Case Mod - In Progress LiLi Tower......final pictures

LiLi Tower



Hi there, this build is already started begin march, but really wanted to let it see on bit-tech
It's called the LiLi Tower.
I've always had a kind of love for the Lian Li cubes
Not one but two Lian Li PC-V351
One is new and the other one has some changes already

First i wanna thank some sponsors of this build

Mr. Freddy



En Mr. Ruud



Thanks to these guys my start is going to be a little faster and nicer. Thnx!!!

The hardware

- I7 920 D0
- 6x 2GB Corsair DDR3 1600
- 2 x EVGA GTX470
- Antec True Power Quatro-1000
- 2 x Aqua-computer Aquaero VF
- Asus Rampage III GENE
etc.

Water cooling

- 2 x Black Ice GT Stealth 240 Black
- 2 x EK GTX470 waterblock
- EK Supreme CPU block
- 2 x EK-Multioption RES X2 - 150 Advanced
- 2 x Swiftech 355
- Tygon slang
- Bitspower Fittingen

And more.........

The color is gonna be black and transparent

Some pics of the LiLi's

Number 1



And number 2



Number 2 is a little modded already



the top ia gonna be different, not with these fangrills



This is the only thing i have from this Lian, but it's not bad. Have some nice ideas for this



Number 1 is complete, this one is gonna be the bottum



Psu and Hdd's gonna be under the motherboard






The first idea was like this...



But like this is better



On top al the water cooling stuff is gonna be placed



2 rads, 2 reservoirs en 2 pumps.

Last week i did some measuring and drilling the rivets

Sawn a piece out of the 5,25 bay for the cables from the gpu



Gpu in it, already did the sleeving



Al of the remaining cables can be put behind the bay



And these grilz will be put here with transparent fans with white leds



Flipped the HDD bay, so now have space for 2 HDD's and a SSD





Placed the motherboard tray, also flipped





Nice slots for the cables



This space is gonna be sawn out of the top. (formerly the bottom)



The back is gonna be like this, but painted black and i need to get/make a plate for the gpu



Always nice to get a new motherboard. A sweet little rampage

The Asus Rampage III Gene

fat box



The motherboard



Republic for gamers, for a non gamer



6 Slots on a small motherboard, i like it



Fill it up, with..............

the EK-RAM Dominator



Shiny



installed it



Using a EK-Supreme HF



And 2 Black Ice GT Stealth 240



These are gonna be placed in the top Lian



Fits perfectly

Placed the motherboard in the lowwer Lian



Not much space anymore, what is a good thing in this build



And my 2 GTX470 in it



Everything fits, in the top Lian i have a lot of space for the watercooling



Now i needs to decide which reservoir i am gonna place



This weekend i had a lot of sawning to do
Almost nothing is left from the Lian
The middle of the 2 Lians



And the top of the Lian



There gonna be 2 Aquaero's VF inside, for this 2 times a slot



Put it al together and brainstorming again



Made a little mistake, i tought that the aquaero,s where the same
but the are different versions,



So i had to drill the holes for the bolds again more to the left



just a little bit different



For the front 2 times a slot for the displays



Had some Acryl covers for the aquaero, but the aren't the same color. So need to order 1 more



The hole cover



Made a acryl midplate. This times 2, one for the top and one for the midplate



Did some drawning



And drilling/sawning time



Made holes for the cpu and the Rams and made a slot for the gpu's



Removed the tape, needs to be cleaned



And needs to straighten some lines, but this is the idea



And the BP fillports, a total of 4. @ for the cpu and 2 for the RAM



Second Lian on top, and more brainstorming.



Coolermaster has givven me some nice stuff for my build
A nice package with all kind of things



80mm fans with white leds



A nice psu tester (sometime i blow things up)



With upgrade units, for more load



Black screws and other stuff



A beautifull mouse, the Sentinel







And....... the turbine masters





which gonna be placed like this.



Also i had some black aluminium panels, so lets get to work



everything measured



Drilled the holes



And placed on the back



mounted on the back



And the fans for the radiators are finished



Power up



The are real quiet, and a lot of air

And finally my acryl has arrived
So sawn everything and drilled the holes

Top left



Top right



Left



Right



And placed on each other



Turned around



On each side there's gonna be brushed aluminium.
Th original panels i have finished already



Left



And right



That's all for today

Grtzzz.

 

Damn this is awesome.

 

A lot going on here... been busy already with a nice phat first post.. nice start.

 

I like this. I shall be watching...

 

nice ! i was close to do something similar when i still had my lian li v-350

 

Really excelente project!

Keep going!

 

I like this, I have one of these cases myself and using 2 for a nice WC build is sweet

 

Thanks you guys, for the nice respons.
Like i said before, this project is started at the beginning of march,
and i have 2 or 3 major updates finished allready.
Today it's time to post these update,s. Hope you like these to
After this update, i am almost at the same level of updating as i am today

Brainstorming about the rads
First i wanna to make some costum Brackets
But dont think thats looks nice
So i did something different, have maked a radiator tray
Only need to Cut out 2 times a Rectangle for the airflow
Made slots for the fittings



Just like this



Slots around the fittings



Only need to connect the radiators together



Some highflow fittings



Looks nice i think



And the one on the top



The pumps are gonna be like this



I did a lot of thinking about the reservoirs, and tried a lot of things

I have spinbays, EK tubes 150 and EK tubes 250

Had taken some pics what i had tried

The spinbays like this





The 150mm tubes



Or like this



The 250mm tubes, but then horizontal



Was getting crazy about this problem, but then.............
Not horizontal or vertical, but in a inclined position

From the top. Have a lot of space in the middle for the tubes



Left side. Pump with a lot of rotary fittings





Right side, almost the same as the left. Only the tubes gonna be with a different angle





i did some small stuff. I've tested the airflow through the mesh
It wasn't that good, so i've sawn a piece out of it



Needs a paintjob





1 rectangle is bigger then the other one, this is because i dont wanted to see the suspension from the rads

Also i had some Glostrings, nice stuff



I hoped they where white, but they are bleu/green, but doesnt matter.
Had to change my midplate



Looks fine in the dark



like this



This is also coming in a vertical line in the front



A nice glow, i think



Purchased a FrozenQ reservoir. The blue one



2 reservoirs looks good, 3 even better



Nice light in it



Only i have 2 different colors blue, sow need to brainstorm for that



And need to make something for the pumps



Also i have sold my 3 GTX470, and get some other nice gpu's



Gtx480, really nice cards



Nickel blocks on it, looks better with this build



Very shinny backplates



The hole thing is really havy, so need to make something for this



On the corners maked a kind of pilar





I am in love with the backplates





i had some nice stuff been delivered
I think it,s the last stuff i need to finish this build, i hope
So what did i get in:

Some nice aluminium fans, the NorthQ 120MM 3711WL Silent Tornado







And some BP fillporten



Zilver plugs BP pluggen



BP links



Aqua computer powerbooster



And 2 bottles of Feser Aqua ultra water

The fans are coming across the motherboard, pulling fresh air over the board





Like this







Painted the back black



And i have played with the glostrings, i did made it some more blue

Top vertical line





And vertical line under





Nice effect on the inside



Played with the different light sources, fans with the white led and some other leds





Ram cooler also white leds in it



Yesterday i did the front
The 2 push buttons. One for the on switch and one for the eject button
Sawn a piece of acryl. and maked 2 holes in it







Placed the front plate



The plex behind the front is gonna be enlighted, so that you have a white ring from the button and one around the button
Also placed the new acryl front for the aquaero



Made the aluminium strips for the 2 aquaero's



Placed everything. I think i gonna make some cover for it



almost finished the front



Dont know if i make the buttons black, or leave them silver





That's it for now

Grtzzz.

 

This project is looking very nice. The work done so far looks very nice! I'll be keeping an eye on it, that's for sure

 

pics ? =O

 

Don,t know what Pbucket is doing?
It looks like maintenance

 

i use imageshack.us =)

 

I wish i was !!!
Getting a little bit tired of there problem

 

Hey kier

Welcome to Bit-Tech also !

I got photobucket pro, no problems here :!

 

Photobucket maintenance problem - not kier's fault. They are scrambling to fix.

 

Hi k.3nny, thanks.
Nice to see some Dutch pro modders here

Yup, 2% of the Pbucket users had this problem
I was one of them, but they solved this problem very nicely
+1 for Photobucket

 

Pics are back and now I can watch.

John

 

Good to see the LILI tower here! You know, the family

 

WOW, what a great start! That looks amazing!

 

Ahh, more family members nice to know i'm not alone

Thank you very much


Because my pictures where offline for a while, i'm gonna treat you guys for another major update







This time i couldn,t resist to fill the top section of my Lian
The good thing of this build is that i can fill the both sections separate
So i can do the leak test without my hardware under it, i had some bad luck with BP rotery,s in the past
First i had al the tube in place, solid and flexible

Turned the pumps, only need to make a nice bracket for this



These connected with BP links



For now connected with Tygon tube



Did the same thing on the Other side



Only a bit different for the higher placed radiator



The FrozenQ res. also connected with BP links





Nice in the middle



And fill it up






And yes, i had a leaking rotery under the reservoir
not shocking, but need to exchange this
Also placed some black fillports, just to see the looks of it
Al the black fittings and fillports are also beeing exchanged by silver
think it,s a nice effect, seems to be floating



Dont forget the links between the gpu's



Nice effect also is the illuminated edges from the slots



Gonna be silver









Placed the wc section on it





and the other side with the gpu's also illuminated



Using i bright white led



Now everything is almost in place, i'am thinking to remove the FrozenQ reservoir.
It's to much chaos, and to bright i think, so i have changed some big little things
Removed the FrozenQ, just to get some peace in the upper section
Instead of this i've made a piece of mirror acryl around the pumps to let it look like
everything is one piece
(The Tygon tubes are gonna be changed)







Connect the pumps together, just for the looks. Has no function, but looks nice







Just need to make a cover for the pumps



Around the pumps the mirror acryl, for this i have cut out 2 slots to fit the pumps in



Think this is much better with the FozenQ out. Now i made the top cover of the Lian
Sawn the holes for the fillports and drilled holes





Over this there's gonna be a aluminium cover, but i'm thinking about this for the shape
Also been busy with my Be quiet psu.
all the way black sleeving and give a little paintjob to the back

And a little piece of me on the pic



Always beautifull Mdpc quality sleev.



In the 5.25 bay mch room to put all the cables



The curve for the motherboard cables

De curve van de draadjes naar de mobo voeding



Just needs to be shapened





Cpu cables true the 3.25 bays



For the cables from the gpu's i used flatcable





Just like this





Like i said before, painted the back of the psu



Gonna make a plate, just to get it the same like all the other covers



Made the links for the gpu's





I am still waiting for silver fillports. When they arrived i can put everything together,
and connect all the cables to the 2 aquaero's
But the most cables are covered for now



That's it for this time. See you soon