Lian Li Dan A3 || Will It Fit?

[@vsfavengercg]

So some interesting info I managed to find. The tower series of cases position the GPU in a “unique” way and causes thermal issues. More specifically GPUs with vapor chamber cooling can’t cool properly and you see bad thermal results. I’ve only seen one content creator talk and test this. He had a tower series case and basically had thermal issues, he proceeded to test it and positioned the case on its side which placed the GPU in a more traditional position being horizontal and got way better thermal results even though nothing hardware wise was changed. I just thought this was interesting to share and has made me more self conscious about GPU placement. I enjoyed your video and it’s helping me narrow down my own PC build.

[@theteedstertech]

@vsfavengercg thank you for your comment and for watching my vid. I did come to the same conclusion as you did, although I did not test with my case on its side. I had wondered if the Vapor chamber had anything to do with my issues, so thank you for lending more credence to that idea. So far my gpu temps have been very good in the Dan A3, even in a somewhat hot room during the summer. I'm happy that my video is helping you to narrow your build down, it's my first time doing anything like this and I was hoping it would help someone out.

[@velocitymg]

Lian li SUP01 has been extensively tested and thermals in GPU from its vertical front mount are fine. Any test data you can supply that backs up your theory ?

[@SuperUltrahd]

@@velocitymg sup01 has vertical mount with i/o down, that's the difference, lian li has upright GPU kit for o11 series and has compatibility table for 40 series GPU with i/o up or down, most of them are i/o down. check lian li upright kit on google.

[@aljosa777]

@@velocitymg That's because the SUP01 has the GPU ports exiting out the bottom, correct? Cases where the ports exit downwards towards the table (SUP01, Meshlicious, Meshroom) don't exhibit the problem. It's cases where the IO faces up that have the problem, which would apply to the Tower 200. I first saw discussions about this with the XTIA X-Proto open frame that was popular on the SFF subreddit for a while. People started having wild thermals and almost everyone noticed that placing the case horizontal would cause a significant (10-15 degree) difference in temp. The weird thing is not ALL gpu's are affected, seems to be based on how their vapour chamber is designed and if they even use one to begin with. But the ones that are affected get absolutely nuked in the IO up orientation. Here's a great thread regarding discussion; www.reddit.com/r/sffpc/comments/ljsn04/psa_xtia_xproto_after_having_3_different_aib_rtx/

[@RaymondMadrigal]

Nice, but dont do infront of a monitor, i once accidentally knock my ultrawide monitor with juz that casing plastic cover and broke it

[@Faith_Eden]

Beautiful!

[@theteedstertech]

Thank you!

[@Gibb5263]

awsome video ted

[@theteedstertech]

Thank you! There's more content on the way.

[@andreasbobzin2687]

Nice video mate 👌

[@theteedstertech]

Thank you! It's my first time making a video like this, so I had to try to learn a lot in a short amount of time. My 16 year old son did most of the editing.

[@beneden589]

❤

[@theteedstertech]

Thanks!

[@wv86]

Thanks for posting! I was hesitant to purchase this case for my ASUS 4080 Super, since I wasn't sure if slim fans would fit on the bottom. I intend to However, have you noticed any excessive noise from the bottom fans when playing video games? Also, are the bottom 3 your only intake fans?

[@theteedstertech]

I haven't noticed any extra noise from those fans, just make sure they don't spin at a higher rpm than your gpu and you shouldn't get any turbulence. The bottom fans are the only traditional intakes, but my radiator fans are also set as intakes. With the two top 140mm exhaust fans, I still have great thermals. Plus almost every surface of the case is mesh, so air is technically being sucked in from many different panels.

[@wv86]

@@theteedstertech how has the gigabyte board been for you? I see they have been on sale and might try to snag the original before the V2 takes over.

[@theteedstertech]

@@wv86 I haven't had any complaints with it. It has all the features for my needs, handles PBO and undervolting without issue, and AMD EXPO is stable. All in all its a really great board.

[@RainOrbs]

Why didnt you put the aio at the top and the psu at the front? im interested in this case and I have a 280 aio

[@theteedstertech]

A 280mm AIO will not fit at the top. The case dimensions don't really allow for it, even with the power supply mounted in the front.

[@RainOrbs]

@@theteedstertech Not even with offsets? That's pretty depressing I wanted to keep my aio and I dont want to mount it on the side

[@nickyb45896]

​@@RainOrbsSomeone on YT did fit a 280 on top but it impeded on his fan headers at the top of MB. the 280 is too wide for top placement. But depending on your MB layout you potentially could get away with it

[@RainOrbs]

@@nickyb45896 u got the video?

[@fardblud]

i have youtube

[@theteedstertech]

I am displeased.