Lian Li O11 Dynamic EVO Reverse Mode - Best Fan Configuration

hello in this video i'm going to be telling you what is the best way to build in liandy's brand new 011 dynamic evo in the inverted orientation [Music] before we get into the thermal testing i just want to point out that i have made a full step-by-step build guide into building a new 11th atomic evo in the non-inverted position as well as the best fan layout in that particular orientation some of you may well be wondering where is the inverted bill guide because i would normally do that before i do the best fan configuration video i've decided for this one because of some of the issues i've had particularly with the upright gpu kit and in particular the strix card that i use giving falsely high temperatures and again there's a separate video explaining those issues again you'll find all the links to those in the description i thought what i would do is a thermal testing first and then when i come on to do the build guide i'm going to know i'm showing you the build guide and what i think is how you should actually build in that case so let's get on with the thermal testing so the first configuration that i wanted to test we had a 360 millimeter i o at the top a set to exhaust we had three bottom intake fans three side exhaust fans behind the gpu in the upright position and a single rear exhaust fan it is important to mention that the temperatures that i'm going to show you can't be compared directly with my first video showing the best fan setup in the non-inverted 111 dynamic evo the reason for that unfortunately the motherboard that i was using had to go back to is this so i'm using a different motherboard and a different cpu with the inverted build i'm using the ryzen 9 5900x so you can see the temperatures on noise levels from that first build on the screen now so the first question that i wanted to answer was did installing an additional three front intake fans make any difference in terms of temperatures take a look at the results of both our cpu and gpu idled two degrees cooler with the front intake fans it was a similar story under load with our maximum cp temperatures coming down by two degrees and our maximum gpu temperatures by one degree with the front intake fans the front intake fans were however significantly noisier by two decibels at idle and four decibels under load so looking at the results there's absolutely no doubt that adding the front mesh panel and an additional three frames set at the front of the set to intake are going to significantly improve your temperatures there is a few downsides to this and i did cover this in my original best fan configuration the first for me is that is going to come at significant cost and that cost comes in three areas the first is financially um three fans particularly leon the unifans and the front mesh kit are not going to be cheap and with that you're only getting fairly minor improvements in cpu and gpu temperatures that the second cost is going to be noise and that is not insignificant two decibels are idle but four decibels under load is pretty significant and when those up i think they probably even themselves out you're going to have slightly better temperatures but your pc is going to be slightly noisier where the main issue for me is the aesthetics i've always thought the 011 dynamic cases both the full size and the minis i much preferred the front to glass panel rather than the mesh version and i think this is a showcase you want to be able to look in at all sides and see your build and particularly if you're going for an upright gpu i think this looks so much better with the glass panel so for that particular reason my preferred configuration would be to not use the front mesh panel and from the intake fans even though the temperatures are better because for me the cost is too high the second question i wanted to address with our gpu in the upright position would be better having the fans on the i o set to intake or exhaust so all i did was simply flip the fans around on the radiator and re-run the tests so taking a look at the temperatures with the fans on the radiator set to intake our cpu actually was one degree hotter both at idle and under load there was no difference the gpu temperature both at idle and under load while the only difference in noise levels was with the fan set to intake our pc was two decibels lighter at idle so the results here are fairly clear the fans on the radiator at the top of the case should be set to exhaust and some of you may well find this result quite confusing because we have an aiu set to exhaust giving better temperatures than an aio set to intake which is the opposite of what we would normally find because in general having cuda from outside the case coming through the radiator is going to give you better cooling potential than hot air from the case moving through the same radiator i think the reasons it's so clear in this case is that by having the air coming in from the top going through the radiator and all the air from inside the case also moving up towards the radiator we just were not getting flow through the radiator and having the fans on the radiator set to exhaust you had intake coming from the front intake coming from the bottom and going through the radiator the other important thing to point out is with our gpu on the side and the exhaust fans behind us all the horror from the gpu is going out the side of the case so our radiator on the top is seeing lots of lovely cooler coming in from the front and coming in from the bottom so it's actually as good as an intake the next question that i wanted to answer was did have an exhaust fans behind the upright gpu improved temperatures take a look at the results with the addition of three exhaust fans behind the upright gpu our cpu temperature came down by one degree both at idle and under load as expected our gpu temperatures also improved by four degrees at idle and three degrees under load also as expected with the addition of three exhaust fans the noise increased but only by one decibel both at idle and under load so the results here are fairly clear installing exhaust fans behind the gpu does significantly improve temperatures at very low cost in terms of noise the next thing that i was keen to test was with the gpu installed in the traditional horizontal position with the case inverted now obviously it didn't make any sense to leave our io at the top so i move this over to the side and based on my previous testing in this case in the original orientation you definitely want your i o on the side to be set as intake we had three fans on the bottom set to intake and our single rear exhaust fan and the big question the answer here was should the fans at the top be set to intake or exhaust take a look at the results with the fans at the top set to intake our cpu idled four degrees hotter while our gpu idled two degrees curve under the iowa 64 stability test having the fans at the top set the intake made no difference to the maximum cpu temperatures while her gpu idled three degrees killer in terms of noise levels having the fans at the top set to intake was the preferred approach and that brought one decibel less noise at idle and two decibels less noise under load so overall i think we got much better temperatures with the fans the top set to intake and definitely our gpu temperatures were better in this orientation and our pc was quieter so this would be the configuration i would recommend the next question i wanted to answer was did a front intake fans with our gpu in the horizontal position improved temperatures taking a look at the results with the front intake fans our cpu idled one degree hotter while our gpu was one degree color there was no difference to the cpu or gpu temperatures under load and the only difference in terms of noise levels was that the front intake fans were associated with one decibel of extra noise under load so putting all that together overall no difference to the temperatures of the front intake fans pc was very slightly noisier under load but as i've already mentioned i think the issue with these front intake vans for me is the aesthetics i don't think they look as good as having the clear glass panel on the front and they're going to come at significant cost financially as well to buy the mesh panel and three additional fans so with the gpu in the inverted build and the horizontal orientation i would recommend going with glass panel on the front rather than the mesh panel and front intake fans so we now need to answer the question what is the best configuration with the all level dynamic evo in its inverted orientation comparing our best configuration with the upright gpu and the best configuration with the horizontal gpu taking a look at the results with our gpu in the upright position our cpu was one degree hotter at idle and two degrees hotter under load it was a different story with the gpu temperatures and having our gpu upright our gpu was four degrees cooler both in idle and under load in terms of noise levels these were also less with the upright gpu one decibel at idle and two decibels under load so the results here are fairly clear in terms of noise and temperatures you should go with an upright gpu with the 11 dynamic evo in its inverted design one additional thing to factor in is the aesthetics and there's no point having a pc that runs killer enquirer if you don't like the look of it now i do like the gpu in the upright position so i would be very happy with this and this would be the configuration that i would go for if i was building with the inverted design in this case and if you don't like it you're going to be perfectly fine with the gpu in the horizontal position the other important thing that i want to point out to help you make this decision is that i do not think a smaller graphics card looks as well in the upright position both with the case in this inverted position and also in the standard position so i was planning on using a smaller graphics card such as nvidia's 3060 ti as you can see here my preferred orientation would be to install it in the horizontal position even though the temperatures and noise levels would be slightly worse i think from an aesthetic point of view this takes priority so on your screen now you can see a summary of all the different configurations that i've tested so you want to take a closer look at them go ahead and pause the video now so hopefully you find the results of this thermal testing useful if you are thinking of doing an inverted build in the unlease 11 dynamic evo so as i mentioned i am going to do a full step-by-step build guide with the case and this inverted orientation i'm still deciding which build to go for i can either go with the graphics card in an upright position or we can go with it in the horizontal position and i'm going to do something different i'm going to let you guys decide so what i'm going to do i'm going to put a poll into the video and i want you guys to pick which orientation i should go with and then the bill guide is going to be coming to the channel fairly soon so pick your vote you can either have the graphics card in the upright position or the graphics card in the horizontal position and i'll go which whichever one is the most popular so hopefully you find the video useful if you have please remember to give it a thumbs up if you're not currently subscribed to the channel please hit the subscribe button as well i'll see you in the next video you

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Length: 11min 53sec (713 seconds)

Published: Tue Jan 04 2022