Lian Li Strimer Plus V2 - Triple 8-Pin PCIe

Packaging and Contents

The massive 3x 8-Pin PCIe power cable is packaged the same way as the 24-pin variant, but its box is slimmer as no controller is included.


Instead, you will receive white clips for each PCIe connector and an adapter cable to convert the proprietary connector to classic motherboard ARGB, so you may use your motherboard to control and synchronize the lighting effects instead. On top of that, the same type of paperwork as with the ATX version is included.

A Closer Look

This extension cable is essentially the same as the ATX version, but 100 mm longer for a total of 300 mm. Since it uses the same manufacturing methods, you still get the slimmer and cleaner design, of course.


The included ARGB adapter cable is identical to those shipped with the original Strimer Plus and features a custom connector on a PCB with the wiring protected by a partial cover. Interestingly enough, this Strimer Plus V2 variant comes with a power draw warning, as it mentions that you should not go with the full bore all-white color setup. We did scan the code and were taken to https://www.lian-li.com/downloads/SrtimerPlusV2-8pin-manual.pdf—yes, there is a spelling mistake in the URL. A manually corrected URL also yielded a "page not found" error. In other words, the manual was not available as I was writing this review.


Sporting the same number of wires (3x8 = 24) as the ATX variant, the only tangible differences are between the 8-pin PCIe connectors on each respective end of the extension cable. As such, the grouping of the ARGB elements makes even more sense here, with each actually being its own separate group of wires held together by one big clip and the two clear plastic clips across the whole cable length. Thus, there is a bit more play here at the GPU-facing end.


Taking off the user-facing clips of each cable group is done the same way as with the larger 24-pin variant. Once again, thanks to the guiding pin, clipping the white pieces on posed no issues.