What [] I [have] done with my Lian Li (project in progress)

ishi · Post by **ishi** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:18 pm

Hi everyone,

Here is my setup:

Case: aluminium case Lian Li PC-G50
PSU: Enermax FMA-2 460W (SLI ready)
Mobo: Asus P5P800
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 HT 630 (3.0GHz)
RAM: 2GB Elixir Dual Mode
Graphic: Ati Radeon 9500PRO (hard ock)
Music: SB live! 1024bit
Tuner: AverMedia 98
HDD: Samsung T166 400GB [sata]
DVD: Samsung SH-183A [sata]

ishi · Post by **ishi** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 2:18 pm

What was done??

I disassembled the mesh of the fan first, for better air flow.
I lined the sponge the front panel from the internal side, for noise dumping.

It was the next stage lines neuralgic elements the acoustic sponge.

Here we can see Noisblocker S1 Fan mounted in top of case.

Intake at the front was covered mikro filter uses in professional audio.
The resistance of the air was reduced to minimum, case is dust free ...

All fans were mounted with silicone slicks (NoiseBlocker)

Every edges were stuck soft textile tape for elimination of resonance

The bundle of the power supply during the alteration

Most of wires are in textile plaiting, red black and brown.

Interior photos:

Each fan is runing 5V or have own potentiometer. It's quiet ^_^

Here we can see Zalman Fatal1ty cooper radiator.
Cooler is without fan, its totaly passive (it will be semipasive vented by PSU in future)

This is my new LCD 4x20 (black with white characters) before assembly.

..and after assembly

Minimal look, i love it!!! Now I can see that my computer alive.

Rear:

Side:

Front:

..and my desk with 20" Wide LCD from Philips.

Plans on the future:

- Lasercut small window (right side of case)
- Aluminium stand foots
- Watercooling (CPU + graphic card)
- Heatpipes for MOSFETs and NB
- Hi performance Cu radiator inside PSU.
- Tunnel for RAM sticks for better air flow.
- 2GB Crucial Balistix
- P4 3.0 GHz 630/631 for hard OCK ;P

cyberspyder · Post by **cyberspyder** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:20 pm

Freakin' amazing!

walle · Post by **walle** » Mon Mar 12, 2007 3:54 pm

Nice to see a first class modification / optimization, really superbly executed; well done.

ishi · Post by **ishi** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 5:01 am

...thanks for first comments, but still I have a lot work to do

reyn116 · Post by **reyn116** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 3:32 am

i always wondered where you get those sponge from, I used acousti pack for my P180

McBanjo · Post by **McBanjo** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 4:46 am

Post a warning in the topic about the amount of pictures. Most people have boradband these days but a few is still using modem.

You could try to improve that cablemanagement. The rest of the case is so neat so those cable ruins it a bit. Great job otherwise

ishi · Post by **ishi** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:13 am

reyn116 wrote:i always wondered where you get those sponge from, I used acousti pack for my P180

...heh sponge is good and not expensive...i bought it in store with aluminium custom cases. This sponge is use to fill alu cases for electronic equipment.

ishi · Post by **ishi** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:20 am

McBanjo wrote:You could try to improve that cablemanagement. The rest of the case is so neat so those cable ruins it a bit. Great job otherwise

...i do it, but this will be difficult a specialy with the main bundle.

Incomming modifications:

Change of PSU;

New (old) Radeon 9500PRO with unique cooper heat spreaders (all passive);

vitaminc · Post by **vitaminc** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:50 pm

wow
so neatly organized.

what did you use to cut the acoustic foams?

psiu · Post by **psiu** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 6:32 am

Looks good so far, still waiting for pics to load....LOTS OF PICS!!!!

I like pics in the Gallery.

mcoleg · Post by **mcoleg** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 3:25 pm

"Intake at the front was covered mikro filter uses in professional audio."

any links for that?

i've been trying to get some good filters and so far most are either not good enough or they block too much flow...

thanks

Techno Pride · Post by **Techno Pride** » Sat Mar 31, 2007 8:19 pm

linkie to wallpaper, please

ishi · Post by **ishi** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:10 am

vitaminc wrote:what did you use to cut the acoustic foams?

heh

...very sharp scalpel and aluminium line

ishi · Post by **ishi** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 12:16 am

mcoleg wrote:"Intake at the front was covered mikro filter uses in professional audio."

any links for that?

i've been trying to get some good filters and so far most are either not good enough or they block too much flow...

thanks

...i think this is not available in stores. I took them from the set of DynaAudio loudspeakers (used in car audio).

However he is one disadvantage, fitr you should clean by hoover once in the week. Advantage... 3 months and interior looks almost perfect!!!

mcoleg · Post by **mcoleg** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 6:08 am

darn, not available, hah...

thanks for the reply man

JimX · Post by **JimX** » Sun Apr 01, 2007 7:50 am

Techno Pride wrote:linkie to wallpaper, please

It's from Vladstudio.

nicko · Post by **nicko** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 2:12 pm

Looks great!

Where did you get a LCD?? And how do you put the info's on it?

tml240 · Post by **tml240** » Tue Apr 10, 2007 10:13 pm

shoot that looks coo

i have foams, but theyre just stuck on the sides. :p

ishi · Post by **ishi** » Wed Apr 11, 2007 2:56 am

nicko wrote:Looks great!

Where did you get a LCD?? And how do you put the info's on it?

I bought LCD via auction house Allegro. Price was around 16$ for new LCD 4x20.

I made custom LPT cable for this LCD, display is powered by LCDsmartie.

Fallen Kell · Post by **Fallen Kell** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 8:25 pm

That is a really nice build. Just one question. What kind of textile tape did you use and where did you get it?

I myself am in the process of working on a Lian-Li (PC-201B) and would like to put a layer of similar tape around where the side panels attach to the case itself.

I will eventually post some pics here, although my handy work isn't going to be as clean I think (I really should get a good straight edge and a scalpel to cut the sound insulation...) It certainly won't be a "quiet" case, but it will be "quieter" at least in terms of covering as much as I can with sound absorption, quieter fans, and removing some rattles. But it is a performance PC file server with a 2TB 4 disk RAID plus 10K RPM OS disk, with room to expand to another 4TB without replacing disks for higher capacity.

cbutters · Post by **cbutters** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:03 am

Very nice, simple clean look. I like cases that are highly functional, and look great without too many lights or flashy things. I really like the LCD display on the top of your case. Looks like you cut the opening at the top of your case perfectly.
good job.
I also think every fan should have a pentiometer as well, I love my Zalman fan controller, it lets you find the exact right speed for each fan.

ishi · Post by **ishi** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:30 am

Fallen Kell wrote:What kind of textile tape did you use and where did you get it?

I used something like this: http://www.tesa.si/professional/industr ... 94235.html

ishi · Post by **ishi** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 11:39 am

Last modification - Radeon 9500PRO @ 0dB (prepared for overclocking)

- Custom coopper heatsinks for DDRs (heavy thing)
- Thermalright HR-05SLI shaped in my hands :O

...results of overclocking soon

jaldridge6 · Post by **jaldridge6** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 12:18 pm

i'd recommend changing your image host to photobucket. the one you're using is hella slow.

BIONIC_EARS · Post by **BIONIC_EARS** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:28 pm

Elegant.

ryboto · Post by **ryboto** » Wed Jul 04, 2007 8:48 pm

wow, a passive P4 631, i'm impressed. I've got one in my lab and it idles at 50C with active cooling.

ishi · Post by **ishi** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 12:15 am

...I made mistake, here are images in full resolution:

BIONIC_EARS · Post by **BIONIC_EARS** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 8:49 am

Awesome videocard work. I wouldn't think that heatsink could be bent so cleanly.

You are a true craftsman.

Blacktree · Post by **Blacktree** » Wed Jul 11, 2007 2:27 pm

VERY NICE! I'm impressed!

What [] I [have] done with my Lian Li (project in progress)

What [] I [have] done with my Lian Li (project in progress)

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