This Is My DREAM PC Case! - Lian Li O11 AIR MINI

[@Deathless2288]

That's a sick Noctua shirt

[@terrasai2857]

Is it actually a noctua shirt or are you making a joke about the color?

[@igameidoresearchtoo6511]

@@terrasai2857 I don't think noctua makes shirts xD

[@terrasai2857]

@@igameidoresearchtoo6511 I mean they could have fan merch on their website or something. Ya never know 😆

[@Mom19]

@@igameidoresearchtoo6511 they actually sell clothes. I don't exactly know their clothing lineup entirely, but they do.

[@igameidoresearchtoo6511]

@@Mom19 Huh, I guess I learnt something new today, thanks.

[@Polemistis93]

Colin has got to be my favorite host. He's so calm and it doesn't feel scripted or forced. Just a natural conversation and he seems so competent in what he's talking about!

[@soniclab-cnc]

I know Colin and he is a very competent dude. He and I share many interests. He is also just a super nice guy.

[@kirkanos3968]

we need more or him and anthony

[@Anonymouswatcherandcommenter]

He's knowledgeable, calm and entertaining. It's just nice to follow along with. I also want him to destroy my bussy.

[@ShortCircuit]

Make sure you all @ him on Twitter!

[@bhoot1702]

😌

[@Mom19]

I really would like to see a build in there with exactly every slot filled with the biggest stuff you guys can fit. Its one thing to dummy place everything. To cable it is another thing

[@AddisonRyan]

that channel under the SSD tray is pretty spacious, I doubt cabling would be an issue.

[@Mom19]

@@AddisonRyan it is indeed, but I was thinking how it turns out when you fill everything. Also with this size of PSU. Definitely an interesting try

[@pleappleappleap]

Including an EATX motherboard and two EPYCs.

[@Mom19]

@@pleappleappleap nono 2 itx boards and 2 epycs in one case

[@DoctorX17]

Cables is pain... I have a Corsair 5000D, and despite having plenty of room in the front, I ended up with bundles of wires in the PSU basement

[@jakubp.6987]

"Time will tell" Nah, i just wait for GN video. :D

[@TheOmegaRiddler]

Then time did tell

[@jotaro7089]

so??

[@chrisf5919]

Even though Colin was obv nervous, he did a great job in thee presentation.

[@kamathonxander1]

Didn‘t think he seemed that nervous but he sure did a great job!

[@ShortCircuit]

Make sure you @ him on Twitter!

[@AltonV]

@@zenstrata Are you allowing people to say whatever they want in your home?

[@Paradox_Wolf]

@@zenstrata And the KZbin comment section isn't the worst the internet has to offer? o.O

[@aringiri1946]

@@ShortCircuit want a thermal paste for my laptop which is equipped with a r5 4600h and a 1660 so with which paste should I go with kryonaut, noctua nt nh1 ,or artic mx4,or kingpin kpx which one will last 8 -10 months without drying or significant rise in temp

[@MoeSpice]

For anyone curious to buy this, this case does have different compatibility compared to its dynamic counterpart. This one supports an atx power supply where the dynamic supports sfx, I also believe you can use offset brackets in the dynamic for a 360 rad but not in the air mini. Hope this helps!

[@shayb3322]

god sent

[@DctrGizmo]

I'd love to see a full build in this case!

[@iota2619]

To my knowledge, Linus did one as a Livestream not too long ago

[@jabuki2]

a full build with max storage wired and managed, not just an m.2 and calling it good.

[@UndercoverFerret404]

"It's barely in there" - That's what she said..

[@WayStedYou]

My condolences

[@demonicdonut22]

But it's in, that's all that counts.

[@mundzine]

"It can fit all these things" sure if everything was wireless lol

[@vert2552]

Exactly, there was literally no dpace for hdd cables which are quite big

[@eliadbu]

There is space in the bottom and the top, not in the middle, you just have to do a good cable management.

@@eliadbu I agree, put one upside down and you have space for wires.

[@eliadbu]

@space man your pun sucks, seriously. And about the case of course its not perfect but it has few aspects that fit the needs of quite a lot of people. Talking about the XL these 2 are very different, I want this case since I want to save space while I fit regular ATX components, XL is too big for my planned setup.

[@eliadbu]

@space man cable management and custom cables, I've seen modders that have done much more than you did like building watercooled ITX with aquaero controller and still the nailed the build. Of course average PC builder does not have the tool skills time (and maybe money) to build such PCs, but believe me fitting all of that storage is not impossible to that case.

[@gillesvanderspiegel9196]

I really like the vibe of this video. The way he talks about everything just makes the video feel cozy and not too professional but still informative. Great work!

[@FerralVideo]

Okay I walked into this unboxing expecting "Oh, it's a Mini with a vent on the front." The "Full ATX PSU" support knocked my socks off. As with the additional 3.5" sleds where the side mount used to be, and included fans for the price. It's going to be a bit chubbier than the already fairly chubby original Mini as a result though. But really, ATX PSU was THE #1 demanded feature from the original release, so I'm not surprised at all about the change. Honestly, you're giving me buyers' remorse for getting the original Mini! And I've wanted that case since they teased it!

[@Ktk0627]

saw this, ordered atx psu and waiting for the case now lol

[@sailorsonic78]

How are those hard drives going to fit with power cables and sata cables?????

[@stelp7617]

Time, patience and right angle sata and power connectors,

[@salty1099]

you kinda just mash it, that's what I did with my normal mini

[@jeremycarroll978]

@@salty1099 Same man, the back of my mini looks like a bomb exploded. But damn does the front look good 😂

[@spooky_lights]

Such a relaxing voice

[@ferdinand.keller]

I was thinking the same

[@prolfinator]

a Canadian Simon Lizotte

[@rossdev]

Yes indeed, very nice relaxing presentation style, are you listening Linus? 🤣

[@TRHoldorable]

i feel like he sounds like he is reading off a prompter, even when he isn't on camera

[@troletrain]

Such a creepy comment.

[@Connn89]

NH-D15S was put in the wrong way; it's actually top biased (check gap between edge of heatsink and heat pipe), flip it around and there won't be any clearance issues with the GPU

[@jepulis6674]

Their testing if people are still too harsh towards incompetent people building pc:s :D

[@yogtheterrible]

That beanie and Noctua shirt makes you look like you're about to film a 90s alt rock music video.

[@patton3338]

Ive had an og 011 Dynamic case for about 2 years and I still love the crap out of it. Great maker imho.

[@tech-garage1527]

I have always drooled over them! Finally bought an 011d xl rog last month and couldn't be happier!

[@NonLegitNation2]

I have an 011 dynamic too and actually just purchased a Meshify-C on Wednesday becuase I'm getting tired of how huge the 011 Dynamic is. And now Lian Li comes out with this, so it looks like I'm going to be selling my 011 Dynamic buying this case then selling the Meshify-C. I really want this case.

[@cj7073]

Who is Der Baur?

[@cj7073]

@@zenstrata why is his name on 011 series casea

[@patton3338]

@@cj7073 Because he worked with Lian Li to help design them. He's a world record holding overclocker.

[@agenericaccount3935]

Packing tape is a nice idea for holding your backing plate on until you get the screws in. For future Colin.

[@Daphoid]

This case with 4x16TB drives, 2x256GB SSD's for Caching, and then a small m.2 SSD on board for the OS (maybe 2 if you're redundant) - Would make a pretty sweet unraid/server box hiding nicely in your living room.

[@differentview4836]

I love watching Colin. He's top tier presenter, alongside Anthony - calm, soothing, natural. also cute :D

[@Z4KIUS]

regarding audio jacks on the front I'd love to see combo + dedicated mic to just work no matter what you plug in

[@hulem98]

It should come with a splitter. Or you can buy one for cheap

[@StrangelyIronic]

No joke agree about air cooling. I've built more than a few custom cases designed specifically with duct work to isolate and move the hot air as efficiently as I could manage. If you go as far as to plan for hardware and make tailor made ducting you can get really impressive numbers with low sound pollution. I've also built one where the case is basically just a massive radiator/heat pipe style heat sink with fans along to push flow (similar to the one featured recently). You can get solid results that route and even if a fan (that's nearly non existent rpm or sound wise) goes out you're not going to overheat on standard loads.

[@Bradrackas]

Really need to see the case with RAM installed and both Noctua fans on the cooler! I bought the O11 XL purely so I could fit the NHD15 but you need to swap the front fan by the RAM for a 120mm to get the glass side on. Please do a full build proving the FULL installation of the NHD15!

[@chaddesch4]

I got really excited when he was talking about putting the noctua fans in there and was sad after they didn't make it in there in this video lol. I bet they would look sooo good against that white. Would love to see a build of this with noctua fans everywhere.

[@thomas_jupiter]

This case is the perfect middle ground. 110 is a perfectly reasonable price.

[@dontcallmebrave]

D15 fits in a normal 011d mini and clears the side panel by about 2mm if you use 32

[@FARBerserker]

So the HDDs and SSDs physically FIT IN . . But how do you connect them then when they are that tight together?

[@lemonbrothers3462]

I really like Colin's videos but cmon man, you put the cooler upside down!? That´s the D15s, s as in assymetric specifically to clear the pcie slot, the reason that monster of a gpu didn't fit was because the cooler was upside down

[@notfunny534]

Colin did a great job presenting. Felt really natural and easy to follow. Great work!

[@kennethhicks2113]

@Linus yea we want to see the tests.... got my vote when he said WITH EXPERIENCE build with air.

[@matasa7463]

You can also use doublesided tape or taped velcro to fit more SSDs in the front area if you want - seems like you can fit like 3-4 SSDs in the front depending on how you stick them to the inner chassis wall.

[@Admiral__]

I will legitimately be buying this the day it comes out

[@noahneutral7557]

Me too! My current PC is huge and I'd love something smaller for the spare parts I have.

[@BTMcSweeney]

The GPU didn't fit in the top slot because you installed the CPU cooler backwards. The D15S has an 8mm offset to move the fin stack away from the GPU, but if you put it in upside down it overhangs the top PCIe slot by 8mm instead.

[@MrPatateHead]

For the two vertical HDD's, is it even possible to connect them with both slots taken? They are sitting on top of each others .

[@NigelMelanisticSmith]

I feel like I'm the only PC User who loves Combo Jacks lol. In a perfect world, it would be one Combo Jack and Mic Jack.

[@chickenpasta7359]

I just got one of these for $50 locally in mint/clean condition and its such a good case. I love the height of it too it fits so neatly on my desk

[@Cpgeekorg]

if you're using a consumer cpu like most folks (i.e. not threadripper or xeon), ALWAYS put the gpu in the first slot because it's the only slot that works at 16x. you don't need clearance between the cpu heatsink and gpu because the cpu heatsink blows front to back. while the airflow across the gpu backplate suffers, (which isn't great for a 3080/3090 with back side vram) it's the sacrifice you make if you use a big air cooler. I wish that nvidia hadn't resorted to a rear-side memory configuration, but the only ways around that are some kind of active back plate / liquid cooling situation. Personally i have a generic barrow liquid cooler on my 3090 gaming x trio and kept the stock backplate but modified it by adding a heatsink with thermal pads to it could more efficiently carry more heat away.

[@joeyebeling7681]

Choosing to watch this over the LTT video. I want to see what Collin is so excited about

[@jGRite]

Yes (around 5:40), I have water cooled my computer in the past, but having 3 working air cooled computers that don't need their fluid changed is time saving.

[@dragonfire3289]

Wait do you really have to do like oil changes to your PC? How often lol? I thought it was like every 3years maybe top of your water if some is missing.

[@thatusernameistaken970]

You didn't talk about the front mesh, and if it has a filter which is important, but you did mention the top which is always exhaust anyways. Kinda backwards.

[@TheTF01]

I appreciate seeing a real knife to open boxes!

[@crazzzik]

There is a large gap in pc cases that can fit an ATX motherboard, but can be placed horizontally in a living room and look decent. Corsair icue 220T is grazing that line, but is still quite bulky for the purpose. At the same time ATX mobo with a mini GPU has a fairly small footprint. The reason behind doing it is converting an older rig into a living room pc. Those who got a living room pc don't go back)

[@Coeb005]

NZXT and Lian Li... Always marvelous

[@madson-web]

This is my preferred type of case: mini fridge. My current case is like this one but is a big tower

[@Deletistjerk]

Lian Li just killing it. Q58 looks like the best ITX case too.

[@TechFromHell]

Finally! A case with atx power suply and bottom fan config !!!!!!!! The thermals will be great on this one!!! 100 % my new case!

[@TechFromHell]

@@zenstrata Will do! Thanks!

[@notmyrealname1335]

I’m a simple man; I see Colin hosting, I watch the video.

[@shinokami007]

he's really enjoyable ;)

[@kiker0909]

Lian Li makes some of the best cases in the world. Honestly a true joy to build in.

[@dohaihoangnam]

Colin should host more. Understated yet charismatic all the same

[@Danielsworlds]

2 chamber designs are so good the older air540 was a dream Case for me for a long time

[@atodaso1668]

I have that case! This will be my next case if GPU's become available anytime soon.

[@t3rminav3locity]

I'm glad they managed to fit an atx psu in there I just wish they'd figured it out by the time I bought my 011 mini

[@weirdodude1173]

I want one! Not having the PSU in the way of airflow seems fantastic to me. Thumbs up.

[@ShukenFlash]

10:51 I was disappointed in them for a moment because it looked like they had a sticker on the glass that didn't come off with the plastic. But then, when it turned out they actually had it on a second plastic cover on the inside, ok now I'm impressed. That's like, bonus points nice

[@Cpgeekorg]

I have a meshify 2 with dual 360mm radiators, and I removed the factory filters both front and top to allow for increased airflow. I found that the mesh is open enough to allow for airflow but closed enough where i'm ok with it not having additional filtration - the cat hair builds up on the front of the front panel mesh and i clean it every week or two so she doesn't get choked off and looking nice :D

[@SecretSunglasses]

whoa he opened the box with an actual knife

[@Mr.DJones]

Thank you very much for posting. Already bought the CM RN200 and built my new computer on Monday (thank you Best Buy on Aug. 26th for the RTX 3080 Ti FE).

[@reptilez13]

One of the best parts of the 011D is the hot swap drive bays, sucks it doesn't include that, though maybe an addon is possible?

[@lachlantula]

hope ltt get their hands on the q58 and the meshlicious; theyre two of the best itx cases of the year and both are by lian li

[@dripfeeder]

I have meshlicious it’s a great case. I feel like big yters don’t care much for sff

[@swizzler8053]

@@dripfeeder optimum tech and machines and more are the small factor enthousiasts.

[@swizzler8053]

@@dripfeeder the meshlicious is a sexy case. It's a shame that there isn't stock. I went for the NR200P.

[@MajykOyster666]

That's weird neither LTT or GN ever talked about the Meshlicious. I love that case, it's the first no compromise SFF case I've ever seen.

[@TidusfromZanarkand]

So it's a two-sector case, like my all time favourite Corsair 540 Air, but smaller than the Corsair 280x . . Beautiful!!

[@PitboyHarmony1]

Wow ... Lian Li really has kicked it up with this one. I have a big complicated build, and I would be able to fit it all in this case. ATX, full size PSU and the most mammoth GPU you can buy, and still 4HDD and 2SSD's. As long as you dont need a custom water loupe, who needs an XL case, if it will all jam in this? Case manufacturers just turned their heads and took notes. Cant wait till Steve takes a look at it.

[@McFlyOrPie]

Preventative maintenance! My Lancool 2 Mesh RGB Supercalifragalistic, doesn't keep dust out, except at the PSU. All that fine dust has slowly accumulated over the last 6 weeks since I built it. But that's why I got air and a little vacuum to keep her spotless. P.S. I love white cases, just wish I knew I could get my Seasonic in white, although the inside of my case is black.

[@kcdub04]

Is that NHD-15 upside down? I fell like mine has the cooling fins sitting higher and gives top pcie slot clearance.

[@tofu.delivery.]

it should be symmetrical, I just think the aorus gpu has a really chonky backplate

[@BTMcSweeney]

It is upside down, it's the D15S which has an 8mm offset upwards to move the fin stack away from the GPU. But if you put it in upside down like this it completely blocks the top PCI slot.

[@eliadbu]

All of those clearance issues are the reason I stop with big air coolers and went for watercooling. I had the NHD-14 which is similar to the the NHD-15.

[@omegaPhix]

@@eliadbu The NHD-15S works pretty much with any modern board out there.

[@MrDutch1e]

@@BTMcSweeney stupid the d15s has the offset but the d15 doesn't. Seems kind of stupid. Good info I hadn't notice tho thanks.

[@mirkwoodforest]

that case is the dream

[@justatim8143]

I like the case but think it needs some changes like the height should be 400mm x 400mm for better AIO fitment. It needs to change on the front fan bracket back to a normal fan bracket and the Front I/O should be on the Front middle or bottom as this is more a Desk Top case and the ease to use the I/O when sitting down instead of standing each time you want to use. It is sad the case companies have to save a nickel by eliminating the 1 head/mic jack.

[@marsmonster3947]

I'm still using the giant Thermaltake level 10gt snow edition. I believe Linus did a review of it in 2011. It's kind of ugly, but with a case, functionality is best. I've never seen my temps get out of the low to mid 70s at the absolute highest. Hard drive bays are hot swappable. I won't be changing cases anytime soon. Rgb is unnecessary.

[@rolfamundsen230]

I have a Corsair 280X but I'm not happy with the thermals. I would love for you guys to build a m-atx machine in this, either with watercooler or aircooler, just to see the thermals and airflow-options! Great video

[@fredEVOIX]

hmmm if you want to fit "all the things" buy the O11 Dynamic XL, started with a 360 aio and an air cooled gpu, one year later I have a triple 360mm cpu-gpu-vrm liquid cooling setup, the XL barely has enough space for my cables and 2 commander pro, until you've built a corsair rgb build I'd see why you would think "plenty of space in this case"

[@Sellstedt]

that actually looks like the perfect case for me

[@ann7vip874]

I wish they can make one one or include a glass panel since the only reason i wouldn't want to buy the original o11 dynamic mini is because of the sfx psu. XD

[@Dean_Smith]

I have an 011D Mini as my home server....Chinese X99-D8, Xeon E5-2630v3, 80GB, SF450W, 6x3.5" HDD (40Tb), 4x2.5" SSD, GTX 1050Ti, Intel 4x1G NIC, 4 Port HBA, 2x140mm+4x120mm fans, Snowman 120mm CPU Cooler (yes...the HDD/SSD have extra brackets over std for this case)....but this (011 Air Mini) is the case I actually wanted. Couldn't work out why they skimped on 20mm ? in width for the SFX when they could have gone ATX so easily....and now they have. The temptation to swap is very real.

[@JoeGP]

this man could probably make the most chill PC build video ever, so please do just that.

[@jacebeleren429]

Lian Li case fans have been blowing my mind... there cases are clearly top tier, but I was recently really impressed with their fans.

[@lynn_phoenix]

If you want to look at an even smaller form factor that fits ATX Mobo/PSU, the Raijintek Thetis is pretty solid (pun intended). I have been rocking it for a year. It fit a Noctua NH-U14S pretty easily until I switched over to an Arctic Cooler Liquid Freezer II 240. Rocking a X570 AORUS PRO WIFI, Ryzen 5950 (I am a dev who uses docker a lot) and a GTX 1070 FE. It is 210(W) x 360(D) x 366(H) mm vs this o11 being 280(W) x 400(D) x 384(H) mm

[@JohnDoeC78]

My 011 snow white dynamic mini fits ATX board with 360mm radiator fans on top, just need to make sure your ram isn't too tall or it won't clear, but it works!

[@ChocodileTeeVee]

Can we all appreciate how smooth that segway was?

[@DestructoMutant]

The O11 is like a song you here too much on the radio and start to get sick of. This is still pretty cool though, good size.

[@ich_16]

i swear i was going to buy the o11d mini when black friday comes 😂 , i guess now i know what to wait for

[@sp3lllz]

So this is basically the lianli version of the Corsair 280x but with ATX support nice. I love my 280x but I'd like more PCie slots for a dual sfp nic so I can connect to my NAS with a 20G connection hopefully it's still available in a few years when I come to do a new build.

[@diyu-]

It's like a tardis, so small yet it can hold so much

[@jaredjohnson8553]

The CPU cooler has an offset so that you can fit the GPU in the top slot. You put it on 180 degrees away from the way you should have.

[@armadillito]

This channel's videos are put together without much prep which is frustrating in cases like this (hehe) where they are trying to give a useful overview of a product.

[@Yahfz]

I'd die for a Lian Li 011 AIR XL

[@armadillito]

Surely a single fine meshed vent is better for airflow than a cosmetic mesh and a dust-filter mesh?

[@Alpakkaa]

The amount of times Linus has talked about not putting the motherboard on the anti-static wrapping, didn't seem to stick!

[@TheNiteNinja19]

That's like my Corsair Obsidian 250D but sightly bigger and can hold an ATX board. That's pretty cool.

[@ilkerYT]

4 HDDS and 2 SSDS in a small af case Im impressed.

[@ravennexusmh]

you have to remember the top would ideally be used for exhaust so the lack of mesh on top is largely irrelvant. it would only restrict the air coming out. top slot clearance is why the D15s was invented haha.

[@rossharper1983]

I literally just moved my system into a white 4000D airflow. Might have to move it again now lol. My define R5 case I use as my server holds 12 drives, and can fit 4 unofficially with some tape

[@rossharper1983]

@@NonsenseNinja it's actually a really good case. Few little niggles, the plastic flap at front that is removable if you want to put a Res in could fit better. You can't use a 280 AIO up top unless you use low profile ram (if they made the case 1cm wider than you could of). The vertical mount for GPU is only for 2 thickness cards (useless with a 3090) and it sits to close to the glass. It only has 1 USB3 A port on case, seems daft for a usb 3 internal header than can run 2 ports. But overall, a nice case. Little video on my channel. But this lian li case looks nice

[@grindycore3438]

More videos with him in future,make it happen.

[@iLOLZU42]

Im surprised that the mesh MINI version can have a larger tower cooler than the original. 155mm to 290mm?!

[@toxicturkeyy]

It's 170mm, the whole case is literally 288mm. But yeah, it's mad. The o11d mini can also suit 170mm coolers, though that one can't house an atx psu since it is a bit smaller.

[@kumbaj1612]

white case and blue liquid watercooled build would be awesome

[@moldyshishkabob]

Oh. Maybe I should have waited before purchasing an original O11. This looks like a fun little guy to build in!

[@kaichow1015]

For the next case unboxings, please give a quick rundown on material used, and measurements. For example, I kinda get that Colin is enthusiastic about fitting big hardware inside a relatively small case. Which is indeed interesting so should have included measurements etc.

[@Lions7.62mm]

That's a badass case‼️ ESPECIALLY for only $120!!! I would've guessed it was double that‼️

[@saithvatar283]

When will Lian Li make a proper ITX case, around the 10-12 litre size. Not just a slightly smaller ATX case. Their cases look amazing, but they are all so big!

[@Iron-ODin]

Probably never, because they would be competing with themselves. The Dan A4, NCase M1 and Skyreach 4 Mini (amongst others) are ALL manufactured by Lian-li.

[@tjarsun]

As a Lian Li fangirl I aprove this video.

[@mari_023]

I don't think graphics card not fitting in their is necessarily a graphics card problem. I have a Noctua D15 in my computer and I had to buy a pcie extender to fit my graphics card because I bought a smaller motherboard (it was cheaper and in retrospect I should have bought a proper sized one, but your are smarter afterwards)

[@ltmadinsane]

Hey man. You did a good job!

[@Kneedragon1962]

That's exactly precisely what I've been looking for! That's perfect.

[@itsdeonlol]

That Noctua shirt is even better than that PC case!!!!

[@Ragnorok64]

I like this approach to case unboxings. Since ShortCircuit isn't for full reviews, doing dummy/test fit build seems like the perfect compromise.

[@robotsix6268]

0:36 Yes. That do be what ATX case can do.

[@BrandonAnsara]

It may not be very tall or wide, but due to the depth it's still a pretty big case tbh