bend those pipes it looks excellent