Will It Fit? (Lian-Li + 2080/water block)

[Byronyk]

I'm thinking about mounting the MSI 2080 Gaming Trio X into the Lian-Li PC-011 Dynamic case with the Bitspower water block.

 

The waterblock is 154mm wide and according to this image, the Lian Li total width is 272mm. I'm not sure how to factor motherboard height + offsets. Anyone with experience on this?

[Byronyk]

Bump. Any thoughts? 

[brob]

There is 159 mm clearance from the top of the PCIe connector to the card height limit. See the Compatibility tab of http://www.lian-li.com/pc-o11-dynamic/ (the tab is a ways down the page).

 

Lian-Li also has an optional vertical mount kit for the case.

[Byronyk]

7 hours ago, brob said:

There is 159 mm clearance from the top of the PCIe connector to the card height limit. See the Compatibility tab of http://www.lian-li.com/pc-o11-dynamic/ (the tab is a ways down the page).

 

Lian-Li also has an optional vertical mount kit for the case.

 

I missed that, good call. Well the Bitspower GPU block is 154mm wide and the MSI Gaming Trio is 140mm wide. I've never used a GPU water block before, but is it safe to assume we just use the water block size to determine overall dimensions?

 

That said, I think with 159mm clearance and a 154mm water block, the 5mm difference won't be enough to fit the 8pin connectors to the GPU. I might look at the less thicc 2080's (Asus/EVGA)

[brob]

1 hour ago, Byronyk said:

 

I missed that, good call. Well the Bitspower GPU block is 154mm wide and the MSI Gaming Trio is 140mm wide. I've never used a GPU water block before, but is it safe to assume we just use the water block size to determine overall dimensions?

 

That said, I think with 159mm clearance and a 154mm water block, the 5mm difference won't be enough to fit the 8pin connectors to the GPU. I might look at the less thicc 2080's (Asus/EVGA)

 

It would be better to ask this question in https://linustechtips.com/main/forum/36-liquid-and-exotic-cooling/.